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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| 7254850 | Radial arm system for patient care equipment A system for supporting patient care equipment alongside a patient support is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of arms supported by a support structure. The arms may be pivoted to either side of the patient support. The arms may be stored... | 08/14/2007 |
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| 7207531 | Head manipulable binocular microscope support A support for a medical instrument such as a binocular microscope including a plurality of piviotally connected arms connected to a wall, ceiling or vertical support mount. One of said arms being vertical and having ball joints at opposite ends, one connected to an ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7186007 | Portable stand for articulated arm devices A portable stand for an articulated arm that carries a device, such as a lamp. The stand includes a post having a lower end with a plurality of support legs for supporting the post freely on an underlying surface and an upper end having a bushing. The articulated ar... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180248 | Inductively coupled ballast circuit A ballast circuit is disclosed for inductively providing power to a load. The ballast circuit includes an oscillator, a driver, a switching circuit, a resonant tank circuit and a current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit provides a current feedback signal... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156865 | Irradiation apparatus and system, especially for photodynamic therapy To allow optimum adaptation of irradiation equipment, especially irradiation equipment for photodynamic therapy, to the individual anatomy of a patient, an irradiation head (1) is provided with a plate-shaped middle section (2) and plate-shaped lateral... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7089949 | Apparatus for maneuvering a device within the interior of storage tanks An apparatus for attachment to a commercially available cleaning wand for maneuvering the wand inside a storage tank. Two arms each have an end pivotally connected to a handle and another end pivotally connected to the wand to form a four bar linkage. A gimbal arran... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081007 | Ceiling mount electrical fixture An electrical fixture consistent with certain embodiments has a light fixture and a mount used to attach the light fixture in a fixed relationship with a ceiling. An electrical outlet is electrically connected to a source of line voltage by an electrical cable. A re... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7065811 | Radial arm system for patient care equipment A system for supporting patient care equipment alongside a patient support is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of arms supported by a support structure. The arms may be pivoted to either side of the patient support. The arms may be stored... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6995904 | Stereo microscope Disclosed herein is a stereomicroscope. The stereomicroscope comprises a microscope main body, a stand including a stand base portion on which a sample is to be laid, a support disposed vertically on the stand base portion, a focus adjust portion attached so as to b... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6953270 | Universal automated yoke for lighting fixtures A universal automated yoke that accommodates a variety of different sizes and types of lighting fixtures. The yoke includes adjustment mechanisms to accommodate a wide variety of sizes of lighting fixtures. The yoke further includes an adjustment mechanism to correc... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6921056 | Mechanical arm and counterbalance assembly A mechanical assembly includes an arm and an extension link that rotate about a pivot point, a yoke, and a force generating device. The yoke includes a first slot in which a pin of the link resides. The yoke translates in a plane responsive to rotation of the counte... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6871985 | Portable outdoor post lighting fixture A portable outdoor post lighting fixture is described, having a base adapted to retain the post lighting fixture in an upright position. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6811281 | Night light in combination with a patterned board A board is made of translucent material and has two connecting plates formed on a side face of the board and a pattern formed on the board. A night light has five pairs of sockets adapted to connect to five plugs, two ears formed on opposite side faces of the night ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6808291 | Safety/warning device A hazard/safety warning device is disclosed which has a lamp member and a base, the lamp member being able to be used with and without the base. The base has a self-righting feature so that when the lamp is in the base, the lamp will rock to the vertical position. T... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6767116 | Lighting fixture assembly A lighting fixture for mounting from a suspensory surface, such as a ceiling, wall, or the like, includes a counterweight for balancing or equalizing the weight in the fixture resulting from a ballast being positioned within the frame of the fixture. The weight of t... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6736528 | Electronically controlled stage lighting system A lighting system operating using a digital mirror as its operative device. The digital mirror is used to shape the light which is a passed through advanced optical devices in order to produce an output. ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6715905 | Lighting apparatus Lighting apparatus includes a self righting base to return the apparatus to an upright condition when tipped therefrom. The apparatus also includes a lighting assembly mountable on the base. The lighting assembly includes an upwardly extending elongate light transmi... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6592241 | Articulated arm light A light apparatus includes a base for engaging a planar support surface and rotatably mounting a base adapter for rotation about a first axis. An articulated arm extends between the base adapter and a lamp head. The arm has a lower arm section rotatably a... