On demand modular ingress/egress control mechanism
AssigneeAegys, LLC
InventorsJoseph R. Barwick, Stephen F. Blackler
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Abstract
A room access control system including a base attachable to a wall or door jamb adjacent a door opening to a room, an arm having a first end pivotally mounted to the base and having a second end, illuminated warning indicia positioned on the arm, wherein the arm is positionable in a first position wherein the arm is in a generally vertical, undeployed position with the second end of the arm positioned above a floor located beneath the base and adjacent the door opening, and wherein the arm is pivotable from the first, generally vertical undeployed position, to a second generally horizontal, deployed position, where the arm extends across the door opening.
Claims27
An MRI room access control system comprising:
- a base attachable to a wall or door jamb adjacent a door opening to an MRI room;
- an arm having a first end pivotally mounted to the base at a stationary pivot point relative to the base for rotation about a horizontal axis, the arm also having a second end;
- wherein the arm is fixed for rotation about the horizontal axis only at the stationary pivot point;
- wherein the arm is positionable in a first undeployed position where the arm is generally vertical and the second end of the arm points downwardly;
- and
- wherein the arm is pivotable from the first undeployed position, upwardly to a second generally horizontal, deployed position, where the arm extends across the door opening,
- wherein upward movement of the arm to the generally horizontal, deployed position is caused by automated rotation of the first end of the arm in response to activation of a button positioned on the base, or receipt of a wireless signal by a receiver positioned on the base;
- illuminated warning indicia positioned on a front side of the arm, providing a readable lettered warning;
- a plurality of holes positioned on a back side of the arm facing an interior of the MM room adapted to illuminate the back side of the arm to a person within the MRI room;
- wherein the plurality of holes in the back side of the arm allow light transmitted from one or more lights positioned within the arm to pass through the plurality of holes into the MRI room, to provide a visual indication that the arm is in the second generally horizontal, deployed position.
A room access control system comprising:
- a base attachable to a wall or door jamb adjacent a door opening to a room;
- an arm having a first end pivotally mounted to the base at a pivot point, the arm also having a second end;
- illuminated warning indicia positioned on a front side of the arm;
- wherein the arm is positionable in a first undeployed position where the arm is generally vertical;
- wherein the arm is pivotable from the first undeployed position, to a second generally horizontal, deployed position, where the arm extends across the door opening;
- wherein a rotatable arm mount plate is attached to the base and the rotatable arm mount plate is in a vertical position;
- wherein a vertical quick release plate is attached to the first end of the arm;
- wherein the rotatable arm mount plate and the vertical quick release plate are hingedly mounted to each other with a hinge that allows the arm to rotate about a pivot axis of the hinge generally parallel to the ground to allow egress from the room;
- wherein the vertical quick release plate and the rotatable arm mount plate extend between the pivot axis towards the second end of the arm;
- wherein the hinge includes an upwardly extending male extension on a lower hinge section and includes an upper hinge section having a cavity which is fitted over the male extension;
- and
- wherein the vertical quick release plate attached to the first end of the arm is coupled to the rotatable arm mount plate with a magnetic coupling comprising one or more magnets extending outwardly from the rotatable arm mount plate and one or more magnets extending inwardly from the vertical quick release plate, to provide a breakaway point between the pivot axis of the hinge and the second end of the arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.