Patent ID: 6557188
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A device to assist an individual in lifting his body up from a bed on which the individual is lying or seated, said assist device comprising:a hollow base to support said assist device against the floor; a receiver having a cavity formed in a first end thereof, the opposite end of said receiver slidably received within said hollow base; a removable handle to be grasped by the individual to stabilize himself while lifting up from the bed, said removable handle having an insert projecting from one end thereof to be removably received by the cavity formed in the first end of said receiver, said removable handle surrounded by a depth limiting collar having a cross-section that is larger than the cross-section of the cavity of said receiver within which said insert is removably received, said depth limiting collar limiting the penetration of said insert within said cavity so as to enable the removable handle to be easily removed from the receiver by the individual once he has lifted his body up so that said handle can be moved away from the receiver so as not to interfere with the individual's return to the bed; and attachment means detachably connected to and slidable vertically along said hollow base so that the position of said attachment means can be adjusted relative to the position of the side rail of the frame of the bed of the individual, said attachment means adapted to be mated to the side rail, whereby said assist device is coupled to the bed.