Patent ID: 7219472
Filing Date: 2007-05-22
Classification: A61G,A61M,E04B,G16H,H01R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use in a hospital room having a ceiling and a floor, the apparatus comprising an arm assembly adapted to be suspended from the ceiling of the hospital room, the arm assembly comprising a first arm that is nonvertical and pivotable relative to the ceiling about a substantially vertical axis when the arm assembly is suspended from the ceiling of the hospital room, an overbed table coupled to the arm assembly and adapted to be supported by the arm assembly above the floor of the hospital room when the arm assembly is suspended from the ceiling of the hospital room, and a hub unit to which the first arm of the arm assembly is coupled, wherein the hub unit comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, a slot is defined between the upper and lower portions of the hub unit, and the first arm moves within the slot when pivoting about the vertical axis.