Examination table top

• US 5,297,303 A
• Filed: 04/26/1993
• Issued: 03/29/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Karen E. Davis, Teresa E. Stafford
• Original Assignee: Karen E. Davis, Teresa E. Stafford
• Inventors: Davis, Karen E., Stafford, Teresa E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grosz, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US08/051,773
• Time in Patent Office: 337 Days
• Field of Search: 5/613, 5/621, 5/600, 5/601, 5/900.5, 378/209, 606/242
• US Class Current: 5/613
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/0414 with compression means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/502 for diagnosis of breast, i.e. mammography
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/12 Rests specially adapted therefor; Arrangements of patient-supporting surfaces rests for the surgeon A61B90/60; restraining devices A61F5/37
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/122 Upper body, e.g. chest
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 13/1255 Shoulders
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 2200/325 prone

Abstract

A table top is arranged to include a mammary plate, having opposed first and second arcuate recesses to each individually accommodate a mammary during an examination procedure. A modification of the invention includes the mammary plate formed of expandable and contractible relative L-shaped components to accommodate variation in sizing of the first and second arcuate recesses.

Claims

1. An examination table top including at least one torso cushion, the at least one torso cushion spaced from a first shoulder cushion and a second shoulder cushion, with the second cushion and the first shoulder cushion arranged in adjacency and in a coextensive relationship relative to one another, and a mammary plate positioned between the first shoulder cushion, the second shoulder cushion, and the torso cushion, the mammary plate including a first side wall spaced from a second side wall, a first end wall spaced from a second end wall, a top wall spaced from a bottom wall, with the first side wall positioned in adjacency to the first shoulder cushion and the second shoulder cushion oriented at an oblique angulation relative to the first shoulder cushion and the second shoulder cushion, and the second side wall positioned in adjacency relative to said torso cushion,

and

the first end wall including a first arcuate recess directed into the mammary plate from the first end wall, and a second arcuate recess of a mirror image configuration relative to said first arcuate recess directed into the mammary plate from said second end wall, with the first arcuate recess and the second arcuate recess arranged in a spaced orientation relative to one another longitudinally aligned relative to one another.

2. A table top as set forth in claim 1 wherein the mammary plate includes a first L-shaped portion arranged in a coextensive mirror image relationship relative to a second L-shaped portion, having said first arcuate recess oriented between said first L-shaped portion and said second L-shaped portion, and a third L-shaped portion arranged in a coextensive mirror image relationship relative to a fourth L-shaped portion, wherein the third L-shaped portion and the fourth L-shaped portion define said second arcuate recesses therebetween, and a first slide rod slidably mounted within said first L-shaped portion and said second L-shaped portion in adjacency to said first arcuate recess, and a second slide rod slidably directed into said third L-shaped portion and said fourth L-shaped portion in adjacency to said second arcuate recess, wherein the first slide rod and the second slide rod are arranged in a parallel relationship relative to one another, and a third slide rod orthogonally oriented relative to said first slide rod and said second slide rod, with the third slide rod slidably mounted between said first L-shaped portion and said third L-shaped portion, and a fourth slide rod slidably directed into said second L-shaped portion and said fourth L-shaped portion, with the third slide rod and the fourth slide rod arranged in a parallel relationship relative to one another, and a control rod threadedly directed into said first L-shaped portion and into said third L-shaped portion, with the control rod having a right hand thread threadedly received within said third L-shaped portion and a left hand threaded portion received within said first L-shaped portion, wherein rotation of said control rod effects longitudinal displacement of said first L-shaped portion relative to said third L-shaped portion.

3. A table top as set forth in claim 2 wherein the first L-shaped portion and the second L-shaped portion each include a first guide pin, and the third L-shaped portion and the fourth L-shaped portion each include a second guide pin, and a cover plate, the cover plate including a plurality of parallel slots, wherein one of said slots includes and slidably receives one of said first guide pins and one of said second guide pins, and a further of said L-shaped slots receives a further one of said first guide pins and said second guide pins, with the cover plate extending over said third slide rod, said fourth slide rod, and said control rod.

4. A table top as set forth in claim 3 including a second control rod, having a second left hand portion threadedly received within said first L-shaped portion, and a second right hand threaded portion received within said second L-shaped portion, whereupon rotation of said second control rod effects selective displacement of said first L-shaped portion and said second L-shaped portion relative to one another and simultaneous displacement of said third L-shaped portion relative to said fourth L-shaped portion relative to one another.