Patent ID: 8051610
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A patient flatwall system for use in a hospital room having a wall, the flatwall system comprising: a generally horizontal track extending generally parallel and adjacent to the wall, a generally horizontal cantilevered arm supported by the wall having a proximal end coupled to the track for movement therealong, the arm extending generally outwardly from the track, the arm including an outer tube and an inner tube that telescopes horizontally into and out of the outer tube between extended and retracted positions, and a patient flatwall coupled to a distal end of the arm rotatable relative to the arm about a first generally vertical axis, the flatwall having a plurality of service connectors, wherein the cantilevered arm moves between a retracted position and an extended position, in the retracted position the first axis is spaced less than one half the width of the patient flatwall from the wall so that the patient flatwall is blocked by the wall from rotating 90° or more relative to the cantilevered arm, in the extended position the first axis is spaced more than one half the width of the patient flatwall from the wall so that the patient flatwall is free to rotate 360° relative to the cantilevered arm.