This invention refers to an equipment for holding serum containers which is fixed to a hospital or home room ceiling and is capable of offering more comfort than ordinary equipments whenever someone has to deal with serum containers. The equipment of the invention may also be installed in vehicles e.g.,in ambulances.

The ordinary serum container support and holder comprises a vertical element supported by a tripod forming a fixed structure.lt cannot therefore, follow patient movements in bed unless patient has the supervision of a nurse or other pe son.

Moreover, the ordinary serum container support occupies a critical area near patient bed and thus must be handled with care to avoid falling accidents.

The equipment of the invention eliminates these drawbacks by being installed in a fixed position i.e, in a ceiling. Furthermore, since the equipment of the invention is not movable from room to room, but installed fixedly in a sole room, the risk of contamination among patients is greatly reduced.

Basically the invention comprises a rotatable tu¬ bular structure, the interior of which slides a vertical stem holding a serum container, this set resulting in a ceiling- fixed equipment.

The invention will be fully understood from the following description of two embodiments thereof, Lnk π in connection with the appended drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention in a first preferred embodiment of the equipment;

Figure 2 is a cross-section view of the structure shown in figure 1;

Figure 3 shows, partly as a top view (in dashed lines) and partly as a side view, the structure that both fixes the equipment to the ceiling of a room and permits the vertical stem to rotate with and slide in tubular struc¬ ture slot;

Figure A is a perspective view of a second embodi¬ ment for the sliding vertical telescopic πl.em; and

Figure 5 is a sectional view of the embodiment illustrated in figure A .

With respect to the first embodiment for carrying out the invention, the equipment comprises a hanger 1 that is fixed in ceiling by means of screws 12.

The center of the cilindric hanger 1 has a hole to anchor the head of bolt 2 which, along with screw 6, gathers nylon washer 3, steel dented washer A , nylon washer 3-A and steel washer 5, and fasten them together.

Washer 3 is positioned between hanger 1 and tubu¬ lar structure 7 to reduce friction when rotational movement of structure 7 in relation to hanger 1 occurs.

Sliding unit 8, by means of wheels 13, runs lon¬ gitudinally within tubular structure 7 and carries vertical stem 10 through longitudinal slot cut in lower face of said tubular structure 7.

Vertical stem 10 has a ring 9 in its upper end and a 9-A in its lower end, this one carrying a hook 11 to hold serum container (not shown in the drawings).

Rings 9 and 9-A facilitate the movement of stem 10, along with serum container, to every new position, as oper¬ ated by the patient.

Therefore, the equipment of the invention permits the serum container to have circular movements, accompanying rotation of tubular structure 7, straight movements whenever unit 8 travels legthwise within slot of tubular structure 7, and combined movements as well, thereby providing prompt fol¬ lowing of serum container to any movement of patient.

In a second embodiment of the invention, as shown in figures 4 and' 5, new means have been incorporated to the rotational and the sliding structures.

With respect to the rotational tubular structure 7, two supports 16 (see fig. 5) have been installed in the upper face of the element 7 in order to avoid structure 7 to tilt whenever sliding vertical structure 17 approaches one of the ends of tubular element 7.

Sliding unit comprises a slider 14 capable of trav¬ eling in the slot of the tubular structure 7, as depicted in figure 5. Two forks positioned 90 ^s to each other form an uni¬ versal joint 15 enabling tilted movement of the telescopic stem 17 to any direction, as pulled by the user, thereby per¬ mitting serum container to follow patient new positions easily.

Slider 14, being in the form of a spool, is also capable of rotating within tubular structure 7.

Stem 17 is a telescopic structure with a hook 11 (to hold serum container) in its lower end. The serum con¬ tainer may be kept at any height by way of eccentric means acting on parts 18 and 19.

Figure 5 depicts a three-part stem 17 having ny¬ lon sleeves 20 to reduce noise and friction among telescopic components.