Patent ID: 8201781
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: A61B,A61G,F16M,F21S,F21V,G16H,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electronic display and lighting arrangement for viewing by, and illumination for, a dental patient received in a resting position in a dental chair, comprising: (a) a support member mounted to a support structure, (b) a swivel arm and a first pivot arm coupled to the support member by the swivel arm such that said first pivot arm is variably positionable in different inclinations to a horizontal plane, and such that said first pivot arm is variably positionable within the horizontal plane by movement of the swivel arm, (c) an electronic display including a display screen, said electronic display being coupled to said first pivot arm such that said display screen may be disposed in a horizontal orientation and such that said display screen is adjustably positionable both, (d) a light adjustably positionable in a direction parallel to a direction of movement of the electronic display, and (e) a dental chair for receiving a dental patient in a resting position, said dental chair including a headrest for receiving a head of the dental patient, (f) wherein illumination by said light is provided for the dental patient in the resting position received in said dental chair, and (g) wherein said electronic display is adjustably suspendable vertically above said headrest of said dental chair, with said display screen disposed in a horizontal orientation, for viewing by the dental patient received in said dental chair, without said light obstructing viewing of said electronic display by the dental patient.