Patient repositioning system with hand crank capability

A patient repositioning system comprising:

• a mattress having a head end and a foot end and an upper surface, and opposing vertical side walls;
• two rows of spaced retainers extending along the length of the mattress, each of the rows including a plurality of discretely spaced retainers located on one of the side walls;
• a sheet residing on the upper surface, and each of the rows of spaced retainers adapted to capture a corresponding side of the sheet;
• a pulling device operatively connected to the sheet and adapted to pull the sheet toward the head end with a patient residing thereon, thereby to reposition the patient;
• a housing holding the pulling device below the upper surface of the head end of the mattress;
• a drive mechanism operatively connected to the pulling device, the drive mechanism including a hand held device positioned exterior of the housing and configured to actuate the pulling device to reposition a patient supported on the sheet toward the head end with the corresponding sides of the sheet retained by the rows of discretely spaced retainers as the sheet moves toward the head end during repositioning, wherein the hand held device comprises a manually operable hand crank that is selectively coupleable with the pulling device located in the housing.

A patient repositioning system comprising:

• a mattress having a head end and a foot end and an upper surface;
• a sheet residing on the upper surface;
• a pulling device operatively connected to the sheet and adapted to pull the sheet toward the head end with a patient residing thereon, thereby to reposition the patient;
• a housing holding the pulling device below the upper surface of the head end of the mattress;
• a drive mechanism operatively connected to the pulling device, the drive mechanism including a hand held device positioned exterior of the housing and configured to actuate the pulling device for repositioning a-toward the head, wherein the hand held device comprises a manually operable hand crank that is selectively coupleable with the pulling device located in the housing;
• wherein the drive mechanism further includes a gear set positioned interior of the housing and configured for operative connection to the hand crank;
• and
• wherein the gear set contains a first gear and a second gear, and the first gear is selectively movable relative to the second gear to selectively disengage the first gear from the second gear.