Patent ID: 7124759

Claim:
A bed mountable restraining device for restraining a person or an animal to a mattress comprising: a base formed of a sheet of flexible and washable material sized to fit on the top surface of the mattress; a plurality of straps attached to the base for releasably attaching the base to the mattress; an enclosure releasably attached to the base, the enclosure having a top portion and a side wall portion depending from the top portion, and a cavity formed therein for receiving the person or animal within the cavity; the enclosure being constructed of a breathable and collapsible material having memory, wherein the enclosure means may be collapsed by applying selective pressure thereto thereby reducing the volume of the cavity; and wherein, the base is releasably attached to the mattress by placing the straps around portions of the mattress and the living being is placed onto the base and into the cavity of the enclosure means thereby restraining the living being by bounding the living being by the base and the top and side walls of the enclosure.