Patent ID: 7962982

Claim:
A safety strap unit for attaching a patient to an operating table consisting of: A) two bed rails on an operating room table; B) two bracket assemblies, each bracket assembly being mounted on an associated bed rail when in use, each bracket including a U-shaped body having two legs attached to a bight section and a set screw threadably mounted on the bight section; C) a pad which engages a patient when in use; D) a single buckle unit mounted on the pad; E) two strap sections, each strap section having a first end which is attached to an associated bracket assembly and a second end which is connected to the buckle unit when in use securing a patient to the operating room table, each strap section further including a grommet located adjacent to the first end thereof and through which the screw of the associated bracket assembly extends to attaché the strap to the bed rail via the associated bracket assembly; and F) a shim element associated with the first end of each strap section and which is interposed between the set screw and the bed rail when in use.