Hill-rom, Inc.

Teddy L Johnson

John David Vogel

Michael Buccieri

Dennis James Gallant

John W Ruehl

Nicholas C Batta

Scott D McCormick

Edward W Catton

Richard E Hoffman

Chris Lee Hildenbrand

Donald L Mobley

Douglas C Ambach

Dale A Nobbe

James N Grote

Kenneth M Merkel

Thomas J Slanker

Gary L Najmon

A gas valve apparatus is configured to receive a gas specific adapter. The apparatus includes a gas valve body having a first keying mechanism, and a cap coupled to the gas valve body. The cap includes a keyed front face having a gas outlet configured to receive the gas specific adapter. The cap also includes a second keying mechanism configured to mate with the first keying mechanism on the gas valve body to permit the cap to be coupled to the valve body.

Keyed cap for gas outlet valve

A monitor arm includes a mounting assembly adapted to be coupled to a support structure and a parallelogram mechanism coupled to the mounting assembly. The parallelogram mechanism includes a support member adapted to couple to an object, such as a computer monitor, a first arm pivotably coupled to the mounting assembly at a first pivot axis and pivotably coupled to the support member at a second pivot axis, and a second arm pivotably coupled to the mounting assembly at a fifth pivot axis and pivotably coupled to the support member at a fourth pivot axis. The monitor arm includes a counterbalancer having a first end coupled to the mounting assembly at a third pivot axis and a second end coupled to the first arm at the second pivot axis. The third pivot axis is vertically above and vertically aligned with the first and fifth pivot axes. The mounting assembly includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of the third pivot axis relative to the first and fifth pivot axes to adjust a counterbalancing force exerted on the parallelogram mechanism by the counterbalancer.

Monitor arm with constant counterbalance

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Batesville, IN, United States of America

Teddy L Johnson