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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5219139 | Device for connecting an IV pole to a wheelchair A device for temporarily connecting an IV pole to a wheelchair to facilitate transportation of a patient receiving IV fluids. The device includes an articulated arm comprising first and second segments pivotally joined together, a mounting fixture for mou... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5215282 | Adjustable armrest assembly An armrest assembly is for use with a piece of furniture and for supporting an arm of a person seated in a chair to relieve the weight of the arm on the shoulder, neck, elbow and wrist. The armrest assembly includes an armrest, means for selectively posit... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5135189 | Baby bottle holder An apparatus for holding a baby bottle is disclosed. This device contains means for gripping the bottle and a flexible arm. The gripping means contains a base and, integrally formed therewith, at least two fingers extending from the base. Each of the fing... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5104103 | Apparatus for patient limb positioning Apparatus useful in surgery for holding part of a patient's body such as a limb, portion of a limb, extremity organ or tissue in a number of different positions required by a surgeon for the performance of a surgical procedure, and for establishing a ster... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5092551 | Articulated stand An articulated stand, in particular for lever gauges, having two articulated arms pivotably connected with each other at a central joint. Each articulated arm has on its end a ball joint. Each articulated arm has a clamping device for rigid clamping of al... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5042763 | Self-leveling portable camera support apparatus A device for maintaining the line of sight of a camera level comprises a hollow cylindrical standard having a plurality of equal-length rigid rods longitudinally slidably contained within said cylinder. Ball-shaped tips on opposite ends of each rod are he... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5004203 | Supporting arm A supporting arm consists of telescoping sections (1-4, 17-19) which are mutually supported by roller bearings such as needle bearings (8) or ball bearings (25). The cross sectional shape of the sections (1-4, 17-19) is polygonal, so as to provide a high ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4964748 | Positioning device A device for precisely positioning and locking an object in a selected position includes a first arm member having one end for engaging a base support and for clamping the base support and an opposite end on which is rotatably mounted a bracket in a clamp... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4949927 | Articulable column Presented is a method and apparatus for incrementally varying the frictional forces along an articulable column having succesive joints formed of alternate ball and socket members. Friction is varied by varying the contact angle between said ball and sock... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4936533 | Mounting assembly for vehicle accessories A vehicle accessory mounting assembly is disclosed for securely and stably supporting a rearview mirror or another vehicular accessory on the vehicle windshield or another vehicular surface without the need for an adjustable set screw. The assembly includ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4932620 | Rotating bracket A rotating bracket (10) having a sleeve (20) slidably engaged with a vertical post, am arm (22) attached to the sleeve, and an extension (24) rotatably mounted to the arm (22) to position a curing lamp (14) at a desired rotational orientation. A bearing p... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4923162 | Radiation shield swivel mount A swivel mount for a radiation shield having a bearing mounted at the end of a support arm with the bearing engaged to the shield between clamping members proximate the balance center of the radiation shield whereby the shield can be positioned at variabl... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4872628 | Mechanically counterbalancing platform An instrument support platform system with a base, an elongated platform having front and rear portions, and a linkage coupling the base and platform. The linkage causes the rear of the platform to be raised, and the front held without lowering, when the ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4867404 | Flexible holder for a cystoscope or the like A flexible holder and clamping assembly for adjustably holding cystoscopes or other endoscopic instruments and retractors or the like adjacent to or on an examination tables or the like is equipped with a unique clamping assembly which permits the holding... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4767231 | Adjustable arm An adjustable arm having a plurality of sections joined together by a ball and socket joint comprising a housing, a ball retained within the housing, a concave cup slidably mounted within the housing with clearance between the cup and the ball, a locking ... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4760243 | Apparatus for letting out hot air, used as heater and drier particularly in bathrooms An electric heating and drying apparatus, of the type comprising, housed in a box-type body having at least partially open walls, a heating resistance and a fan arranged to blow air through said resistance towards an outlet opening, said box-type body bei... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4684088 | Support apparatus for an optical observation device The support apparatus in the form of a stand possesses an arm component projecting transversely from a stand component. A surgical operating microscope is arranged at the end of the arm component. A guide linkage with a double scissors type carrier linkag... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4645155 | Arm with adjustable swivel connection An arm extends from a support assembly which may be clamped to the edge of a desk and the angle of the arm relative to the support assembly is adjusted by turning a knob. The outer end of the arm has a swivel connection to a small table or other device. T... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4606522 | Position adjustable instrument holder A jointed holder for holding articles, for example surgical retractors. The holder has a succession of rigid link shafts and a link joint and a terminal joint with drive pins in the link shafts and force transmission means in the link joints whereby tight... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4491435 | Jointed stand The jointed stand comprises two joint or swivel heads coupled to each other and two arms each extending from a related one of the joint heads and terminating in a respective ball-and-socket joint. Each ball-and-socket joint is operatively associated with ... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4431329 | Articulated support stand An articulated stand contains two relatively mutually pivotable arms at whose ends there are seated moveable joint heads. With the aid of a single clamping lever there can be concurrently locked or loosened a central joint as well as the joint heads. In o... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4320884 | Tripod arm An adjustable arm for mounting an article on a tripod which is composed of first and second arms connected by an interposed joint member, said joint member having two halves pivotally arranged adjacent one another on a common axle, one end of each of the ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4236844 | Joint support structure A joint support structure comprising means forming a housing defining a chamber embodies an axially movable wall portion constituting a clamping device which forms one wall portion of the chamber. This chamber contains radially movable means and means res... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4159092 | Support for musical instruments A musical instrument support for holding a stringed instrument in an elevated position having a bracket receiving portion secured to its base to accommodate a mating bracket carried by an adjustable swivel assembly for attachment to a vertical supporting ... | 06/26/1979 |
