Patent ID: 8657373

Claim:
A sling for facilitating entry to and exit from an automobile seat by persons with diminished mobility, comprising: a generally rectangular fabric element having an upper portion of at least a single-ply for positioning relative to a back of said automobile seat and a two-ply lower portion for positioning relative to a bottom of said automobile seat, said lower portion further comprising an upper layer and an opposing lower layer, at least one of said upper layer and lower layer including a low-friction coating for creating a low coefficient of friction between said upper layer and said lower layer within a range of from 0.1 to 0.25; a split junction yoke formed in said upper portion for receiving a headrest of said automobile seat, said split junction yoke having opposing strips of hook-and-loop material for attachment around the headrest of said automobile seat; a strap element joined to at least said upper layer of said lower portion of said fabric element, said strap element extending beyond a periphery of said lower portion and further comprising a hardware element for adjustably joining a first end of said strap element to a second end of said strap element to form a loop of reducible size; said upper layer and said lower layer of said two-ply lower portion being joined only at said strap element but otherwise free for relative sliding of said upper layer on said opposing lower layer.