Device for manipulating bedridden patients

• US 4,675,925 A
• Filed: 04/03/1986
• Issued: 06/30/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Henrietta Littleton
• Original Assignee: Henrietta Littleton
• Inventors: Littleton, Henrietta
• Primary Examiner(s): Grosz, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US06/847,957
• Time in Patent Office: 453 Days
• Field of Search: 5/61, 5/81 R, 5/82 R, 5/424, 5/508, 5/484, 5/485, 5/482, 5/460, 5/490, 5/501
• US Class Current: 5/607
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/001 with means for turning-over the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1023 Slings used manually
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 7/1026 Sliding sheets or mats

Abstract

A deivce for manipulating bedridden patients in a hospital bed into various positions of rest comprises a flexible, pliant sheet of porous fabric with a removable absorbent pad and a pair of tie-straps extending outwardly from each side for removably securing the sheet to the bed in an extended position beneath the torso of the patient and a pair of handles extending from the side portions whereby an individual may move one side portion of the sheet into partially encircling relation to the torso of the patient for rolling the patient from a supine position into a comfortable position on one side. The tie-straps on either side are releasable from the lower bed railings of one side of the bed to be refastened on the top bed railings on the same side of the bed where the remaining tie-straps are still fastened to hold the sheet to the bed railings in the partially encircling position to insure uniform and comfortable engagement of the sheet and pad with the patient'"'"'s torso. In one embodiment the pad is removably secured to the top surface of the sheet, and in another embodiment the pad is removably received between two layers of the sheet.

Claims

1. A drawsheet adapted to be releasably secured to the railings of a hospital bed for manipulating a bedridden patient into various positions of rest and suitable for manipulation by a single attendant comprising;

a flexible, pliant sheet of porous fabric of a size to underlie the torso of a patient,

an absorbent pad member removably received and carried by said sheet,

said fabric sheet having a central portion of a width approximately equal to the width of the patient'"'"'s torso and of a length to underlie the patient'"'"'s torso from approximately the shoulders to the buttocks and side portions extending outward from said central portion,

said sheet being flexible and unreinforced along its entire periphery and along its entire length,

said sheet having means to removably receive and carry an absorbent pad in association therewith,

releasable fastening means secured on each side of said sheet for removably securing said sheet to the adjacent lower bed railings in an extended position beneath the patient in the supine position,

said releasable fastening means comprising a pair of elongated tie-straps secured to each outer side edge of said sheet in a longitudinally spaced relation and having free ends each provided with quick-connect/quick-disconnect securing means,

said releasable fastening means on one side being releasable from the lower bed railings on one side of the bed to be refastened on the top bed railings on the other side of the bed where the fastener means remains fastened thereto for holding said sheet to the bed railing in partially encircling relation to the patient'"'"'s torso in a selected position to insure uniform and comfortable engagement of said sheet and said pad with the patient'"'"'s torso substantially the length of said sheet, and

a pair of handles secured on each side of said sheet and extending outwardly therefrom adjacent respective sides of the bed for moving one side portion of said sheet into partially encircling relation to the torso of the patient and for rolling the patient from a supine position into a position on one of the patient'"'"'s sides, said handles being spaced apart and positioned toward the opposite ends of said sheet and comprising a pair of generally U-shaped handles of fabric secured to each outer side edge of said sheet in a longitudinally spaced relation permitting differential adjustment of the degree of roll of the upper and lower parts of the patient'"'"'s torso.

2. A drawsheet according to claim 1 in which

said pad receiving means comprises a series of straps affixed to the top surface of said sheet in a diagonally opposed pattern within the central portion to form a series of loops to receive the corners of said absorbent pad for removably receiving and carrying the same.

3. A drawsheet according to claim 1 in which

said fastening means comprises at least one strip of a fabric fastener material.

4. A drawsheet according to claim 1 in which

said absorbent pad is of disposable material.

5. A drawsheet according to claim 1 in which

said sheet comprises an upper panel and a lower panel of flexible, pliant porous fabric of substantially the same dimension having mating top and side peripheral edges sewn together and the bottom edges open to form an envelope for removably receiving and carrying said absorbent pad within the central portion.

6. A drawsheet adapted to be releasably secured to the railings of a hospital bed for manipulating a bedridden patient into various positions of rest and suitable for manipulation by a single attendant comprising;

a flexible, pliant sheet of porous fabric of a size to underlie the torso of a patient,

means to removably receive and carry an absorbent pad member on said sheet,

said fabric sheet having a central portion of a width approximately equal to the width of the patient'"'"'s torso and of a length to underlie the patient'"'"'s torso from approximately the shoulders to the buttocks and side portions extending outward from said central portion,

said sheet being flexible and unreinforced along its entire periphery and along its entire length,

releasable fastening means secured on each side of said sheet for removably securing said sheet to the adjacent lower bed railings in an extended position beneath the patient in the supine position,

said releasable fastening means comprising a pair or elongated tie-straps secured to each outer side edge of said sheet in a longitudinally spaced relation and having free ends each provided with quick-connect/quick-disconnect secure means,

said releasable fastening means on one side being releasable from the lower bed railings on one side of the bed to be refastened on the top bed railings on the other side of the bed where the fastener means remains fastened thereto for holding said sheet to the bed railing in partially encircling relation to the patient'"'"'s torso in a selected position to insure uniform and comfortable engagement of said sheet and said pad with the patient'"'"'s torso substantially the length of said sheet, and

a pair of handles secured on each side of said sheet and extending outwardly therefrom adjacent respective sides of the bed for moving one side portion of said sheet into partially encircling relation to the torso of the patient and for rolling the patient from a supine position into a position on one of the patient'"'"'s sides, said handles being spaced apart and positioned toward the opposite ends of said sheet and comprising a pair of generally U-shaped handles of fabric secured to each outer side edge of said sheet in a longitudinally spaced relation permitting differential adjustment of the degree of roll of the upper and lower parts of the patients'"'"' torso.