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US 8,997,281 B2Granted
Operating table top assemblies and related devices
AssigneeTrumpf Medizin Systeme GmbH + Co. KG
InventorsEdward Daley, Patrick Schleitzer, Ivo Mueller, Rene Harig, Rene Lenk, Peter Schumann, Heinz-Hermann Dalbert
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to operating table top assemblies and related devices. In some aspects, an operating table top coupling assembly includes a receiver assembly and a hook assembly. The receiver assembly includes first and second spaced walls that define a central recess therebetween. The hook assembly includes an elongate hook member attached to or integrally formed with a housing that is configured to be at least partially disposed within the central recess of the receiver assembly.
Claims17
An operating table top assembly comprising:
- a first table top component;
- a receiver assembly attached to or integrally formed with the first table top component, the receiver assembly comprising first and second spaced walls that define a central recess therebetween, the first wall having an outer side surface and a projection that extends laterally from the outer side surface, the projection defining an undercut;
- a second table top component;
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- a hook assembly attached to or integrally formed with the second table top component, the hook assembly comprising an elongate hook member attached to or integrally formed with a housing, the hook member having a tip portion, the housing being configured to be at least partially disposed within the central recess of the receiver assembly, and the tip portion of the hook member being configured to matingly engage the undercut defined by the projection of the receiver assembly,
- wherein the housing of the hook assembly is at least partially disposed within the central recess of the receiver assembly when the first table top component is coupled to the second table top component, and the tip portion of the hook member of the hook assembly matingly engages the undercut defined by the projection of the receiver assembly when the first table top component is coupled to the second table top component, and
- wherein the hook assembly further comprises a spring-loaded member that can be moved between an extended position in which the spring-loaded member extends from a side surface of the housing and a retracted position in which the spring-loaded member is retracted into the housing, and one of the first and second walls of the receiver assembly defines an aperture configured to receive a portion of the spring-loaded member when the spring-loaded member is in the extended position.
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An operating table top coupling device comprising:
- a receiver assembly comprising first and second spaced walls that define a central recess therebetween, the first wall having an outer side surface and a projection that extends laterally from the outer side surface, the projection defining an undercut;
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- a hook assembly comprising an elongate hook member attached to or integrally formed with a housing, the hook member having a tip portion, the housing being configured to be at least partially disposed within the central recess of the receiver assembly, and the tip portion of the hook member being configured to matingly engage the undercut defined by the projection of the receiver assembly,
- wherein the hook assembly further comprises a spring-loaded member that can be moved between an extended position in which the spring-loaded member extends from a side surface of the housing and a retracted position in which the spring-loaded member is retracted into the housing, and one of the first and second walls of the receiver assembly defines an aperture configured to receive a portion of the spring-loaded member when the spring-loaded member is in the extended position.
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An operating table top coupling device comprising:
- a receiver assembly comprising first and second spaced walls that define a central recess therebetween, the first wall having an outer side surface and a projection that extends laterally from the outer side surface, the projection defining an undercut,
- wherein the central recess is configured to receive at least a portion of a housing of a hook assembly when the hook assembly is coupled to the receiver assembly, and the undercut is configured to matingly engage a tip portion of a hook member of the hook assembly when the hook assembly is coupled to the receiver assembly, and
- wherein one of the first and second walls of the receiver assembly defines an aperture configured to receive a portion of a spring-loaded member of the hook assembly when the spring-loaded member is moved into an extended position in which the spring-loaded member extends from a side surface of the housing, from a retracted position in which the spring-loaded member is retracted into the housing.
An operating table top coupling device comprising:
- a hook assembly comprising an elongate hook member attached to or integrally formed with a housing, the hook member having a tip portion, wherein the housing is configured to be at least partially disposed within a central recess of a receiver assembly when the hook assembly is coupled to the receiver assembly, and the tip portion of the hook member is configured to matingly engage an undercut defined by a projection of the receiver assembly when the hook assembly is coupled to the receiver assembly,
- wherein the hook assembly further comprises a spring-loaded member that can be moved between an extended position in which the spring-loaded member extends from a side surface of the housing and a retracted position in which the spring-loaded member is retracted into the housing, and a portion of the spring-loaded member is configured to be received in an aperture defined by one of first and second spaced walls of the receiver assembly when the spring-loaded member is in the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.