Patent ID: 7458551

Claim:
A safety receptacle for a needle of an intravenous drip assembly comprising a front bracket having an upper end; a lower end; an outside surface; an inside surface; two sides; two protrusions formed on the inside surface near the lower end adjacent respectively to the two sides; and a limit formed on and extends out from the inside surface near the lower end; a connecting bracket formed on and extending transversely out from the inside surface of the front bracket adjacent to the upper end of the front bracket and having a front end formed on the inside surface of the front bracket; and a rear end; a rear bracket formed on and extending longitudinally out from the rear end of the connecting bracket and having an upper end; a lower end; an inside surface adjacent to the upper end of the rear bracket and formed on the rear end of the connecting bracket; two sides; and two protrusions formed on the inside surface of the rear bracket, adjacent respectively to the two sides of the rear bracket and corresponding to the protrusions on the front bracket; at least one C-clip formed on and extending out from the outside surface of the front bracket; two clipping sheets mounted pivotally on the protrusions on the front and rear brackets between the two sides of the front and rear brackets, and each clipping sheet having two sides; an upper end; a lower end; an inside surface; an outside surface; a handhold formed on the outside surface of the clipping sheet near the upper end; and a jaw formed on and protruding out from the inside surface of the clipping sheet adjacent to the lower end of the clipping sheet; and an inner cavity formed inside the connecting bracket, the front bracket, the clipping sheets and the rear bracket and having a bottom opening formed opposite to the connecting bracket; and an inside length measured from the bottom opening to the connecting bracket.