Resident transfer apparatus

Details Resident transfer apparatus Resident transfer apparatus

1998-05-22

2000-01-11

Trettel, Michael

Beds

With means for relocating an invalid

Horizontally sliding patient support surface

5 811C, A61G 708

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060121831

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for transferring a resident from a first support surface to a second adjacent support surface comprising a sheet of material formed as a continuous loop having an inner surface configured to slide over itself as the continuous loop sheet of material is rotated and an outer surface configured to support the resident when the sheet of material is located between the resident and the first and second surfaces and a plurality of sets of handles attached to the looped material both longitudinally and width-wise of the looped material to provide a health care attendant a gripping mechanism to rotate the looped material when a patient rests thereon.

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