US 12,324,778 B2
Apparatus and system for lifting, moving, turning, and positioning a patient
Michael J. Rigoni, Cary, IL (US); Garret W. Sweetwood, Cary, IL (US); Gregory T. Davis, Cary, IL (US); and Paul M. Fowler, Cary, IL (US)
Assigned to Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed by Sage Products, LLC, Cary, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,671.
Application 17/582,671 is a continuation of application No. 16/557,218, filed on Aug. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,229,570.
Application 16/557,218 is a continuation of application No. 15/340,593, filed on Nov. 1, 2016, granted, now 10,398,614.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/249,719, filed on Nov. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142842 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 7/10 (2006.01); A61G 7/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/057 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/1051 (2013.01) [A61G 7/001 (2013.01); A61G 7/05761 (2013.01); A61G 7/1015 (2013.01); A61G 7/1017 (2013.01); A61G 7/1021 (2013.01); A61G 7/1023 (2013.01); A61G 7/1026 (2013.01); A61G 7/1028 (2013.01); A61G 7/1036 (2013.01); A61G 7/1063 (2013.01); A61G 7/1084 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a sheet configured to support an upper body of a patient when the sheet and the patient are lifted, the sheet defined by a first plurality of peripheral edges, including a head edge; and
a head support extending outwardly from the head edge and configured to support a head of the patient when the sheet is lifted, the head support comprising:
a first portion extending away from the head edge and having a first elasticity, and
a second portion extending away from the head edge adjacent the first portion and having a second elasticity, wherein the second elasticity is greater than the first elasticity.