Patent ID: 8020825

Claim:
Hospital equipment comprising: a rail or frame member; a clip mounting to said rail or frame member, said clip comprising: a first clip member and a second clip member pivotally interconnected with said first clip member about a pivot axis, each of said clip members including a plate member and a respective hollow cylindrical body at a proximate portion of said plate member, each of said plate members having a transverse extent extending along said pivot axis and along said hollow cylindrical body of the other of said clip members, each of said first and second clip members having a receiving portion for receiving the frame or rail member; a biasing spring urging said first clip member and said second clip member toward each other wherein when said first clip member and said second clip member straddle said frame or rail member and said frame or rail member is positioned in said receiving portions, and said biasing spring urging said first and second clip members to engage said frame or rail member with sufficient clamping force to fixedly support said clip at any pivotal orientation along said rail or frame member; and an accessory mounting member configured for mounting an accessory to said clip, said accessory mounting member coupled to one of said clip members wherein said clip may be used for mounting an accessory to said member, wherein said accessory mounting member includes a fastener, said fastener for mounting an accessory to said accessory mounting member, wherein said fastener includes a base portion mounted to said accessory mounting member and a pivotal arm pivotally mounted to said base portion.