Patent ID: 7114203

Claim:
Apparatus for transferring a patient on a draw sheet from a first horizontal support to a second horizontal support positionable laterally adjacent to the first support in a facility equipped with an overhead motorized ceiling lift having a retractable lifting strap powered by the ceiling lift when actuated comprising: a base being positionable in use intermediate the ceiling lift and immediately, laterally-adjacent to the second support and remote from the first support; a pair of retractable draw straps secured to the base and being extendable across the second support for engaging the draw sheet on the first support; a drive assembly having output ends positionable axially of the base and parallel to the second support and near the ends of the second support when in use, said drive assembly engaging the draw straps and having an input for engaging the lifting strap of the overhead lift to be powered thereby when activated, said input operable by retraction of the lifting strap of the overhead lift for causing the draw straps to be retracted, and to thereby move the draw sheet and patient laterally from the first support to the second support when the lifting strap is retracted.