Inflatable Patient Positioning and Transfer Apparatus

A patient support and transfer apparatus, comprising:

• an inflatable body having a length from a head end to a foot end and a width transverse to said length between opposite sides of said body, said body including;
• a bottom sheet;
• a top sheet sealed to said bottom sheet around an outer perimeter of said inflatable body to define an enclosed interior of said body;
• an air intake manifold at the foot end of said inflatable body including at least one air inlet port in communication with the enclosed interior and configured to connect to an air supply hose of an air pump;
• two substantially rectangular aperture arrays defined in said bottom sheet, the aperture arrays extending parallel to each other along a length of said inflatable body and spaced apart from each other and from the outer perimeter of said inflatable body, each of said aperture arrays including a plurality of apertures through said bottom sheet in communication with said enclosed interior;
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• inflatable side pontoons defined between each of said two aperture arrays and a corresponding side of the outer perimeter of said inflatable body.

A patient support and transfer apparatus, comprising:

• an inflatable body having a length from a head end to a foot end and a width transverse to said length, said body including;
• a bottom sheet;
• a top sheet sealed to said bottom sheet around an outer perimeter of said inflatable body to define an enclosed interior of said body;
• an air intake manifold at the foot end of said inflatable body including;
• an elongated first manifold sock extending across the width of said inflatable body at said foot end and having a first air inlet port at one end configured to connect to an air supply hose of an air pump and a closed opposite end;
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• an elongated second manifold sock extending across the width of said inflatable body at said foot end and overlaying said elongated first manifold sock, said second manifold sock having a second air inlet port at one end adjacent said closed opposite end of said first manifold sock, said second air inlet port configured to connect to an air supply hose of an air pump, and said elongated second manifold sock including a closed opposite end adjacent said first air inlet port of said elongated first manifold sock, wherein each of said first and second elongated manifold sock includes at least one opening in communication with said enclosed interior of said body.

A patient support and transfer apparatus, comprising:

• an inflatable body having a length from a head end to a foot end and a width transverse to said length defined between opposite sides of said body, said body including;
• a bottom sheet;
• a top sheet sealed to said bottom sheet around an outer perimeter of said inflatable body to define an enclosed interior of said body;
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• an air intake manifold at the foot end of said inflatable body including at least one air inlet port in communication with the enclosed interior and configured to connect to an air supply hose of an air pump;
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• at least two strap handles permanently affixed to opposite sides of said outer perimeter of said inflatable body, each of said strap handles including a single elongated strip folded over onto itself and affixed to itself at two locations along the length of said folded strip to define two handle loops sized to be manually grasped.