Patient hoist

Claim 1

A COMBINED SIDE RAIL AND PATIENT HOISTING DEVICE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A FIRST SIDE RAIL FRAME MEMBER COMPRISED OF A PAIR OF SPACED UPRIGHTS, A TOP RAIL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE TOP OF SAID UPRIGHTS, AN INTERMEDIATE TRANSVERSE RAIL EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID UPRIGHTS BELOW SAID TOP RAIL, A COLLAR SURROUNDING EACH UPRIGHT, MEANS SECURING EACH COLLAR IN A SELECTED POSITION OF VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT ON EACH UPRIGHT, A SUPPORTING BRACKET CARRIED BY EACH COLLAR ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE SIDE RAIL OF A BED, A SECOND SIDE RAIL FRAME MEMBER COMPRISED OF A SECOND PAIR OF SPACED UPRIGHTS, A SECOND TRANSVERSE TOP RAIL EXTENDING ACROSS THE TOP OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF UPRIGHTS, A COLLAR SURROUNDING EACH OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF UPRIGHTS, MEANS SECURING EACH OF SAID LAST MENTIONED COLLARS IN A SELECTED POSITION OF VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT ON ITS ASSOCIATED UPRIGHT, A SECOND INTERMEDIATE RAIL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN SAID SECOND PAIR OF UPRIGHTS BELOW SAID SECOND TOP RAIL, A PAIR OF SPACED SIDE ARMS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND INTERMEDIATE RAIL, A PAIR OF SPACED CROSS BARS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN SAID SIDE ARMS, SAID SIDE ARMS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ALIGNED OPENINGS IN THEIR CONFRONTING SIDES, BETWEEN SAID CROSS BARS, A TUBULAR ROLLER HAVING OPPOSITELY EXTENDING OUTWARDLY SPRING BIASED PINS IN ITS ENDS, SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE IN ALIGNED OPENINGS IN THE OPPOSITE SIDE BARS, A SLING HAVING A LOOPED REVERTED END SURROUNDING SAID ROLLER, AND HOOKS AT THE OTHER END OF SAID SLING RELEASABLY ENGAGING SAID FIRST MENTIONED INTERMEDIATE RAIL, SAID SLING EXTENDING OVER BOTH SAID FIRST MENTIONED AND SAID SECOND TOP RAILS.