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Patient locating table

Granted 3 Sep 2002 · no office action yet

Application
29/136,472
filed 31 Jan 2001
Publication
Not published
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US D462445
granted 3 Sep 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the left side, back side and top of the patient locating table in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the patient locating table of FIG. 1 showing the back side in greater detail;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the left side, front side and top of the patient locating table of FIG. 1 with the right side being a mirror image of the left side;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 3 showing the table surface in a tilted-down position;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the left side of another embodiment of the patient locating table of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an elevational view of the right side of the patient locating table of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of the patient locating table of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a back elevational view of the patient locating table of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the patient locating table of FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the left side, front side and top of the patient locating table of FIG. 5; and,

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the left side, back side and bottom of the patient locating table of FIG. 5.

The difference between the embodiment of FIGS. 1-4 and the embodiment of FIGS. 5-11 are primarily the shape of the projecting portion of the upper table for supporting a patient and that the rear, in the embodiment of FIGS. 1-4, has a corrugated tubing for encasing electrical wiring going between the bottom of the base and the back of the table, while the embodiment of FIGS. 5-11 has two rigid portions with a gap therebetween.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/183

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Stella Reid
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