US2835902A - Lifting sheet - Google Patents

Lifting sheet Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US2835902A
US2835902A US510691A US51069155A US2835902A US 2835902 A US2835902 A US 2835902A US 510691 A US510691 A US 510691A US 51069155 A US51069155 A US 51069155A US 2835902 A US2835902 A US 2835902A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
lifting
sheet
patient
lifting sheet
arm
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US510691A
Inventor
Fash Bernice
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Priority to US510691A priority Critical patent/US2835902A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US2835902A publication Critical patent/US2835902A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61G—TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
    • A61G1/00—Stretchers
    • A61G1/01—Sheets specially adapted for use as or with stretchers

Definitions

  • One of the principal objects of this invention is to provide a lifting sheet of the character more fully hereinafter described which permits the utilization of the necessary lifting muscles of the body as distinguished from the gripping muscles, for lifting a person either from a bed or wheelchair or the like with the minimum degree of effort and with freedom of movement of the body of the lifters.
  • an object of this invention is to provide an improved lifting sheet wherein there is a multiplicity of openings arranged in pairs and spaced from each other, permitting the insertion of the arm in a sleeve-like form within the sheet with the hand free to grip a grip strap while the weight of the patient to be lifted is disposed upon the arm, thus facilitating the use of the lifting muscles of the body of the attendant to move and lift the patient with the minimum degree of effort and labor.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of a lifting sheet embodying the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view of the reverse side of the lifting sheet shown in Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 shows one application of the lifting sheet shown in Figs. 1 and 2;
  • Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional detail view taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.
  • FIG. 1 A form of construction of my invention is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This form is especially designed for use in lifting a patient from a wheelchair to a table, bed, or the like.
  • my improved lifting sheet is formed of a suitable fabric having the desired tensile strength to support the weight of a body to be lifted,
  • the sheet is preferably rectangular in plan View and folded upon itself to provide outer layers 11 and 12 having their overlapping edges 11 secured together by suitable stitching or the like.
  • the sheet provides a seat portion 10 and a back portion 9.
  • the corners of the sheet at the junction of the 'ice and the sheet provides therebetween an arm sleeve 15 into which the arms of the attendants are projected, in a manner shown in Fig. 3.
  • this form of sheet is especially adapted for lifting a patient from and to a wheelchair, table, bed, or the like. This is accomplished in the following manner.
  • the lifting sheet is worked beneath the patient while vin sitting position, so that the weight of the patient will be disposed upon the seat portion 10' of the sheet 10 and the back portion 9 will engage the back of the patient.
  • Each attendant places an arm through the adjacent slot 16 within the sleeve provided between the slots 16.
  • the attendants arms will be disposed against the back of the patient, and they may then join hands or employ a wrist grip to more firmly support the back of the patient.
  • the other arm of each attendant is inserted through the slots 19 with the sleeve provided therebetween embracing the arm.
  • the hand extends exterior of the sleeve and is used to grasp the strap 21.
  • the attendants When the attendants have thus positioned their arms with respect to the lifting sheet, they are now ready to lift the patient from the chair to a table or the like. In so doing the weight of the patient is disposed primarily upon the arms of the attendants. In this position of the patient with respect to the arms of the attendants, the attendants may call upon the lifting muscles of the body to lift the patient while only employing the gripping muscles to lightly grip the strap 21. In this manner, the patient may be lifted with ease from the chair and with the minimum degree of labor upon the part of the attendants. By such an arrangement, the lifting of heavy bodies is accomplished with as great an ease as is the lifting of light bodies.
  • a lifting sheet formed of a sheet of fabric substan tially rectangular in plan view and folded upon itself to provide confronting layers with the edges of the layers over-lapping, stitches securing said over-lapping edges together, said folded sheet having an integral seat and a back, said back having parallelly extending slits formed therein in a direction from a transverse edge thereof and providing together with the back an elongated arm sleeve extending along said transverse edge of the back and opening through said slits from the opposite side edges of the back, said sheet on the side edge portions of said seat providing spaced parallelly extending slits providing therebetween an arm sleeve extending toward the forward edge portion of the seat, and a hand strap formed in each of said side edge portions of the seat at the forward end of said last named arm sleeve.

