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Service unit, particularly for a doctor's or a dentist's office

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1975-03-21
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Granted: 1977-08-16
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Expires: 1995-03-21
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Abstract

Abstract A service unit for facilitating a doctor's or a dentist's work at treatment of a patient comprises a work bench and one or more cupboards, rotatably supported on a pillar stand with a substantially vertical axis of rotation; the pillar stand is mainly of U-shape with two shanks and an intermediate, vertical portion; the ends of the shanks, remote from said intermediate portion, being connected to/or designed as vertically extending journal supports, and said intermediate portion, and/or the shanks, being provided with two horizontal cross bars spaced apart a distance in the vertical direction and intended for carrying the work bench and the cupboards.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jan-Ake Hallen

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 15:39
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47B; A47B37/00; A47B96/00; A47B96/14; A47B96/1425; A61; A61B; A61B50/00; A61B50/10; A61G; A61G15/00; A61G15/14; B; B01; B01L; B01L9/00; B01L9/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 193 words
A dental service unit comprising in combination a U-shaped pillar stand, a workbench and at least one upper cupboard arranged above said workbench, each of said workbench and said one cupboard being fixedly-mounted on intermediate portions of said U-shaped pillar stand, the pillar stand including a vertical rotation axis located at outer ends of vertically spaced legs of said pillar stand, said vertical rotation axis extending generally through forward portions of said workbench and cupboard, said pillar stand including an intermediate portion substantially parallel to said vertically spaced legs and connected thereto by vertically spaced, lateral support portions, said work table projecting forwardly from said last-mentioned intermediate portion and said cupboard being mounted on the upper-most lateral portion, said vertically spaced legs of said pillar stand including support elements for respectively engaging vertically spaced support surfaces for maintaining said pillar stand in a relatively fixed position with respect to the vertically spaced support surfaces, said pillar stand being tubular and said vertically spaced lateral portions comprising hollow sections, inside which sections and pillar stand are arranged distrubution service ducts for water, drainage, and supply lines for air, electricity, telephone service, and the like.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 193 words
A dental service unit comprising in combination a U-shaped pillar stand, a workbench and at least one upper cupboard arranged above said workbench, each of said workbench and said one cupboard being fixedly-mounted on intermediate portions of said U-shaped pillar stand, the pillar stand including a vertical rotation axis located at outer ends of vertically spaced legs of said pillar stand, said vertical rotation axis extending generally through forward portions of said workbench and cupboard, said pillar stand including an intermediate portion substantially parallel to said vertically spaced legs and connected thereto by vertically spaced, lateral support portions, said work table projecting forwardly from said last-mentioned intermediate portion and said cupboard being mounted on the upper-most lateral portion, said vertically spaced legs of said pillar stand including support elements for respectively engaging vertically spaced support surfaces for maintaining said pillar stand in a relatively fixed position with respect to the vertically spaced support surfaces, said pillar stand being tubular and said vertically spaced lateral portions comprising hollow sections, inside which sections and pillar stand are arranged distrubution service ducts for water, drainage, and supply lines for air, electricity, telephone service, and the like.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 34 words
A dental service unit as set forth in claim 1, in which the pillar stand legs include clamping means for clamping the pillar stand in vertically extending relationship between two vertically spaced, fixed surfaces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 38 words
A dental service unit as set forth in claim 1, in which said vertically spaced, lateral portions, workbench and cupboard include means for vertically adjusting the table and cupboard as a unit with respect to said pillar stand.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 28 words
A service unit as claimed in claim 1, in which the cross bars extend further on one side of the pillar stand than on the other side thereof.

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1980-08-15 1981-02-14 1981-08-16 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1984-08-15 1985-02-14 1985-08-16 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1988-08-15 1989-02-14 1989-08-16 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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