Patent ID: 6619599
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: A61G,A61M

Abstract:
An intravenous support assembly, comprising:a base comprising at least one base member and a first upright elongate pole member being connected to said at least one base member, said first upright elongate pole member having an internal hollow space communicated with an outside of said first upright elongate pole member via an opening formed at an upper end thereof, and a transverse supporting surface formed in the internal hollow space and spaced downwardly from the upper end of said first upright elongate pole member; and a second upright elongate pole member having a lower end portion adapted to be telescopically received in the internal hollow space of said first upright elongate pole member and fully supported from below by the transverse supporting surface; wherein the lower end portion of said second upright elongate pole member snugly fits in the internal hollow space of said first upright elongate pole member: and at least one sixth of an entire length of said second upright elongate pole member is receivable in the internal hollow space, whereby said second upright elongate pole member is steadily retained by said first upright elongate pole member without a positive locking mechanism.