Patent ID: 9349492
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A61B,G21F

Claim Text:
1. A radiation shielding suspension device comprising: a support member, said support member including at least one aperture for mounting said support member to a structure; a vertical member, said vertical member being fixedly attached to said support member and being substantially perpendicular to said vertical member; a swing arm, said swing arm being rotationally attached to said vertical member, said swing arm including a stop for fixing said swing arm at a plurality of vertical positions on said vertical member, and a channel, said channel including an axial member, said axial member being able to translate along a length of said channel; an attachment member, said attachment member being connected to said axial support member; a balancer, said balancer having a hook for connecting to said attachment member and a cable for attachment to a central support member, said cable including a slidable stop for adjusting said cable to a plurality of vertical positions; a spreader bar, said spreader bar including a first support ring for attaching to said central support member, a second support ring for attaching to a first lateral support member and a third support ring for attaching to a second lateral support member, said first and second lateral support members each being attachable to a first and a second support ring; and a plurality of straps, said at plurality of straps being attachable to said first and second support rings and to a radiation shielding garment, wherein an operator can attach said plurality of straps to said radiation shielding garment whereby a weight of said radiation shielding garment is substantially offset thereby allowing said operator substantially unbiased mobility along a transverse axis of said swing arm channel and around a 360 degree rotational axis of said vertical member.