Patent ID: 7849978

Claim:
A patient care equipment support system comprising: a support structure extending between a floor and a ceiling of a hospital room, the support structure having a service outlet for delivery of a medical gas, the support structure having an arm mount including an upper platform and a lower platform, the upper and lower platforms each being closer to the ceiling than to the floor; an arm coupled to the support structure and supported in the hospital room for pivoting movement about a generally vertical axis, the arm having an interior region, a proximal end of the arm being situated between the upper and lower platforms, a column coupled to the arm for movement therewith, the column configured to support patient care equipment, and a brake located outside the interior region of the arm and movable between a braking position to impede the pivoting movement of the arm and a releasing position allowing pivoting movement of the arm, at least one service line that provides a service to the patient care equipment extending from outside the arm into the interior region of the arm passed the brake and extending within the interior region of the arm away from the brake toward an end of the arm.