Patent ID: 6349432
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: A61G,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of transferring a person lying on a first platform of a selected height to a second platform of a height no higher then that of said first platform, the method including the steps of:a) mounting a first component having a low friction upper surface on said first platform over at least most of the portion of said first platform between the person and a first side of said first platform over which transfer will occur, at least some portion of said low friction surface extending under the person; b) mounting a second component having a low friction lower surface over at least a portion of said first component and extending under the person, said second component having at least two spaced straps extending in a first direction from said second component toward said first side, at least one of said first and second components being at least semi-rigid; c) pulling said straps in said first direction to move said second component, and the person thereon over said first component to said first side of said first platform; d) moving said second platform adjacent the first side of said first platform, step (d) being performable at any point in the process prior to step (d); and e) continuing to pull on said straps from a side of said second platform opposite that adjacent said first platform to move the second component and the person thereon from the first platform to the second platform.