Mono-pull drawsheet
OwnerWilliam Thomas Cowaninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus which enables one person to move a patient lying in a bed up towards the head of the bed comprised of a horizontal beam placed behind the head board with a winch affixed thereto with cables running through pulleys positioned on the beam transversely to a drawsheet on the surface of the bed. The drawsheet is made with reinforced corners with locking/unlocking clips affixed thereto for attachment to the cables and has a bottom panel made of satin or other slippery fabric material to reduce friction when the patient lying thereon is drawn up towards the head board of the bed by one person turning the crank of the winch. The drawsheet is then unlocked from the cable and removed after the patient has been repositioned as desired.
Claims13
Apparatus for repositioning a bedridden person comprising;
- a. a bed having a first end, a second end and a top surface longitudinally disposed therebetween;
- a. a substantially rectangular drawsheet with reinforced corners, said drawsheet being placed on said top surface;
- b. a portable beam having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis, the beam being restrained to stay in a transversely horizontal location with respect to said bed at said first end and proximate said top surface, said beam including first and second pulleys, spaced apart at selected locations along the length of said beam;
- c. a winch selectively affixed adjacent to one of the first and second ends of said beam;
- d. first and second cables operatively connected to said winch, said first cable passing over said first pulley and said second cable passing over said second pulley, so as to first be pulled longitudinally with respect to said beam and then longitudinally with respect to said bed in substantial alignment with said corners;
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- e. connectors attaching said first and second cables to said drawsheet reinforced corners.
Apparatus for repositioning a bedridden person comprising;
- a. a bed having a first end, a second end and a top surface longitudinally disposed therebetween;
- a. a substantially rectangular drawsheet upon which a bedridden person may be disposed, said drawsheet being placed on said top surface;
- b. a portable beam having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis, the beam being positioned in a transversely horizontal location at said first end, proximate said top surface and restrained from movment with respect thereto, said beam including first and second pulleys spaced apart along the length thereof;
- c. a winch affixed adjacent said beam first end;
- d. first and second cables operatively connected to said winch, said first cable passing over said first pulley and said second cable passing over said second pulley, so as to be pulled longitudinally with respect to said bed;
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- e. connectors attaching said first and second cables to said drawsheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.