Landscapes

  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Nursing (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Invalid Beds And Related Equipment (AREA)

Description

LIFTING SHEET Filed May 24, 1955 IN VEN TOR.
Unite States Patent LIFTING SHEET Bernice Fash, Hillside, Ill.
Application May 24, 1955, Serial No. 510,691
1 Claim. (Cl. --82) This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a lifting sheet for lifting and handling a person who is not able to move about under his or her own power.
One of the principal objects of this invention is to provide a lifting sheet of the character more fully hereinafter described which permits the utilization of the necessary lifting muscles of the body as distinguished from the gripping muscles, for lifting a person either from a bed or wheelchair or the like with the minimum degree of effort and with freedom of movement of the body of the lifters.
More specifically, an object of this invention is to provide an improved lifting sheet wherein there is a multiplicity of openings arranged in pairs and spaced from each other, permitting the insertion of the arm in a sleeve-like form within the sheet with the hand free to grip a grip strap while the weight of the patient to be lifted is disposed upon the arm, thus facilitating the use of the lifting muscles of the body of the attendant to move and lift the patient with the minimum degree of effort and labor.
Other objects will appear hereinafter.
The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a lifting sheet embodying the invention;
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the reverse side of the lifting sheet shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 shows one application of the lifting sheet shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and
Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional detail view taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 1.
A form of construction of my invention is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This form is especially designed for use in lifting a patient from a wheelchair to a table, bed, or the like. In this connection my improved lifting sheet is formed of a suitable fabric having the desired tensile strength to support the weight of a body to be lifted,
carried or moved about.
The sheet is preferably rectangular in plan View and folded upon itself to provide outer layers 11 and 12 having their overlapping edges 11 secured together by suitable stitching or the like.
The sheet provides a seat portion 10 and a back portion 9. The corners of the sheet at the junction of the 'ice and the sheet provides therebetween an arm sleeve 15 into which the arms of the attendants are projected, in a manner shown in Fig. 3.
In the opposite layer 11 of the sheet 10 and extending downwardly across the unaltered corners 18 thereof are provided parallel spaced slits 19 which likewise provide therebetween a sleeve structure. Adjacent these slits 19 are parallel slits 20 which provide a strap 21 to be grasped by the hand in a manner to be presently described. As before indicated, this form of sheet is especially adapted for lifting a patient from and to a wheelchair, table, bed, or the like. This is accomplished in the following manner.
The lifting sheet is worked beneath the patient while vin sitting position, so that the weight of the patient will be disposed upon the seat portion 10' of the sheet 10 and the back portion 9 will engage the back of the patient. Each attendant places an arm through the adjacent slot 16 within the sleeve provided between the slots 16. The attendants arms will be disposed against the back of the patient, and they may then join hands or employ a wrist grip to more firmly support the back of the patient. The other arm of each attendant is inserted through the slots 19 with the sleeve provided therebetween embracing the arm. The hand extends exterior of the sleeve and is used to grasp the strap 21.
When the attendants have thus positioned their arms with respect to the lifting sheet, they are now ready to lift the patient from the chair to a table or the like. In so doing the weight of the patient is disposed primarily upon the arms of the attendants. In this position of the patient with respect to the arms of the attendants, the attendants may call upon the lifting muscles of the body to lift the patient while only employing the gripping muscles to lightly grip the strap 21. In this manner, the patient may be lifted with ease from the chair and with the minimum degree of labor upon the part of the attendants. By such an arrangement, the lifting of heavy bodies is accomplished with as great an ease as is the lifting of light bodies.
The simplicity of my lifting device will be appreciated from the foregoing description. Its utility for carrying persons who are unable to move under their own power will be greatly appreciated by those who have found that it is quite a laborious undertaking to move such persons, especially in cases where the attendant relies largely upon gripping the lifting device by the hands as distinguished from using with the utmost effect the lifting muscles of the body.
While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification Without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come Within the scope of the appended claim.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patentis:
A lifting sheet formed of a sheet of fabric substan tially rectangular in plan view and folded upon itself to provide confronting layers with the edges of the layers over-lapping, stitches securing said over-lapping edges together, said folded sheet having an integral seat and a back, said back having parallelly extending slits formed therein in a direction from a transverse edge thereof and providing together with the back an elongated arm sleeve extending along said transverse edge of the back and opening through said slits from the opposite side edges of the back, said sheet on the side edge portions of said seat providing spaced parallelly extending slits providing therebetween an arm sleeve extending toward the forward edge portion of the seat, and a hand strap formed in each of said side edge portions of the seat at the forward end of said last named arm sleeve.
References Cited in the file of this patent 4 Rosse Aug. 13, 1912 Johnson Oct. 24, 1916 Caspar Mar. 15, 1932 Andersen Sept. 24, 1935 Van Gasselt Feb. 17, 1942 Springer Nov. 29, 1949
US510691A 1955-05-24 1955-05-24 Lifting sheet Expired - Lifetime US2835902A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US510691A US2835902A (en) 1955-05-24 1955-05-24 Lifting sheet

