Patent ID: 8474771

Claim:
A surgical tray assembly comprising: a tray defining a tray plane; and an articulatable arm assembly coupled with the tray and the tray configured to be selectively held at a desired orientation by a locking mechanism coupled to the articulatable arm assembly, wherein the articulatable arm assembly is configured and dimensioned to couple with a surgical console, and wherein the articulatable arm assembly includes at least one frictional hinge comprising a tapered pin, a bushing in rotational frictional contact with the tapered pin, and an adjustment mechanism coupled with the tapered pin to provide adjustable contact force between the tapered pin and the bushing, wherein the bushing comprises a lumen, wherein at least a portion of the lumen is tapered; and wherein the articulatable arm assembly comprises a first arm having a first end and second end and a second arm having a first end and second end, wherein the second end of the first arm is coupled with the first end of the second arm by a first interconnect, and the second end of the second arm is coupled with the tray by a second interconnect; wherein the first interconnect and the second interconnect each comprise a frictional hinge; wherein the first end of the first arm has a rotational axis; and wherein the arm assembly allows the tray to be rotated greater than 180 degrees about the rotational axis of the first end of the first arm.