Patent ID: 9707144
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61G

Claim:
1. A patient rotation device comprising: an L-shaped leverage bar member having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a concave portion disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion; a top end and a bottom end of the upper portion; a front side and a rear side of each of the upper portion and the concave portion, each of the front side and the rear side of the upper portion being flat; an outer end, a flat upper side, and a flat lower side of the lower portion; a parallelepiped first cross-bar member attached to the top end of the L-shaped leverage bar member in a position perpendicular to the L-shaped leverage bar member upper portion; a parallelepiped second cross-bar member attached directly to the rear side on the concave portion in a position perpendicular to the lower portion, each of the parallelepiped first cross-bar member and the parallelepiped second cross-bar member having a pair of free outer ends; wherein the L-shaped leverage bar member is centrally disposed with respect to the parallelepiped first and second cross-bar members; an aperture centrally disposed through the parallelepiped first cross-bar member; a winch box having a motorized winch mechanism disposed therein; a first cable having a lower end disposed within the winch box, the first cable in operational communication with the winch mechanism; an upper hook disposed on an upper end of the first cable; wherein the upper hook is configured to engage the aperture; a second cable having a proximal end attached to a bottom side of the winch box; a lower hook disposed on a distal end of the second cable; and wherein the L-shaped leverage bar member is configured to support a person lying in a supine position on the lower portion thereof.