Patent ID: 7441282
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A headband apparatus for a head-worn optical instrument, comprising a headband and a bow on which said optical instrument is mounted, said bow being mounted with both ends thereof at a middle region of said headband for swiveling about a swivel axis between a working position and a rest position, wherein fastening elements for releasably fastening at least one additional element are provided on said headband, said fastening elements form said swivel axis, said fastening elements extend outward through said ends of said bow, said additional element is formed by a latching device that permits swiveling of said bow between said working position and said rest position and locks said bow in these positions, and said latching device includes a latching disk which is connected to said fastening element in a rotationally fixed fashion and has a circularly arcuate guide slot in which there is guided a latching pin which is connected to said bow in a rotationally fixed fashion and engages in a latching fashion in said guide slot in said working position and/or said rest position of said bow.