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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2009
Applicants:
Franz Fadler, Hetzles, DE;
Paul Weidner, Pressath, DE;
Satchi Panda, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stand, especially a floor stand, with a movable arm with an attachment section provided at the end of the arm for an object to be held by means of the stand, especially an imaging device in the form of an ultrasound head, with the attachment section being supported movably on the arm via a ball-and-socket joint comprising a ball head carrying the attachment section and a head holder supporting the ball head on the arm side, with a locking device being provided for releasable locking of the ball head () in its adopted position in the head holder.