Bed patient turn and hold device

• US 3,884,225 A
• Filed: 04/08/1974
• Issued: 05/20/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Evelyn Ruth Witter
• Original Assignee: Evelyn Ruth Witter
• Inventors: Witter, Evelyn Ruth
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaudet, Richard A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Application Number:
  US05/458,758
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• Field of Search: 128/133,134,132R,94,155,156,157,284,87 2/44 5/327R,327B,61 27/28,1R
• US Class Current: 5/630
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/001 with means for turning-over the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/065 Rests specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1023 Slings used manually

Abstract

A device for turning and holding a person lying on a bed includes a flexible muslin sheet with a fleece cushion at the middle and attachment members for holding it wrapped across the person on the bed. These attachment members may be flexible straps at one side edge of the sheet that are looped around the bed rail on the opposite side of the sheet and are held closed by snap fasteners. Alternately, the attachment members may be Shooks received in eyelets in the sheet to hold the opposite side edges of the sheet together.

Claims

1. In a device for turning a person lying on a bed having a rail and comprising a flexible sheet means to be wrapped around the person, and a cushion means on said sheet means at the middle for cushioning the person, said sheet means having side edges extending beyond said cushion means, the improvement which comprises:

first fastener means at a side edge of the sheet means for fastening the same to the rail; and

second fastener means releasably engageable with said first fastener means at the rail for releasably holding the sheet means at the rail and wrapped around the person on the bed;

said first fastener means comprising flexible straps extending from the sheet means at said one side edge, and a snap fastener element on the free end of each strap; and

said second fastener means comprising a plurality of snap fastener elements on the sheet means extending from said one side edge and spaced apart across its width in alignment with the snap fastener elements on the free ends of the straps for selective locking engagement individually by the latter.

2. In a device for turning a person lying on a bed having a rail and comprising a flexible sheet means to be wrapped around the person, and a cushion means on said sheet means at the middle for cushioning the person, said sheet means having side edges extending beyond said cushion means, the improvement which comprises:

first fastener means at opposite side edges of the sheet means for fastening the same to the rail; and

second fastener means releasably engageable with said first fastener means at the rail for releasably holding the sheet means at the rail and wrapped around the person on the bed;

said first fastener means comprising openings toward the opposite side edges of said sheet means; and

said second fastener means comprising hooks releasably engageable with said openings.

3. A device according to claim 2 wherein said hooks are substantially S-shaped.