Dental cabinetry

Claim 1

Dental cabinetry for use by a dentist and at least one assistant during the treating of a patient, said cabinetry positionable outwardly from a position against a room wall into an operative position, said cabinetry comprising, a dentist''s cabinet including a work surface and a series of drawers therebelow, said drawers disposed for opening and closing movement along vectors in angular relationship to an adjacent room wall, roller support means projecting upwardly from said work surface, an assistant''s cabinet including a pedestal housing a series of drawers, a work surface projecting outwardly from said pedestal in a horizontal plane spaced above the work surface of the dentist''s cabinet and partially overlying the last mentioned work surface for support by said roller support means thereon, and pivot means coupling the pedestal of the assistant''s cabinet to a floor surface to permit outward swinging movement of the last mentioned cabinet through at least two different arcs to enable positioning of said last mentioned cabinet outwardly from a stored position against the room wall into the desired operative position adjacent a patient, said pivot means comprising channel members respectively affixed to the floor surface and to the underside of the cabinet, slide members carried within said channel members, means for locking said slide members to their respective channels, a threaded stud adjustably coupling said slide members and permitting rotational movement therebetween, said stud adjustable vertically to permit adjustment of the vertical spacing between said channel members to compensate for varying thicknesses of floor covering material.