Overhead support for medical appliances

• US 4,993,683 A
• Filed: 12/20/1988
• Issued: 02/19/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Friedhelm Kreuzer GmbH
• Original Assignee: F M K Kreuzer GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Kreuzer, Friedhelm
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Olson, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US07/287,858
• Time in Patent Office: 791 Days
• Field of Search: 248/637, 248/639, 248/651, 248/660, 248/669, 248/122, 248/124, 248/415, 248/296, 248/317, 248/320, 248/323, 248/324, 248/327, 248/333, 248/125, 414/589, 414/590, 414/626, 414/669, 414/670, 414/672, 414/744.3, 269/57, 269/71, 269/74, 254/104
• US Class Current: 248/639
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/004 mounted on the ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 12/008 mounted on a mobile base, e.g. on a trolley
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/107 Supply appliances supply appliances for dental machines A61C1/0007
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2203/80 for connecting a trolley to a device, e.g. bed or column table
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2210/30 for intensive care
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/046 adapted to upward-downward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/42 with arrangement for propelling the support stands on wheels
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/027 Ceiling supports

Abstract

An overhead support for receiving medical appliances comprises an extension arm and appliance receiving means and is modified for receiving various chassis-mounted appliances on said appliance receiving means. To this end the appliance receiving means is level-adjustable such that it receives a medical appliance carried on a chassis by grabbing the chassis from below.

Claims

1. An overhead support for carrying medical appliances, comprising an extension arm, a column with supply lines passed therethrough, appliance receiving means being provided at the bottom end of said column and being formed to grab a medical appliance supported on a carriage from below said carriage, means for lifting said carriage off the floor and for adjusting the level of said appliance receiving means to receive said medical appliance, said appliance receiving means comprises two rails and means for adjusting the distance between said two rails, and a hinge provided at the column end for folding said rails up around said hinge.