Dental operatory

Claim 1

IN A DENTAL OPERATORY WHICH INCLUDES A BASE AND A CHAIR SUPPORTED ON SAID BASE, SAID CHAIR INCLUDING A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE SEAT PORTION AND A BACKREST MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID SEAT PORTION SO AS TO BE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING A PATIENT IN A RECLINING AS WELL AS IN A SITTING POSITION AND AT VARIOUS HEIGHTS SO AS TO PERMIT THE DENTIST TO WORK IN BOTH A SEATED AND A STANDING POSITION, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A WALL CABINET SECTION, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID WALL SECTION ABOVE SAID BASE ADJACENT SAID CHAIR AND POSITIONED SO AS TO BE FACED BY A PATIENT SEATED IN SAID CHAIR, SAID WALL SECTION INCLUDING A CABINET, A WORK SURFACE AND SUPPORT FOR A TRAY CONTAINING DENTAL TOOLS AND BEING ADAPTED TO CARRY SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIED UTILIZED BY A DENTIST INCIDENT TO THE TREATMENT OF A PATIENT SUPPORTED IN SAID CHAIR, AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID WALL SECTION BEING ADAPTED TO STRADDLE A PATIENT SUPPORTED BY SAID CHAIR, MOTOR DRIVE SELECTIVELY OPERABLE MEANS FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID WALL SECTION BETWEEN PREDETERMINED LIMITS ALONG A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL RECTILINEAR PATH TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID CHAIR AND INTO AND OUT OF STRADDLING RELATION TO A PATIENT SUPPORTED IN SAID CHAIR, AND DRIVEN SELECTIVELY OPERABLE MEANS OPERABLY DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID WALL SECTION SUPPORTING MEANS AND SAID WALL SECTION FOR EFFECTING RAISING AND LOWERING OF SAID WALL SECTION RELATIVE TO THE BASE SUPPORTING SAID CHAIR OVER A PREDETERMINED PATH BETWEEN PREDETERMINED LIMITS SO AS TO PLACE SAID WALL SECTION AT A SELECTED LOCATION ALONG SAID PATH AND THEREBY PLACE SAID INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLIES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A DENTIST WORKING ON A PATIENT SUPPORTED IN VARIOUS POSITIONS IN SAID CHAIR WITH THE DENTIST IN EITHER A SITTING OR A STANDING POSITION.