Patent ID: 7934687

Claim:
An appendage elevation support structure comprising: a platform defining a central axis; a plurality of legs for supporting said platform above a surface, each of said plurality of legs being secured to said platform in a substantially radial configuration about said central axis; a frame carried by said platform, said frame having a plurality of support members including at least a first support member and a second support member, wherein said frame further comprises a plurality of yokes, each of said plurality of yokes being carried by at least one of said support members; and a plurality of slings adapted to cooperate to cradle and support a human appendage, each of said plurality of slings being carried and supported by said frame, wherein each of said plurality of slings comprises a substantially compliant sheet defining at least a first edge and a second opposite edge, said sheet being supported along said first edge by a first sling member and along said second opposite edge by a second cooperating sling member, each of said plurality of yokes being secured to cooperating first and second sling members of one of said plurality of slings such as to carry said sling in a substantially open configuration; wherein each of said plurality of yokes is telescopically secured to one of said support members such as to allow each of said yokes to be selectively extendable and retractable proximate said corresponding support member and to allow each of said yokes to be rotatable along a linear dimension of said corresponding support member.