Patent ID: 8272086

Claim:
A bed cover lift, comprising in combination: a base; said base adapted to be supported by a bed adjacent a foot of the bed; at least one elongate arm coupled to said base; an elongate arm support element adjustably affixed at a variable height to said base and located between said at least one elongate arm and said base; said arm having an upper end adapted to support a bed cover; said at least one arm adapted to move relative to said support element and said base to move said upper end of said arm from a lowered position to a raised position with said raised position lifting bed covers adjacent the upper end higher than when said arm is in said lowered position; and an arm movement path between said lowered position and said raised position, said arm movement path spaced in its entirety from a patient foot resting region located adjacent a top surface of the bed when said base is supported by the bed adjacent the foot of the bed.