Patent ID: 7871174
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: A61B,F21L,F21V

Abstract:
1. A headband for diagnostic instruments, said headband comprising: a closed front support part; an open back support part having two opposite ends; a mechanism for adjusting and fixing the length of said headband and associated to said ends of said open back support part, said mechanism being arranged in a housing substantially adapted to a shape of a human head and having a shank extending through a wall of said housing and comprising a rotary knob; and an accumulator module detachably mounted at said housing and having an opening for a passage of said shank and said rotary knob; wherein said housing is a flat housing having two opposing rims, wherein two spaced-apart bayonet-type grooves are formed in each of said opposing rims of said flat housing and wherein said flat housing has a resilient spring protruding from an outer wall thereof; said opening in said accumulator module is a central, fully bordered opening having a shape which is adapted to the geometry of said rotary knob for operation thereof; said accumulator module has pins arranged for engagement within said grooves in said flat housing and for lateral shifting within said grooves such that said pins occupy a fixed position in said grooves; and said accumulator module has a recess for snap engagement with said resilient spring of said flat housing in a fixed position of said pins in said grooves.