US 11,969,386 B2
Patient slider device
Andrew Heuerman, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Eric VanMiddendorp, Rockford, MI (US); Michael Czechowskyj, Rockford, MI (US); Jason Barr, Lawton, MI (US); Mark C Celmer, Saint Joseph, MI (US); Vaughn Gerber, Portage, MI (US); Dylan DiGiovanni, Williamsburg, MI (US); Michael Matusiak, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Taylor Rieckhoff, Plymouth, MI (US); Dan Scheske, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Justin Dykstra, Wyoming, MI (US); Ashley Meitz, Jenison, MI (US); Garrett Goodwin, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Colin Jack, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Taylor Sims, Commerce Township, MI (US); Benjamin Vander Wal, Zeeland, MI (US); John Farris, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Chris Pung, Portland, MI (US); and Dan Switzer, Mattawan, MI (US)
Assigned to Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI (US); and Spectrum Health Innovations, LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by Spectrum Health Innovations, LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US); and Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/087,781.
Application 18/087,781 is a continuation of application No. 16/405,880, filed on May 7, 2019, granted, now 11,554,066.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/668,196, filed on May 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0301856 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/1026 (2013.01) [A61G 7/1046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient slider device comprising:
a winding strap having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
a transverse strap attached to the second end of the winding strap, the transverse strap having a first strap loop proximate a first end thereof, and a second strap loop proximate the second end thereof;
an elongated rod comprising a first side axial valley proximate a first end thereof and a second side axial valley proximate a second end thereof, wherein the first strap loop is configured to axially slide over a first end of the elongated rod and configured to be positionable within the first side axial valley of the elongated rod, and structurally configured to clamp a sheet therebetween, and wherein the second strap loop is configured to axially slide over a second end of the elongated rod and configured to be positionable within the second side axial valley of the elongated rod, and structurally configured to clamp the sheet therebetween.