Beds – Support means for discrete portion of user – useable with bed... – For lower body portions
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-25
2005-10-25
Lagman, Frederick L. (Department: 3673)
Beds
Support means for discrete portion of user, useable with bed...
For lower body portions
C005S646000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06957463
ABSTRACT:
Provided herein is a support stand useful for supporting various objects which is simultaneously highly variable with respect to many possible attitudes or orientations and enjoys ease and simplicity of adjustment between possible positions. A support device according to the invention simultaneously has an extremely high degree of stability and structural strength in a desired position selected by the user, is aesthetically-appealing and is simplistic enough in design to permit low-cost manufacture, thus enabling easier widespread use in various professional fields. A device according to the invention is especially well-suited to support limbs of patients such as arms and legs while undergoing a medical treatment or therapy and has a wide degree of freedom with respect to the number of possible orientations it may take on.
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Lagman Frederick L.
Whewell Christopher J.
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