US 12,295,896 B2
System and method for moving, turning, and positioning a patient
Hester C. Fletcher, Louisa, VA (US); Daniel Robert Ulreich, Cary, IL (US); Curtis L. Hollabaugh, Huntley, IL (US); Paul M. Fowler, Rockford, IL (US); and Gregory T. Davis, Woodstock, IL (US)
Assigned to Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed by Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed on May 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/197,850.
Application 18/197,850 is a continuation of application No. 17/838,943, filed on Jun. 13, 2022, granted, now 11,654,063.
Application 17/838,943 is a continuation of application No. 17/137,011, filed on Dec. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,357,681.
Application 17/137,011 is a continuation of application No. 16/818,710, filed on Mar. 13, 2020, granted, now 10,905,608.
Application 16/818,710 is a continuation of application No. 15/365,632, filed on Nov. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,588,800.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/352,307, filed on Jun. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/261,650, filed on Dec. 1, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277395 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/001 (2013.01) [A61G 7/1023 (2013.01); A61G 7/1026 (2013.01); A61G 7/1057 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a sheet having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a first longitudinal side contiguous with the first lateral side and the second lateral side, and a second longitudinal side contiguous with the first lateral side and the second lateral side;
a first strap coupled to the sheet proximate the first lateral side;
a second strap coupled to the sheet proximate the second lateral side, and longitudinally offset from the first strap; and
an opening in the sheet, the sheet extending entirely around the opening, the opening disposed between the first lateral side and the second lateral side, and the opening centered between the first longitudinal side and the second longitudinal side and providing a passage between the top surface and the bottom surface of the sheet.