Patent ID: 8893333

Claim:
A surgical head support apparatus comprising a head support including a first spherical joint, a bracket including a second spherical joint, and a joint member coupling the head support to the bracket, the joint member including a joint member body and a joint lock, the joint member body having a joint member body first end forming a first socket and a joint member body second end forming a second socket, the first socket sized to receive the first spherical joint and the second socket sized to receive the second spherical joint, wherein the joint lock is operable to move the joint member between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, the locked configuration disallowing movement of the joint member relative to the first spherical joint and the second spherical joint, and the unlocked configuration allowing movement of the joint member relative to the first spherical joint and the second spherical joint and wherein the first spherical joint includes a first ball, a first shaft extending from the first ball, and a first flange coupled between the first shaft and the head support so that the shaft forms an angle relative to the head support of less than 90 degrees.