US 12,082,981 B2
Surgical armrest
Frederick H. Sklar, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Frederick H. Sklar, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/502,841.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/382,696, filed on Nov. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0148468 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. A47C 7/54 (2006.01); A61B 90/60 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/60 (2016.02) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical armrest comprising:
a body having a dorsal surface, a ventral surface, a first lateral end, a second lateral end, a caudal end, and a cephalic end, the body having a horizontal axis therethrough, the body having a vertical axis therethrough, the horizontal axis being perpendicular to the vertical axis, the body having a medial line between the first lateral end and the second lateral end;
a ventral mounting bracket being secured to the ventral surface of the body, the ventral mounting bracket including an elongated slot defining a range of caudal-to-cephalic sliding motion of the body with respect to a support member which is secured thereto, the elongated slot defining a range of dorsal-to-ventral tilt of the body with respect to the support member, the elongated slot being perpendicular to the horizontal axis;
a first dorsal mounting bracket being secured to the dorsal surface of the body, the first dorsal mounting bracket having a first elongated aperture with first and second dorsal glides therein with a first linking lock bar therebetween;
a first armrest member being secured to the first dorsal mounting bracket at the first elongated aperture by the first dorsal glide, the first armrest member having a first range of rotation with respect to the first dorsal mounting bracket, the first dorsal mounting bracket having a second range of rotation with respect to the body;
a second dorsal mounting bracket being secured to the dorsal surface of the body, the second dorsal mounting bracket having a second elongated aperture with third and fourth dorsal glides therein with a second linking lock bar therebetween;
a second armrest member being secured to the second dorsal mounting bracket at the second elongated aperture by the third dorsal glide, the second armrest member having a third range of rotation with respect to the second dorsal mounting bracket, the second dorsal mounting bracket having a fourth range of rotation with respect to the body;
the first armrest member having a first elevated portion and a first concave portion; and
the second armrest member having a second elevated portion and a second concave portion.