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US510691A US2835902A (en) 1955-05-24 1955-05-24 Lifting sheet

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US2835902A true US2835902A (en) 1958-05-27

Family

ID=24031766

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US510691A Expired - Lifetime US2835902A (en) 1955-05-24 1955-05-24 Lifting sheet

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US2835902A (en)

Cited By (27)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3364506A (en) * 1966-04-25 1968-01-23 Edith A. Hale Draw sheet stretcher
US3829914A (en) * 1972-12-26 1974-08-20 C Treat Patient positioning device
EP0095325A2 (en) * 1982-05-20 1983-11-30 John Duncan Gordon Troup Improvements in or relating to patient handling aids
US4716607A (en) * 1986-02-18 1988-01-05 Johansson Paul J Patient transfer mat
US4782539A (en) * 1985-09-04 1988-11-08 Larry Elliott Rescue seat
US4944057A (en) * 1989-09-28 1990-07-31 Karen Shaw Patient support and lifting device
US5161275A (en) * 1992-03-20 1992-11-10 Safety Quest, Inc. Vehicle seat liner to facilitate extraction of an injured driver
US5214813A (en) * 1992-05-29 1993-06-01 Gastle Thomas H Patient support device
US5297834A (en) * 1991-10-03 1994-03-29 Vanarnem Heidi L Method for lifting and transferring a disabled person to and from a wheelchair
US5333335A (en) * 1992-05-29 1994-08-02 Gastle Thomas H Patient support device
US5396670A (en) * 1993-10-08 1995-03-14 Guardian Products, Inc. Sling for a patient lifter
US5515549A (en) * 1995-02-17 1996-05-14 Wang; Ge Patient carrying device
US5579546A (en) * 1995-10-02 1996-12-03 Griskauskas; Margaret Device for moving a disabled person
US5638558A (en) * 1994-12-20 1997-06-17 Moore; Florence J. Dual purpose patient pad with digital eyelets
US6341393B1 (en) * 1995-09-13 2002-01-29 Ergodyne Corporation Patient transfer and repositioning system
US20080172788A1 (en) * 2007-01-22 2008-07-24 John Morrison Rosen Beach towel with arm slots
US20100287698A1 (en) * 2009-05-13 2010-11-18 Stryker Corporation Transport apparatus
WO2012112771A2 (en) 2011-02-17 2012-08-23 Woodlark Circle, Inc. Inflatable sling and method for positioning a patient
US8701225B1 (en) * 2013-02-28 2014-04-22 Azeema Latiff Under pad with integral handles
US9161876B2 (en) 2012-01-10 2015-10-20 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in the Trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US9949882B2 (en) 2014-05-30 2018-04-24 Prime Medical, LLC Tapered operating room table pad
US10285890B1 (en) 2012-01-10 2019-05-14 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in a position such as the Trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US10688004B2 (en) 2016-02-08 2020-06-23 Prime Medical, LLC Overlay support pad for medical bean bag device
US10912699B2 (en) 2012-01-10 2021-02-09 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in a position such as the trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US11147723B1 (en) 2021-04-05 2021-10-19 Nathan A. Kludt Patient positioning device
US20220015972A1 (en) * 2020-07-20 2022-01-20 Liko Research & Development Ab Patient lift sling
US11266525B2 (en) 2016-01-21 2022-03-08 Xodus Medical, Inc. Patient warming device for surgical procedures

Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US675409A (en) * 1901-03-05 1901-06-04 George W Cook Stretcher or emergency-carrier.
US1035642A (en) * 1912-04-22 1912-08-13 Maria Rosse Invalid-carrier.
US1202528A (en) * 1915-04-22 1916-10-24 Harry L Johnson Stretcher.
US1849864A (en) * 1930-02-27 1932-03-15 Clement C Mason Folding seat
US2015391A (en) * 1934-08-16 1935-09-24 Anderson Charles Nathaniel Stretcher
US2273672A (en) * 1939-11-03 1942-02-17 Antonius Johannes Math Gasselt Stretcher
US2489828A (en) * 1944-10-10 1949-11-29 Kenneth F Springer Litter

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US675409A (en) * 1901-03-05 1901-06-04 George W Cook Stretcher or emergency-carrier.
US1035642A (en) * 1912-04-22 1912-08-13 Maria Rosse Invalid-carrier.
US1202528A (en) * 1915-04-22 1916-10-24 Harry L Johnson Stretcher.
US1849864A (en) * 1930-02-27 1932-03-15 Clement C Mason Folding seat
US2015391A (en) * 1934-08-16 1935-09-24 Anderson Charles Nathaniel Stretcher
US2273672A (en) * 1939-11-03 1942-02-17 Antonius Johannes Math Gasselt Stretcher
US2489828A (en) * 1944-10-10 1949-11-29 Kenneth F Springer Litter

