Method and apparatus for handling a person

Details Method and apparatus for handling a person Method and apparatus for handling a person

2008-10-09

2009-12-08

Grosz, Alexander (Department: 3673)

Beds

With means for relocating an invalid

Rotatable platform type

Reexamination Certificate

active

07627911

ABSTRACT:
A lightweight, portable frame allows a caregiver to fix one or two of the caregiver's lower legs and knees in position with respect to one or two of a patient's lower legs and knees so that the fixed lower legs together support and balance the combined body weight of the caregiver and patient, allowing the caregiver to pivot the patient up or down from a seated position by using the fixed knees as a fulcrum. The frame has a lower section with a central concavity that engages one person's leg below the knee from one direction, and peripheral concavities on either side of the central concavity that engage another person's legs below the knee from the opposite direction. Legs in the peripheral concavities partially straddle the leg in the central concavity. The frame is strapped onto the patient with an upper portion of the frame braced against the patient's upper leg.

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