Patent ID: 7601001

Claim:
Apparatus for storing a suctioner and an end of a suction line after disconnection from the suctioner, comprising in combination with said suctioner and said suction line having said end, a) a support means, b) a first storage structure on the support means storing said suctioner including a downwardly elongated receptacle receiving said suctioner in an upright position, the receptacle opening upwardly; and c) a second storage structure on the support means storing said end of said suction line and blocking suction flow of air into said suction line via said end, d) said support means comprising a base on which both storage structures are carried, in mutual proximity, e) said suctioner having a side inlet defined by a stub tube, engaging a shoulder defined by said first storage structure to limit downward reception of said suctioner into said first storage structure f) said shoulder configured to stabilize the positioning of the stub tube, and upright positioning of said suctioner in the receptacle.