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1. A patient support system (10) for lifting and holding a supine patient from a bed for cleaning, feeding, and like purposes, the lifting and holding being done in a safe, convenient, and economical manner, the system comprising, in combination:
a first sheet (14) in a square configuration with a horizontal top edge (16) and a parallel bottom edge (18) and with vertical parallel side edges (20) between the top and bottom edges, each edge has a length of 37 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the first sheet is fabricated of a woven cotton fabric having a right side (22) and a wrong side (24); a pair of vertical straps (28), each vertical strap being in a rectangular configuration with a horizontal top (30) and a parallel bottom (32) and with vertical parallel sides (34) between the top and bottom, each top and bottom has a length of 2 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, each side has opposed ends with a length of 65 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the vertical straps being fabricated of an essentially inextensible strapping cord; selective stitching (38) coupling each vertical strap to the wrong side of the first sheet with 14 inches at each end of each vertical strap extending beyond the first sheet, each vertical strap being parallel with and spaced a distance of 9.5 inches from an adjacent side edge; a pair of horizontal straps (42), each horizontal strap being in a rectangular configuration with a horizontal top (44) and a parallel bottom (46) and with vertical parallel sides (48) between the top and bottom edges, each top and bottom having opposed ends with a length of 65 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, each side has a length of 2 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the horizontal straps being fabricated of an essentially inextensible strapping cord; additional selective stitching (52) coupling each horizontal strap to the wrong side of the first sheet with 14 inches at each end of each horizontal strap extending beyond the first sheet, each horizontal strap being parallel with and spaced a distance of 9.5 inches from an adjacent top and bottom edge; a loop (56) formed by each end of each strap being folded over with a 2 inch, plus or minus 10 percent, box stitch (58) coupling each end of each strap to the first sheet and to each strap at a location one inch, plus or minus 10 percent, from an adjacent edge of the first sheet to thereby create 8 handles, an additional 2 inch, plus or minus 10 percent, box stitch (60) at four intersections of the horizontal and vertical straps coupling the straps to the first sheet; a second sheet (64) being in a square configuration with a horizontal top edge (66) and a parallel bottom edge (68) and with vertical parallel side edges (70) between the top and bottom edges, each edge having a length of 37 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the second sheet being fabricated of a quilted fabric with a right side and a wrong side, the right side having an ornamental design; and peripheral stitching (74) coupling the first sheet and the second sheet with the straps between the sheets, the peripheral stitching extending along the side edges and the top edges and the bottom edges of the first and second sheets, the edge all being folded inwardly prior to the peripheral stitching whereby the final product is a 36 inch, plus or minus 10 percent, square with the peripheral stitching through four layers of fabric, the stitching along each edge is discontinuous with a space (76) for the passage of the straps from between the first and second sheets whereby the handles are adapted to be pulled by a health care provider to lift and hold the supine patient as for cleaning, feeding, and like purposes. |
