Patent ID: 7818837

Claim:
An apparatus elevating a section of a mattress over a support surface upon which the mattress is lying by lifting a portion of the mattress to a desired height above the support surface, comprising: a rigid body characterized by a lifting portion extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end, and further characterized by a handle extending from the lifting portion; wherein the distal end of the lifting portion is characterized by a height sized so that for the distal end is directly inserted between the mattress and the support surface; wherein the proximal end of the lifting portion is characterized by a height equal to the desired height to which the portion of the mattress is to be lifted above the surface; and wherein the lifting portion forms a support section extending from a support-section proximal end at the proximal end of the lifting portion to a support-section distal end, the height of the support section being at a maximum at the support-section distal end.