Patent ID: 7458117
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: A61B,A61G

Abstract:
1. A sheet assembly for use with a patient support having opposite ends and opposite side edges and forming a support surface having longitudinal and transverse dimensions, said assembly comprising a lower sheet having a selected longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension greater than that of said support surface whereby when said lower sheet is placed on said support surface opposite transverse sides of said sheet may form lower flaps having marginal edges extending beyond said opposite edges of said support surface and longitudinally of said support; an upper sheet overlying said lower sheet, said upper sheet having a selected longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension greater than that of said support surface whereby opposite transverse sides of said upper sheet form upper flaps extending longitudinally of said support, said upper flaps having marginal edges and overlying said lower flaps; means fixing said upper and lower sheets to one another inward from the marginal edges of the respective flaps whereby the upper and lower flaps are free from one another; coupling means carried by said upper flaps for coupling said upper flaps to said support at a level above that of said support surface, said coupling means comprising a pocket adjacent the marginal edge of each of said upper flaps and a rod carried in said pocket and extending beyond opposite ends of said pocket; and upstanding anchor bars carried by said support adjacent opposite ends of said rod, each of said anchor bars having an opening therein for the accommodation of said rod.