Cited By (40)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3364506A (en) * 1966-04-25 1968-01-23 Edith A. Hale Draw sheet stretcher
US3829914A (en) * 1972-12-26 1974-08-20 C Treat Patient positioning device
EP0095325A2 (en) * 1982-05-20 1983-11-30 John Duncan Gordon Troup Improvements in or relating to patient handling aids
EP0095325A3 (en) * 1982-05-20 1984-11-28 John Duncan Gordon Troup Improvements in or relating to patient handling aids
US4782539A (en) * 1985-09-04 1988-11-08 Larry Elliott Rescue seat
US4716607A (en) * 1986-02-18 1988-01-05 Johansson Paul J Patient transfer mat
US4944057A (en) * 1989-09-28 1990-07-31 Karen Shaw Patient support and lifting device
US5297834A (en) * 1991-10-03 1994-03-29 Vanarnem Heidi L Method for lifting and transferring a disabled person to and from a wheelchair
US5161275A (en) * 1992-03-20 1992-11-10 Safety Quest, Inc. Vehicle seat liner to facilitate extraction of an injured driver
US5333335A (en) * 1992-05-29 1994-08-02 Gastle Thomas H Patient support device
US5214813A (en) * 1992-05-29 1993-06-01 Gastle Thomas H Patient support device
US5396670A (en) * 1993-10-08 1995-03-14 Guardian Products, Inc. Sling for a patient lifter
US5530975A (en) * 1993-10-08 1996-07-02 Guardian Products, Inc. Method of lifting a patient with a sling
US5638558A (en) * 1994-12-20 1997-06-17 Moore; Florence J. Dual purpose patient pad with digital eyelets
US5515549A (en) * 1995-02-17 1996-05-14 Wang; Ge Patient carrying device
US6341393B1 (en) * 1995-09-13 2002-01-29 Ergodyne Corporation Patient transfer and repositioning system
US5579546A (en) * 1995-10-02 1996-12-03 Griskauskas; Margaret Device for moving a disabled person
US20080172788A1 (en) * 2007-01-22 2008-07-24 John Morrison Rosen Beach towel with arm slots
US20100287698A1 (en) * 2009-05-13 2010-11-18 Stryker Corporation Transport apparatus
US8646124B2 (en) * 2009-05-13 2014-02-11 Stryker Corporation Transport apparatus
US8566977B2 (en) 2011-02-17 2013-10-29 Woodlark Circle, Inc. Inflatable sling and method for positioning a patient
WO2012112771A2 (en) 2011-02-17 2012-08-23 Woodlark Circle, Inc. Inflatable sling and method for positioning a patient
US10045902B1 (en) 2012-01-10 2018-08-14 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in a position such as the trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US9750656B1 (en) 2012-01-10 2017-09-05 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in the trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US10285890B1 (en) 2012-01-10 2019-05-14 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in a position such as the Trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US10322050B1 (en) 2012-01-10 2019-06-18 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in a position such as the Trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US9931262B2 (en) 2012-01-10 2018-04-03 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in the trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US9949883B1 (en) 2012-01-10 2018-04-24 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in a position such as the trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US10098800B2 (en) 2012-01-10 2018-10-16 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in a position such as the Trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US10912699B2 (en) 2012-01-10 2021-02-09 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in a position such as the trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US9782287B2 (en) 2012-01-10 2017-10-10 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in the Trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US9161876B2 (en) 2012-01-10 2015-10-20 Alessio Pigazzi Method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in the Trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit
US8701225B1 (en) * 2013-02-28 2014-04-22 Azeema Latiff Under pad with integral handles
US9949882B2 (en) 2014-05-30 2018-04-24 Prime Medical, LLC Tapered operating room table pad
US11266525B2 (en) 2016-01-21 2022-03-08 Xodus Medical, Inc. Patient warming device for surgical procedures
US10688004B2 (en) 2016-02-08 2020-06-23 Prime Medical, LLC Overlay support pad for medical bean bag device
US20220015972A1 (en) * 2020-07-20 2022-01-20 Liko Research & Development Ab Patient lift sling
US12036169B2 (en) * 2020-07-20 2024-07-16 Liko Research & Development Ab Patient lift sling
US12042449B2 (en) 2021-04-05 2024-07-23 Nathan A. Kludt Patient positioning device
US11147723B1 (en) 2021-04-05 2021-10-19 Nathan A. Kludt Patient positioning device

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US2835902A (en) Lifting sheet
US4675925A (en) Device for manipulating bedridden patients
US4723327A (en) Patient mover
US5577281A (en) Stretcher
US8161583B1 (en) Easy change support bed pad
TW200930649A (en) Enhanced forearm furniture leverage straps
US5515549A (en) Patient carrying device
US5297834A (en) Method for lifting and transferring a disabled person to and from a wheelchair
US20090113623A1 (en) Lifting sling
US5375280A (en) Apparatus to assist invalid motion about the bed
US20120019015A1 (en) Lift assist device
US20210298975A1 (en) Lifting Belt Assembly
JP3217168U (en) Transfer aids for caregivers
US20020026667A1 (en) Lifting aid
JP5965514B1 (en) Assistance belt
JP4048398B2 (en) Care transfer
CN216496194U (en) Positionable nursing pad
JP2000139621A (en) Bed pad with handhold
US7340787B1 (en) Personal bed-assistance device
CN215607054U (en) Multifunctional protective bedspread and medical protective mattress
CN210785063U (en) Good limb position placing pad for wheelchair transfer
JP3206933U (en) Simple carrier
JP3209480U (en) Sleeper mobility device
JP3217028U (en) Caregiver transfer equipment
JP3124647U (en) Assistive device