Patent ID: 7351216

Claim:
Apparatus for suspending the calf and foot of a patient recumbent on a bed to relieve pressure on the thigh and buttock of the patient, said apparatus comprising a leg lift unit, said unit including a rigid, trough shaped posterior plastic shell having an interior surface shaped to engage under the patient's calf and foot, said shell having opposite side walls and an upper end, one or more securements connected to said side walls for securing the shell to the patient's calf and foot, and upwardly curved hanger having opposite ends directly connected to said side walls of the shell at least two-thirds of the way up along the shell toward said upper end so that the hanger extends above said shell, and a support frame including an upright post having an upper end and a lower end for positioning at the foot of the bed, a horizontal bar having one end adjustably secured to the upper end of the post and a second end extending over the bed, and a single cord having an upper end connected to said bar and a lower end releasably connected to the hanger so that the shell is suspended from the bar solely by the cord and the hanger.