Patent ID: 8925126
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for maintaining a patient laying in a bed in a position where said patient is supported on said bed by a side surface of their body in contact with said bed, comprising: a patient support member, said support member having an as-used position having a lower edge in a contact with a surface of said bed and an upper edge opposite said lower edge; a central portion of said support member between said lower edge and said upper edge, in said as-used position, configured for a contact with a portion of said patients back; and a flexible strap engaged with said upper edge at a first end and extending a length to a second end, said strap adapted to communicate a force of a weight of said patient in said contact with said support member, to a frame or handrail of said bed; a clip, said clip located at said second end of said strap, said clip having opposable jaws; ratcheting means to move said jaws from an open position with distal ends of said jaws forming a gap therebetween, to a closed position wherein said gap is smaller than a cross section of a portion of said frame or bed said jaws surround; and said flexible strap capable of an adjustment in said length, said adjustment thereby providing means to adjust an angle of said central portion of said support member, relative to said surface of said bed, along a line running from said lower edge through said upper edge, whereby said patient support member maintains said patient supported by said side surface of their body while in said as-used position.