Patent ID: 6067679
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A hospital bed prop comprising an open-ended cylindrical sleeve of launderable fabric construction material having a body bounding a pillow-receiving shapeable compartment of a circumference of approximately 23 inches and opposite end edges bounding opposite end openings into and out of said pillow-receiving shapeable compartment, a rectangular pillow sized in an approximate width of 18 inches and in an approximate length of 23 inches having an operative condition rolled into helical turns from a first widthwise-oriented rectangular side to an opposite second widthwise-oriented rectangular side so as to have a diameter slightly greater than said diameter of said pillow-receiving shapeable compartment, an operative position of said pillow in said rolled operative condition stowed within said pillow-receiving shapeable compartment so as to impart to said compartment and to said sleeve body a cylindrical shape against which a patient's back is adapted to be supported, a flap of launderable fabric construction material having a rear edge attached to said sleeve and an unattached front edge bounding therebetween a flap body of a selected extent, and said selected extent of said flap body being no greater than approximately 8 inches so as to have applied thereon a minimal weight of a patient's said back and a side, whereby in response to rolling movement of said patient against said sleeve said flap obviates a corresponding rolling degree of movement in said sleeve while permitting a lateral degree of movement thereof.