Patent ID: 7849532

Claim:
A movement assisting system to ease movement of a person attempting to remove themselves from a bed, said system including: a mattress having an upper side, a lower side and a peripheral edge extending between said upper and lower sides; a mattress covering being positioned on and completely covering said upper side and extending over at least a partial portion of said peripheral edge; a central panel comprising cloth and having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a first end edge and a second end edge, said upper surface having a lower coefficient of friction with respect to said mattress covering; a pair of end panels, each of said first and second end edges having one of said end panels attached thereto, each of said end panels having a greater coefficient of friction greater with respect to said mattress covering, each of said end panels including a mesh material having an outer surface comprising an elastomer; and said mattress covering including an upper end portion positioned on said upper side adjacent to a head of the mattress, a lower end portion positioned on said upper side adjacent to a foot of the mattress and a central portion positioned between said upper and lower end portions, said central panel being positioned on and covering said central portion while exposing said upper and lower end portions, each of said end panels being positioned below said mattress and abutting said lower side to retain said central panel on said mattress covering.