Dental patient chair with an adjustable headrest

US5346283A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Steininger · Darmstadt, DE
• Klaus Stoeckl · Bensheim, DE
• Tilman Phleps · Lorsch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 15, 1992
• Grant date: Sep 13, 1994
• Expiry date: May 15, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61G15/125
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A dental patient chair has an adjustable headrest on a headrest carrier. The headrest is pivotably hinged around a transverse first axis on a bracing member which, in turn, is adjustable in the longitudinal direction in the backrest. In addition, the headrest is connected by a linkage which is pivotably connected on a second axis offset from the first axis so that movement of the linkage causes tilting of the headrest. The linkage is shifted as the headrest carrier is extended and contracted.