Supplemental bed sheet combination

Claim 1

A SUPPLEMENTAL SHEET FOR THE MATTRESS OF A PATIENT''S BED ADAPTED TO FACILITATE LONGITUDINAL SHIFTING OF A PATIENT LYING ON THE BED COMPRISING A PIECE OF FABRIC MATERIAL HAVING A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF THE MATTRESS AND A WIDTH GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE MATTRESS AND HAVING THE MATERIAL OF THE SHEET LOOPED AND STITCHED TO ITSELF ALONG PARALLEL LENGTHWISE LINES SPACED APART A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SIDE EDGES OF THE MATTRESS SO AS TO FORM A PAIR OF TUBES INTEGRAL WITH THE SHEET AND OUTSTANDING THEREFROM AND EACH TUBE BEING INSET FROM THE ADJACENT LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF THE SHEET BY A PORTION OF SHEET AREA WIDE ENOUGH TO BE TUCKED RELATIVELY SECURELY BENEATH A SIDE MARGIN OF THE MATTRESS WITH EACH TUBE BEING THEREBY POSITIONED SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG AN EDGE OF THE MATTRESS, IN COMBINATION WITH A RIGID ROD-LIKE MEMBER REMOVABLY DISPOSED IN EACH OF EACH TUBES SO AS TO STIFFEN THE TUBES FOR GRASPING BY PERSONS STANDING AT THE SIDES OF THE BED FOR LIFTING THE TUBES AND ELEVATING THE SHEET TO LESSEN THE LOAD OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE PATIENT ON THE MATRESS AND THEREBY FACILITATE SHIFTING THE PATIENT LONGITUDINALLY OF THE BED.