Patent attributes
The oxygen tank accessory apparatus provides a basket with accompanying hand-operated clamps for affixing the apparatus to an existing supported oxygen tank, such as those attached to vehicles like wheelchairs. The components of the apparatus are made of appropriate materials that meet medical standards and medical environment standards. Both the clamps and the basket are designed to be lightweight. The clamp's opposing convex clamp members, for example, have central cutouts to further save weight. The clamp members are interiorly lined with a frictional material for best tank retention until removal is desirable. The levers with curved extensions provide for a user to easily lever the clamp members away from an oxygen tank so that the apparatus can be easily applied and removed without tools or inordinate physical effort.