Cushioned fracture bedpan

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IN COMBINATION: A BEDPAN WHICH IS WEDGE SHAPED LONGITUDINALLY BOTH IN VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL PLANES SO AS TO BE MUCH SHALLOWER AT ITS NARROW END THAN AT ITS OPPOSITE END, SAID BEDPAN HAVING AN UPWARDLY FACING OPENING SURROUNDED BY A PERIMETRAL LATERALLY EXTENDING FLANGE WHICH LIES IN A FLAT PLANE WHICH CONVERGES AT A SHARP ANGLE RELATIVE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BEDPAN; AND A FLAT PLATFORM ADAPTED TO LIE FLAT AGAINST SAID FLANGE AND COVERING THE SAME AND HAVING INWARDLY GROOVED DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING DIVERGING BOSSES FOR RECEIVING CONVERGING PORTIONS OF SAID FLANGE WHEN SAID BEDPAN IS INSERTED BENEATH SAID PLATFORM AS A WEDGE TO TILT SAID PLATFORM UPWARDLY FROM A POSITION RESTING ON A SUPPORTING SURFACE SUCH AS A BED, UNTIL SAID FLANGE IS WEDGED TIGHTLY IN SAID BOSSES WITH SAID PLATFORM SUPERIMPOSED OVER AND FLAT AGAINST SAID FLANGE, SAID PLATFORM HAVING A CLOSED OPENING THEREIN CONFORMING TO THE AFORESAID OPENING OF SAID BEDPAN AND EXTENDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE OUTWARD BEYOND THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID FLANGE TO PROVIDE A RELATIVELY AMPLE PERIMETRAL SUPPORTING SURFACE FOR THE BODY OF A PATIENT, COMPARED TO THAT PROVIDED BY SAID BEDPAN WITHOUT SAID PLATFORM, THE SHARP ANGLE OF CONVERGENCE OF SAID FLANGE PLANE AND SAID BOTTOM OF SAID BEDPAN CAUSING THE NARROWER END OF SAID PLATFORM TO REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH SAID BED DURING THE INSERTION OF SAID BEDPAN BENEATH SAID PLATFORM AT LEAST UNTIL SAID BEDPAN IS APPROXIMATELY WITHIN A DISTANCE OF ONE-QUARTER THE LENGTH OF SAID PLATFORM FROM ITS COMPLETELY INSERTED POSITION UNDER SAID PLATFORM.