Patent ID: 8584994

Claim:
A floor stand with an angled arm for a microscope comprising: a base comprising means for moving about the floor, the base being coupled to a central pillar, a support column having a top end, a bottom end, and a column longitudinal axis, the bottom end being coupled to the top of the central pillar, the top end connected to a first end of a lateral arm and the top end extending downward from the first end of the lateral arm, the support column having a C-shape that is connected at the bottom end of the C-shape to the central pillar of the base and at the top end of the C-shape to the lateral arm, the lateral arm having the first end, a second end, and an arm longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the floor, such that the column longitudinal axis intersects the arm longitudinal axis at an angle between about 50 and 70 degrees, inclusive, the support column being at least as long as the lateral arm and bent into at least two longitudinal sections; and an articulating arm having a pivot end and an attachment point end, the pivot end being connected to the second end of the lateral arm, and the attachment point end having means to attach a microscope.