A - Human Necessities – 61 – G
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
G
A61G 13/12 (2006.01) A61B 19/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2270855
A system for supporting a user's arm, comprises an armrest. The armrest is suspended and supported from a horizontally movable structure comprising a vertically movable member through which the armrest is suspended, a counterbalancing return-force producing assembly connected to the vertically movable member to counterbalance at least in part the weight of the user's arm, and a movement-resisting assembly connected to the vertically movable member to resist to vertical movement of the vertically movable member. According to a preferred embodiment, the vertically movable member comprises a cable, the counterbalancing return-force producing assembly comprises a first, spring-loaded reel, and the movement-resisting assembly comprises a second reel on which turns of the cable are wound and provided with at least one lateral face, and at least one friction disk applied to the lateral face of the second reel to resist to vertical movement of the wire. The present invention is also concerned with a specific embodiment of the armrest.
Brouillette Kosie Prince
Dubois Constant
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