William R Jewell

US Patent:

7571498, Aug 11, 2009

Filed:

Jan 14, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/007614

Inventors:

William Jewell - San Diego CA, US
Robert G. Godette - Greenwood AR, US
Vincent L. Ramik - Annandale VA, US

International Classification:

A61G 7/08

US Classification:

5 811HS, 5 811 R

Abstract:

A transfer device transfers an individual from a bed to an adjacent support surface or vice versa and includes a mobile unit defined by a base and an upstanding structure having lower and upper end portions respectively adjacent to and remote from the base. A lower drive pulley and an upper idler pulley are located respectively adjacent to and remote from the base. A motor rotates the lower drive pulleys to wind thereupon a cable at least partially entrained upon the upper idler pulley. Clamps releasably connect the cable to a slide interposed between an individual and a bed or an adjacent support surface upon which an individual is reposed whereby upon operation of the motor, the slide with an individual thereon is pulled from a bed to an associated adjacent support surface or vice versa.