Patent ID: 8262166

Claim:
An arm support, comprising an arm supporting element, connected via a connecting device with a lift device, wherein the arm supporting element has a longitudinal direction between a front end and a rear end and is connected via a tilting axis (E) with the connecting device, wherein the lift device comprises compensation means for bearing the weight of the arm support and a load borne thereon, in particular an arm of a user, wherein the compensation means comprise a parallelogram construction including two parallel arms, and wherein the compensation means further comprise a spring assembly including a draw spring and a cable-pulley system, and wherein a first application point of the draw spring is on a first of the two parallel arms, and wherein a second application point of the draw spring is on a second of the two parallel arms, and wherein a force of the draw spring is applied to the second application point via a cable of the cable-pulley system.