Patent ID: 6196649
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A61B,A61G

Abstract:
A convertible medical appliance support apparatus comprising:a top substantially rectangular closure member adapted to connect the support apparatus to an operatively associated ceiling mount member;a bottom substantially rectangular closure member;a first pair of elongate corner support members extending substantially vertically between the top closure member and the bottom closure member;a second pair of elongate corner support members extending substantially vertically between the top closure member and the bottom closure member;a first pair of face wall members, a first one of the first pair of face wall members connecting the first pair of corner support members and a second one of the first pair of face wall members connecting the second pair of corner support members;a first pair of side wall members, a first one of the first pair of side wall members connecting a first one of the first pair of corner support members with a first one of the second pair of corner support members, and a second one of the first pair of side wall members connecting the second one of the first pair of corner support members with the second one of the second pair of corner support members;a medical appliance support member connected to at least one of the first and second pair of elongate corner support members and adapted to support an operatively associated medical appliance on the convertible medical appliance support apparatus;an extension system including i) a first pair of elongate corner support extension members having a free end and a connection end, the connection end of the first pair of extension members being selectively connectable to said first pair of elongate corner support members for extending the medical appliance support apparatus in a direction beyond the bottom closure member, and ii) a second pair of elongate corner support extension members having a free end and a connection end, the connection end of the second pair of extension members being selectively connectable to said second pair of elongate corner support members for extending the medical appliance support apparatus in said direction beyond the bottom closure member;the bottom substantially rectangular closure member being selectively connectable to the free end of the first pair of corner support extension members and to the free end of the second pair of corner support extension members;the first one of the first pair of face wall members being adapted to connect the first pair of corner support extension members, and the second one of the first pair of face wall members being adapted to connect the second pair of corner support extension members; and,the first one of the first pair of side wall members being adapted to connect a first one of the first pair of corner support extension members with a first one of the second pair of corner support extension members, and the second one of the first pair of side wall members being adapted to connect the second one of the first pair of corner support extension members with the second one of the second pair of corner support extension members.