Patent ID: 6883190
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A patient lifting sling adapted to support a patient in a sitting position, suspended at four points by a patient lifting device, the sling comprising a flexible fabric body adapted to be laid out in a planar flat condition, the fabric body including a centrally located waist seat belt, the seat belt dividing the fabric body in an upper and a lower portion, the lower portion comprised of a left leg portion terminating in a left thigh supporting band that includes a strap terminating in a single loop at its first end and a plurality of loops at its second end, and a right leg portion terminating in a right thigh supporting band that includes a strap terminating in a single loop at its first end, and a plurality of loops at its second end; the upper portion of the fabric body comprised of a left arm that includes a curved strap terminating in a single loop at its first end, and a plurality of loops at its second end; and a right arm that includes a curved strap terminating in a single loop at its first end and a plurality of loops at its second end; the loops at the first ends of the straps adapted to be looped and pulled through one of the pluralities of second loops, and thereafter be removably attached to strap supporting portions of a patient lifting device.