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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
May. 05, 2016
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Ip Limited, Dublin, IE;
Mark Vandlik, West Chester, PA (US);
Shaun Wall, North Wales, PA (US);
Josef Gabelberger, West Chester, PA (US);
Eric Rabeno, Lincoln University, PA (US);
MALLINCKRODT HOSPITAL PRODUCTS IP LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
The current disclosure presents embodiments directed to, among others, a support and/or clamp () for receiving a cylindrical element (e.g., a bearing ()), which can include a base (), a pair of opposed receiving members () projecting from the base () and spaced apart from one other to establish a receiving area () configured with a size and shape to removably receive at least one of a circular, cylindrical and spherical object therein, and at least one of a detent () and magnet () arranged within at least a portion of the receiving area (), the detent () and/or magnet () configured to at least one of temporarily retain the object within the receiving area () and establish a sound associated with the receiving of the object.