Universal clamp

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention alleviates to a great extent the disadvantages of prior devices by providing a clamp for holding an article to an object including a base means for adhering the clamp to the object, a flap, securing means for securing a flap to the base means with the article positioned therebetween, and resilient pad means having an adhesive surface for contacting the article.
In one aspect of the invention, the securing means includes a first holding means for holding a first portion of the flap and a second holding means for holding a second portion of the flap.
The second holding means is spaced along the flap from the first holding means a sufficient distance for the article to lie between them.
The resilient pad means is deformable such that slight rotational or translational movement will deform the pad rather than break the adhesive bond between the pad and the article.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a clamp for holding an article.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a clamp having a resilient adhesive pad in contact with the held article to inhibit the breaking of the adhesive bond as a result of rotational or translational movement of the article.
It is another object of the invention to provide a medical clamp to releasably hold a tube to allow removal of the tube and repositioning of the tube without removal of the clamp from the patient's body.
It is yet another object of the invention to provide a medical clamp yielding the foregoing advantages and that effectively holds a tube against transverse and rotational movement.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a medical clamp yielding the foregoing advantages and that is simply and economically constructed.
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a medical clamp yielding the foregoing advantages and that can clamp a variety of sizes of tubes.