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6554459 | Support bracket for light stand A support bracket for a device, such as a light, has a swivel mount provided at one end of a bent support arm, the other end of which can be held in a conventional stand. The support arm is shaped to position a light or other device connected to the swive... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6543914 | Stand arrangement Stand arrangement, in particular for medical examining and surgical microscopes, having a support foot (1), an upper part (2a), which can be rotated with respect to the support foot (2) about a vertical axis (A), and a boom (3), mounted pivotably thereon,... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6471363 | Surgical theater system having light, monitors, and cameras A surgical theater apparatus for suspending from a ceiling structural member of a hospital includes a central hub mountable to the ceiling structural member to rotate about a rotation axis. The hub has a pivot axis spaced apart from the rotation axis. Fir... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6382823 | Vehicular headlamp having reduced case formation A vehicular headlamp of a type having a lighting circuit unit mounted on an outer surface of a bottom wall of the lamp body in which failure of the seal between the lamp body and a front lens mounted thereon is prevented. A bottom wall extension portion i... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6322053 | Balancing system with a force multiplying device A force multiplying device is provided for use in conjunction with a balancing system for moving a load from an elevated position and to a predetermined lower position. The balancing system includes an extendable cable with a free end adapted to be secure... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5911495 | Plant lamp fixture Methods and apparatus for converting a hollow receptacle into an electric lamp are disclosed. The receptacle may be converted into a lamp on its own, or may be further filled with an artificial or live plant. In a preferred embodiment, the lamp fixture of... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5690426 | Reading lamp assembly removably and adjustably attachable to a torchiere-type lamp A reading lamp assembly can be removably and adjustably attached to the vertical pole of a torchiere-type floor lamp. The reading lamp itself is mounted at the distal end of a short arm. A resilient clip encircles or surrounds the pole and includes a pair... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5613771 | Swings out of the way articulated magnifying lamp The invention provides illumination and may provide magnified viewing of an object using a means which may be located directly in front of a seated or reclining individual, while providing for the means to pivot out of the way for easy egress from the sit... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5607217 | Illumination system An apparatus for illuminating an object in a defined area. The apparatus comprises a light source for projecting a beam of light in a defined area. A mounting rotatably supports the light source to intermittently illuminate the object in the defined area ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5590956 | Self-positioning lamp fixture with stabilizing base A self-positioning light fixture with a stabilizing base comprises a self-righting member in the shape of a spherical segment and a separate lamp supporting member with connecting means to join the two together and to separate each from the other. When se... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5586820 | Multidirectional task lamp A table, desk or wall-mount lamp is disclosed which is adjustable by being rotatable and also directable into several continuous directions for focusing the light onto an object and for focusing the intensity of light towards the object which is to be ill... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5564822 | Lantern stand A lightweight, multi-unit lantern stand and system is described. The system uses hollow body tubular portions that are connected to one another through a system of threaded collars, compression nuts and compression rings. The finished structure will suppo... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5544851 | Bracket for exterior mountings on buildings This invention pertains to brackets for mounting fixtures and the like to buildings, especially at elevated locations and to servicing such fixtures. Brackets of the invention include a wall mount subassembly for mounting directly to e.g. a vertical wall ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5490051 | Self-positioning lamp fixture with integrally formed unitary support structure A self-positioning lamp fixture with an integrally formed unitary support structure, including a self righting rounded lower wall terminating in a flat portion to stabilize the lamp structure when in its upright position. A continuous cavity extends throu... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5448464 | Lamp stands A lamp stand 1 is provided which has a ground-engaging base 2, a vertical support member 3 carried on the base, a carriage 10 movable along the support member, and an arm 11 on the carriage for attachment of a photographic lamp 9. The carriage 10 is mount... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5381325 | Self-positioning lamp fixture with stabilizing base A self-positioning light fixture with a stabilizing base comprises a self-righting member in the shape of a spherical segment and a separate lamp supporting member with connecting means to join the two together and to separate each from the other. When se... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5373424 | Automotive projection headlamp An automotive-type projection headlamp having a substantially elliptical reflector, a light source (bulb) located at the first focal point of the reflector, a projection lens disposed in front of the reflector, and a shade located at a position near the s... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5222806 | Lamp An adjustable desk lamp includes a pair of pivot arms mounted on a stepped base, and a movable support mounted on and along the pivot arms to a rest position in which the support rests on a selected step of the base to support a lamp head and a bulb conta... | 06/29/1993 |
