US 12,029,696 B2
Cradle lift assist harness
Gary Joseph Candela, Westminster, MD (US)
Assigned to FirstRes Equipment LLC, Jackson, TN (US)
Filed by Gary Joseph Candela, Westminster, MD (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/690,486.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/159,680, filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287899 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 7/10 (2006.01); A62B 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 7/1051 (2013.01) [A61G 7/1038 (2013.01); A62B 35/0006 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cradle lift assist harness comprising:
a first tension member having a first handle; and
a second tension member and a third tension member each being longitudinally extended and each having a first end respectively coupled to an end of said first tension member, said second and third tension members each respectively having a second end releasably coupled one to the other and a second handle being disposed adjacent said second end of said second tension member, said second end of said third tension member is formed in a loop, a portion of said looped second end being folded longitudinally and affixed together, an unfolded end portion of said second end being joined to an intermediate portion of said third tension member to define a securement portion, a distal end portion of said longitudinally folded loop forming a hitch loop and opposing sides of a remaining portion of said longitudinally folded loop disposed between said hitch loop and said securement portion being affixed together to form a stiffened portion of said third tension member, and wherein said second and third tension members are configured to have a respective intermediate portion thereof be in contiguous contact with portions of a patient's buttocks as tension forces are applied to said first and second handles.