Patent ID: 9675509
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61G,B65D

Claim:
1. A patient transfer assembly comprising: a sheet of corrugatable material, the sheet having a longitudinal dimension, a transverse dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension of the sheet, and at least one longitudinal edge extending along the longitudinal dimension of the sheet; at least one elongated stiffener disposed in relation to the sheet extending along the transverse dimension of the sheet to resist corrugation of the sheet in the transverse dimension of the sheet when the patient transfer assembly including the sheet corrugated in the longitudinal dimension of the sheet is inserted between the patient and a surface of a first resting device on which the patient rests; wherein the sheet includes portions at which pulling in a direction along the longitudinal dimension of the sheet decorrugates the sheet between the patient and the surface along a longitudinal axis of the patient extending from the patient's head to the patient's feet; and fasteners disposed at positions of the sheet such that pulling of at least one of the fasteners in a direction along the transverse dimension of the sheet slides the decorrugated sheet relative to the surface thereby transferring the patient along a transverse axis of the patient perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the patient; wherein the patient transfer assembly is operable to at least two configurations including: wherein the patient transfer assembly is operable from the corrugated configuration to the decorrugated configuration while the sheet remains under the patient.