A cane holder comprising a unitary body with a cane-receiving portion and a mounting member. The cane receiving portion comprises a pair of U-shaped hook members for receiving at least a handle portion of a cane and the mounting member comprises a clip portion made of a resilient member for removably attaching the cane holder to a belt or a waist band of a garment.

Systems, devices and methods to improve safety and efficiency in an operating room comprise providing a suture package that holds new suture needles and needle receptacles for storing used needles. The devices can be safely worn for the surgeon to self-dispense new suture needles in the near surgical field and to secure the used needles into a needle trap or a needle retainer located on his extremity, on his operative instruments or on the surgical drapes. The device may provide automated and/or simplified needle counting both during use and after removal from the surgical field. The device may be configured for ergonomic and efficient use so as to minimize the actions and motions of the surgeon to dispense and secure the needle.

An example breaching tool disclosed herein includes a rod. A block is coupled to the rod. The block includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side defines a striking surface, and a bill extends from the second side of the block. A first tab is coupled to the rod and the second side of the block. The first tab defines a portion of a first aperture having a first orientation. The breaching tool further includes a fork coupled to the rod. A second tab is coupled to the rod and the fork. The second tab defines a portion of a second aperture having a second orientation. The second orientation is substantially orthogonal to the first orientation.

A method of creating a shear across a fastener for a tool collet being attached to a hand tool includes providing a tool collet having a collet body with a peripheral body surface and a collet through opening where the collet body is divided into a first body component and a second body component attachable to each other and where one of the first body component and the second body component has a first radial through aperture extending from the peripheral body surface to the collet through opening, providing a setscrew within the first radial through aperture, inserting a hand tool into the collet through opening, securing the first body component to the second body component, and tightening the setscrew against the hand tool sufficient to cause the first body component and the second body component to slide in opposite directions transversely to the portion of the hand tool.

A retractable tool lanyard comprises a housing, a drum rotatably connected to the housing, a biasing member interconnecting the housing and the drum, a cord operatively connected to the drum and adapted to be wound about and paid out from the drum, and an engaging mechanism. The engaging mechanism comprises a locking plate connected to the drum, at least one lock pawl connected to the locking plate, and a ratchet plate. When the drum rotates at a predetermined speed, the at least one lock pawl pivots from an unlocked position to a locked position to engage the ratchet plate thereby rotating the ratchet plate with the drum. At least one of a braking mechanism and a clicker pawl are used to create friction to assist in reducing a rate of rotation of the drum.

A tool holder designed for battery operated power tools is attachable to a belt and has a quick release to allow access to the power tool. The tool holder grasps the power tool at the handle between the battery pack of the tool and the housing containing the operative part. The tool holder is made of a flat material such as metal or a high-density plastic and comprises a mechanical latch that secures the power tool within the holder until the user disengages the latch to allow removal of the tool.

A carrier for storing an object is provided. The carrier includes four walls that define an interior cavity, a top-closure operative to selectively restrict access to the interior cavity, and a break-away seal. The top-closure is defined by a top panel, a center panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels. The bottom panel is fastened to the center panel so as to define two spaces between the bottom panel and the center panel. The break-away seal is operative to secure the top-closure when the top panel, center panel, bottom panel, and side panels are folded over the interior cavity with the side panels in the spaces defined by the center panel and the bottom panel.

The present teachings relate a platform that may fit over a user's thigh to hold in at least one predetermined position a personal electronic device. The platform may include at least one speaker and recharging unit. The platform may also include a mechanism to generally maintain the platform in its operative position, such as on a thigh of a user.

An object-holding apparatus comprising a body having at least one cavity formed on said one surface. The cavity further comprises a pathway extending from the surface into the body. At least one object can be disposed into the pathway of the cavity and be held tightly in the pathway. The object-holding apparatus can be water-tight with a tube filled with a flexible filling material being inserted into the pathway of the cavity of the body of the object-holding apparatus. The object to be held in the pathway can include but not limited to tools such as drill bits, impact driver bits, other oversized or small tool accessories, other tools including but not limited to screwdrivers, pliers, as well as any other item which a user would like to hold securely. A method to make an object-holding apparatus is also presented.

A tool collet for creating a lanyard attachment point on a hand tool that includes a collet body with a through opening, an annular groove in one of a first body side of the collet body, a second body side of the collet body or a peripheral body surface of the collet body, a lanyard ring having an annular end adapted to be disposed and captured within the annular groove where the lanyard ring is adapted to freely slide along the annular groove, and one or more fastening members adapted to securely fix the collet body around an elongated body of a hand tool.