Adjustable blanket support device

A blanket support device for lifting sheets and blankets above a bed having a mattress resting on a support base, said blanket support device comprising:

• a base member being generally U-shaped and having an elongate lower cross bar and a pair of spaced apart elongate lower arms extending therefrom, said lower cross bar and said lower arms of said base member being generally cylindrical and having a generally circular cross section;
• said lower arms of said base member being substantially parallel to one another, said lower arms of said base member being extended substantially perpendicular to said lower cross bar of said base member, each of said lower arms terminating in a terminal end, each of said lower arms of said base member having a generally cylindrical bore extending from said terminal end of the respective lower arm of said base member towards said lower cross bar of said base member;
• an elongate support bar being extended between said terminal ends of said lower arms of said base member, said support bar having a generally rectangular cross section, said support bar being for providing additional structural strength to said base member;
• a mounting member being generally U-shaped and having an elongate insertion cross portion and a pair of spaced apart elongate arm portions being extended from said insertion cross portion of said mounting member, said arm portions being extended substantially perpendicular to insertion cross portion, said arm portions and said insertion cross portion of said member having a generally rectangular cross section, each of said arm portions of said mounting member terminating at a terminus, said terminus of one of said arm portions being pivotally coupled to one of said lower arms of said base member, said terminus of the other of said arm portions being pivotally coupled to another of said lower arms of said base member, said terminus of each of said arm portions of said mounting member being positioned towards said terminal end of the respective lower arm of said base member;
• each of said arm portions of said mounting member having a sheet clip member coupled thereto for releasably holding a portion of a sheet to said arm portions of said mounting member;
• said mounting member being pivotable between a raised position and a lowered position, wherein said arm portions of said mounting member are generally parallel with said lower arms of said base member when said mounting member is positioned at said lowered position, wherein said arm portions of said mounting member are generally perpendicular with said lower arms of said base member when said mounting member is positioned at said raised position, said mounting member being for inserting between a mattress of a base and a support structure of a bed when positioned at said raised position to mount said blanket support device to a bed;
• a sheet raising member being generally an inverted U-shape and having an elongate raising cross beam and a pair of spaced apart elongate legs being depended from said raising cross beam, said legs being extended substantially perpendicular to said raising cross beam, each of said legs terminating at an end, said end of one of said legs of said sheet raising member being inserted into said bore of one of said lower arms of said base member, said end of the other of said legs of said sheet raising member being inserted into said bore of another of said lower arms of said base member;
• said legs of said sheet raising member being movable within said bore of their respective said lower arm of said base member such that said sheet raising member is positionable between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein said raising cross beam is positioned adjacent said terminal ends of said lower arms of said base member when said sheet raising member is positioned at said retracted position, wherein said raising cross beam is extended away from said terminal ends of said lower arms of said base member when said sheet raising member is positioned towards said extended position;
• a raising device for moving said sheet raising member between said retracted position and said extended position, said raising device including a motor being provided on said lower cross bar of said base member and adjacent one of said lower arms of said base member, said motor being operatively connectable to a power source, said motor being operationally connected to a first leg of said sheet raising member inserted within said bore of said adjacent lower arm of said base member such that said motor may move said first leg of said sheet raising member within said bore of said lower arm of said base member so that said sheet raising member may be moved between said extended position and said retracted position;
• wherein said first leg of sheet raising member operationally connected to said motor having a plurality of teeth, wherein said motor has a gear rotatably connected thereto, said gear engaging said teeth of said first leg of said sheet raising member to permit moving of said first leg of said sheet raising member within said bore of said lower arm positioned adjacent said motor;
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• wherein said raising device includes a remote controller for controlling the positioning of said sheet raising member between said extended position and said retracted position, said remote controller being operationally connected to said motor of said raising device.