Armrest assembly
AssigneeMidmark Corporation
InventorsJeffrey T. DeBord, Richard L. Lane, Rainer B. Teufel, Arthur D. Smith, Brent M. Willey
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Abstract
An armrest assembly is disclosed herein. The armrest assembly includes a main body with a proximal adjustment assembly disposed at a first end and a distal adjustment assembly disposed at a second end. The proximal adjustment assembly provides for adjustment of the main body about a first axis. The distal adjustment assembly provides for adjustment of an arm pad about a second axis as well as a third axis. To prevent damage, a breakaway assembly is provided by the distal adjustment assembly to unlock the arm pad from a raised position and lower it into a lower position in the event a weight applied to the arm pad is beyond a particular weight threshold.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- (a) moving a main body of an armrest assembly about a first axis;
- (b) moving an arm pad of the armrest assembly about a second axis;
- (c) moving the arm pad of the armrest assembly about a third axis;
- (d) moving the arm pad about the third axis from a default position to a non-default position;
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- (e) locking the arm pad in the non-default position, wherein locking the arm pad in the non-default position prevents the arm from moving to the default position.
A method comprising:
- (a) rotating, by way of a proximal adjustment assembly, a main body of an armrest assembly about a first axis, wherein the proximal adjustment assembly is disposed at a first end of the main body;
- (b) rotating, by way of a distal adjustment assembly, an arm pad of the arm rest assembly about a second axis, wherein the distal adjustment assembly is disposed at a second end of the main body;
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- (c) rotating, by way of the distal adjustment assembly, the arm pad about a third axis and between a default position and a non-default position.
A method comprising:
- (a) rotating, by way of a proximal adjustment assembly, a main body of an armrest assembly between a first main body position and a second main body position, wherein the proximal adjustment assembly is disposed at a first end of the main body;
- (b) rotating, by way of the distal adjustment assembly, the arm pad between a first lateral position and a second lateral position;
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- (c) rotating, by way of a distal adjustment assembly, an arm pad of the arm rest assembly between a default position and a non-default position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.