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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1999
Steven J. Vornsand, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Zenith Electronics Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
A television receiver system for a healthcare environment where the television receiver has provision for connection of a pendant control mechanism that houses a single switch for controlling the television receiver ON/OFF and tuning functions in a sequential manner and may also contain a pillow speaker and a volume control. The receiver tuning system comprises a cyclical sequence of individual positions for receiving television channels, radio signals and instructional channels, and a position for turning the television receiver OFF. Any position may be designated as the ON position to which the system tunes whenever it is activated, with the OFF position being designated as the position immediately below the ON position.