Dynamic column support for feeder pan
OwnerLeland D. Millerinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus is disclosed for supporting an individual's arm in a feeder pan or tray to enable the user to perform manipulative acts with his hands and fingers without relying upon arm or shoulder muscles. The tray easily moves in any horizontal direction to a desired position within the limits of the apparatus without tipping or tilting. The underlying dynamic suspension which permits this movement includes three or more longitudinally incompressible but laterally deflectable columns positioned at the vertexes of a regular polygon and extending upwardly from a fixed base to a movable table upon which the tray is mounted. Each column is a wire cable having a core element with wire plies counterwrapped thereon in spiral layers.
Claims9
A limb support comprising:
- a base;
- a table spaced above said base and having a normal position relative thereto;
- a tray on said table adapted to receive an individual's limb;
- and
- laterally deflectable column means on said base extending therefrom to said table, and including at least three laterally resilient, spaced column members arranged in a polygonal array and mounting the table in a predetermined attitude for movement in any horizontal direction up to a maximum, substantial displacement away from said normal position,
- said column members being longitudinally incompressible, yieldably biasing said table toward said normal position, and maintaining said table in substantially said attitude as the table is selectively shifted in any desired horizontal direction away from said normal position in a smooth, natural motion with minimum vertical displacement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.