US 12,447,072 B2
Trendelenburg patient positioning device
Patrick Cook, Allentown, PA (US); Scott Moore, Allentown, PA (US); and John Englebert, Allentown, PA (US)
Assigned to D.T. DAVIS ENTERPRISES, LTD., Allentown, PA (US)
Filed by D.T. Davis Enterprises, Ltd., Allentown, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,852.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,273, filed on Apr. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339045 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61G 1/013 (2006.01); A61G 1/048 (2006.01); A61G 7/005 (2006.01); A61G 7/10 (2006.01); A61G 13/04 (2006.01); A61G 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 1/013 (2013.01) [A61G 1/048 (2013.01); A61G 7/005 (2013.01); A61G 7/1026 (2013.01); A61G 7/1028 (2013.01); A61G 13/04 (2013.01); A61G 13/1265 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inflatable transfer device, comprising:
a non-skid material coupled to a substrate and formed integrally with a top panel;
a bottom panel coupled to the top panel to define an inflatable chamber therebetween;
a rail patch made of a non-skid material with a long axis extending parallel to a long axis of a corresponding lateral fastener that extends from a lateral edge of the inflatable transfer device; and
an air manifold including an air flow channel that is defined by a first material layer coupled to a second material layer, both the first material layer and the second material layer being only one of the top panel or the bottom panel; wherein
the non-skid material coupled to the substrate is configured to maintain a patient in a fixed position when the inflatable transfer device and the patient are positioned at an angle with respect to a horizontal support surface.