Patent ID: 7067755

Claim:
A switch device that aids a person to reach a pull chain attached to a switch located above a bed having at least one movable side rail comprising: an elongated strap having first and second elongated substantially flat and substantially flexible members, each of said members having a first end and a second end and a substantially flat surface, the flat surface of said first member being arranged substantially parallel to and opposite the flat surface of said second member; means for substantially permanently securing said first ends of said first and second members together; means on said flat surfaces for releasably securing said flat surfaces of said first and second members together; and means adjacent said first ends of said first and second members for securing said strap to the pull chain; wherein said first and second members of said strap are releasably attached to the movable side rail and said first and second members being capable of being released from the rail when the rail is lowered.