Mount for hospital communications system
OwnerJames P. Fayinventor
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Abstract
There is provided an improved support for a hospital communication system characterized by a wall mount, an articulated arm secured to the wall mount at one end, and at the other end to a communicator mount, the latter being attached to a communicator unit having signal transmitting means and signal receiving means and characterized in that the communicator unit is rotatable in a vertical plane through a limited arc for convenient viewing by a reclining or sitting patient, and being easily positioned by the patient.
Claims3
A support for a hospital communications system and television comprising in combination:
- a. a wall mount including a bracket adapted to be secured to the wall adjacent a patient's bed, a horizontally extending arm pivotally mounted on a transverse horizontal axis onto said bracket and resilient means extending between said bracket and said horizontal arm for resiliently holding said arm in a generally horizontal position;
- b. an articulated arm secured to the distal extremity of said horizontally extending arm of said wall mount by a vertically axised pivot and including at least two arm portions pivotally secured together at confronting extremities by a vertically axis pin;
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- c. a communicator mount including a flanged sleeve for securing the mount at one end to a communicator unit, having signal transmitting means and signal receiving means, and a cylindrical member pivotally secured to said articulated arm by a vertically axised pin, and means coacting between said first and second means for selectively rotating said communicator in a vertical plane through a limited arc greater than 90.degree. and less than 180.degree. for convenient viewing by a reclining or sitting patient.
A support for a hospital communication system and television comprising in combination:
- a. a wall mount including a channel-shaped bracket having parallel projecting flange members, said bracket adapted to be secured to the wall adjacent a patient's bed, a horizontally extending arm pivotally mounted on a transverse horizontal axis onto said flange members and resilient means for resiliently holding said arm in a generally horizontal position including a coil spring coacting around a telescoping rod member and between end caps pivotally secured on horizontal axes to said bracket and said horizontal arm, respectively;
- b. an articulated arm secured to the distal extremity of said horizontally extending arm of said wall mount by a vertically axised pivot and including at least two tubular arm portions pivotally secured together at confronting extremities by a vertically axised pin;
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- c. a communicator mount including a flanged sleeve for securing the mount at one end to a communicator unit, having signal transmitting means and signal receiving means, and a cylindrical member pivotally secured to said articulated arm by a vertically axised pin, and means coacting between said first and second means for selectively rotating said communicator in a vertical plane through a limited arc greater than 90.degree. and less than 180.degree. for convenient viewing by a reclining or sitting patent, said selective rotation means including an arcuate slot in said sleeve and a pin extending from said cylindrical member for coaction in said slot to limit rotation of the cylindrical member and limit axial movement thereof relative to said sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.