Patent ID: 6532610
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A transitional support for a physically challenged person comprising:a base sheet made of flexible, substantially inelastic material having dimensions of length and width, with a pair of parallel side edges and a pair of end edges connecting respective side edges; a group of a plurality of flexible, inelastic loops attached to each of said side edges; a restraint belt comprising a pair of segments, one attached to each of said side edges, and a separable fastener for releasably joining said segments; a back sheet made of flexible inelastic material having a pair of opposite ends adapted to be attached to said base sheet adjacent to one of its said end edges, whereby when said base sheet is bent to a U-shape, said back sheet extends across the U-shape to form said support as a seat structure and give back support to a person seated in said bent base sheet, said back sheet being releasably attachable to said base sheet at at least one of its ends; and a pair of poles, each so proportioned as to pass through a respective group of said loops to give lifting support to the base sheet.