Patent ID: 7730567
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. In combination with a horizontally disposed mattress a device for lifting an end of said mattress in a vertical direction, said device comprising: (a) an elongated member having a pair of opposed side edges, top and bottom surfaces and a pair of ends, at least one of said pair of ends having a bore disposed therein in alignment with a longitudinal direction of said elongated member, said elongated member positionable beneath said mattress and proximal to said end thereof, said elongated member movable between a resting position wherein said bottom surface of said elongated member is disposed generally coplanar with a bottom surface of said mattress and a lifting position wherein said bottom surface of said member is disposed generally perpendicular to said bottom surface of said mattress, wherein said top surface of said elongated member continuously abuts at least a portion of said bottom surface of said mattress during lifting said end of said mattress in said vertical direction, and wherein a first side edge of said elongated member abuts said bottom surface of said mattress when said elongated member is disposed in said lifting position; (b) a handle for selectively pivoting said elongated member between said resting and said lifting positions, said handle having a slot formed through a thickness thereof in close proximity to one end of said handle; and (c) means for securing said handle to one end of said elongated member.