Beds – Attachment or accessory – Self-help support – grip or handhold
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-04
2006-04-04
Trettel, Michael (Department: 3673)
Beds
Attachment or accessory
Self-help support, grip or handhold
C005S08110R
Reexamination Certificate
active
07020920
ABSTRACT:
A post operative patient assist device comprising two sections, one designed to attach the device to a bed frame or the like, and the second section having a series of gripping members flexibly connected one to the other in series so as to provide a chain of grips for the patient to successively engage with his or her hands to as to allow him or her to raise themselves from a supine position to a sitting position or vice versa. The gripping members are made of a thermoplastic elastomer compound.
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Hiney James W.
Trettel Michael
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