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US4742821:
Patient restraint apparatus
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Wootan, Gerald D.; Sapulpa, OK 74066
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1988-05-10
/ 1986-01-29
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| Application Number: |
US1986000823688
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61F 5/37;
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IPC-7:
A61F 5/37;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/873;
005/424;
005/494;
Original:
128/134;
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| Field of Search: |
128/87 R,133,134,135
269/322,328
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| Priority Number: |
| 1986-01-29 |
US1986000823688 |
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| Abstract: |
A patient restraint apparatus allowing relative freedom of movement for the patient. The restraint apparatus includes a bag portion made primarily of lightweight mesh material having a lockably closeable zippered positioning opening at one end thereof and an adjustable, lockable neck opening at another end thereof. Lockably closeable zipper access opening are provided in the front of the bag. A plurality of attaching straps are connected to the bag and disposed transversely with respect thereto. The straps are connected to one side of the bag at a location transversely spaced from longitudinal edges of the bag. In one operating position, the straps are positioned below the bag on a sleeping surface, and the straps are adapted for attachment to an object, such as a bed member, below the sleeping surface. The longitudinal edges of the bag are not restricted by the straps, and the bag is sized to allow relative freedom of movement by a patient in the bag for normal movement, such as during sleeping periods. In a second operating position, the straps are used to variably restrict the patient's movement. A plurality of fabric handles are attached to the edges of the bag to facilitate moving the patient while restrained therein. A supporting object, such as a pole, may be passed through the handles to adapt the apparatus as a stretcher.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Laney, Dougherty, Hessin & Beavers ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Stouffer, Richard T.;
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None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An apparatus for restraining a patient, said apparatus comprising:
- body enclosure means with longitudinal and upper and lower edges for extending around and substantially enclosing a body of said patient and having a position in which said patient has freedom of movement within said body enclosure means;
- access means on said body enclosure means for providing access to said body of said patient while maintaining substantial enclosure thereof, said body enclosure means and said access means being adaptable for preventing opening of said access means by said patient;
- attachment means, connected to said body enclosure means at a location transversely spaced from the longitudinal edges of said body enclosure means, for attaching said body enclosure means to an object without said attachment means restricting movement of said body of said patient within said body enclosure means; and
- a plurality of elongated handles, each of said handles being attached at opposite ends thereof to one of the edges of said body enclosure means.
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