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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1996
Marc-Antoine Archambault, Montreal, Quebec, CA;
Philippe April, St-Eustache, Quebec, CA;
Pascal Octeau, St-Eustache, Quebec, CA;
Bernard Lefebvre, Montreal, Quebec, CA;
Other;
Abstract
A support arm for attaching a device in a suspended manner is described. The support arm comprises a carriage secured to a top portion thereof for displacement along a guide rail. A brake pad is retained in a top end of the support arm and is actuated by a rotatable sleeve disposed at the bottom of the support arm whereby the brake pad is releasably engaged to arrest the arm at a desired location along the guide rail. A connecting bracket is rotatably secured to a bottom portion of the support arm to secure a device to be supported by the arm. A locking mechanism is actuable by the sleeve to unlock the connecting bracket to permit the device and the bracket to be rotatably displaced to a desired position and locked at such position. Particularly, but not exclusively, the support arm is for attaching a medical instrument in a suspended manner inside a patient's room of an ambulance.