Multi-purpose safety vest restraint for chairs or beds

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR RETAINING A PATIENT AGAINST DISPLACEMENT FROM A SUPPORT UPON WHICH THE PATIENT IS ARRANGED, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A CHEST PANEL AND A BACK PANEL, A HEAD RECEIVING OPENING BETWEEN ADJACENT UPPER ENDS OF SAID PANELS, LEAVING THE REMAINDER OF THE PANELS UNATTACHED, THUS FACILITATING FREE POSITIONING OF THE DEVICE UPON A PATIENT WITHOUT MOVEMENT OF THE ARMS OF THE PATIENT, SAID CHEST AND BACK PANELS HAVING STRAPS FIXED TO SIDE EDGES THEREOF, ONE SIDE STRAP TERMINATING AT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BACK PANEL IN A LOOP, THE OTHER SIDE STRAP TERMINATING IN A LONG PROJECTING END EXTENDING BEYOND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BACK PANEL, SAID PROJECTING END COOPERATING WITH SAID LOOP IN SECURING THE LOWER PART OF THE BACK PANEL ABOUT THE WAIST OF THE PATIENT, AND SAID SIDE STRAPS PROJECTING FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE CHEST PANEL IN LONG PROJECTING STRAPS FOR SECURING THE CHEST PANEL ABOUT THE WAIST OF A PATIENT AND TO A SUPPORT, UPON WHICH THE PATIENT IS ARRANGED.