Devices and method for handling a person on a base

Claim 1

A device for handling a person on a body-supporting base comprising a flat, board-shaped support means adapted for endwise manual insertion between said base and said person transversely of said person, said support means embodying structure engageable with means for fastening said person to said support means, said device further comprising elongate connecting means mounted at an end of said support means opposite that designed for manual insertion and permitting displacement of said support means thereon, the device being such that lifting of said elongate connecting means causes pivoting of said support means about a first pivotal axis at its manually inserted end, said support means being made up of two separate arms capable of being displaced towards and away from each other on said elongate connecting means and of being pivoted simultaneously on lifting the latter about their respective manually inserted ends, said elongate connecting means comprising a rod and fastening means for detachably interconnecting said arms and said rod after having individually arranged said arms at predetermined locations between said base and said person, the device being in the form of a substantially rigid and U-shaped lifting means upon such interconnection, said fastening means comprising a sleeve-shaped guide means for axially displaceable reception of said rod and a pair of oppositely directed and spaced apart hook means for receiving said rod in a slopingly sideways and subsequent axially displaceable manner, said guide means and said hook means being mounted on respective ones of the non-manually insertable ends of said arms.

Claim 2

A device for handling a person on a body-supporting base comprising a flat, board-shaped support means adapted for endwise manual insertion between said base and said person transversely of said person, said support means embodying structure engageable with means for fastening said person to said support means, said device further comprising elongate connecting means mounted at an end of said support means opposite that designed for manual insertion and permitting displacement of said support means thereon, the device being such that lifting of said elongate connecting means causes pivoting of said support means about a first pivotal axis at its manually inserted end, said support means being made up of two separate arms capable of being displaced towards and away from each other on said elongate connecting means and of being pivoted simultaneously on lifting the latter about their respective manually inserted ends, said elongate connecting means comprising a rod and fastening means for detachably interconnecting said arms and said rod after having individually arranged said arms at predetermined locations between said base and said person, the device being in the form of a substantially rigid and U-shaped lifting means upon such interconnection, said fastening means comprising a sleeve-shaped guide means for axially displaceable reception of said rod and a pair of oppositely directed and spaced apart hook means for receiving said rod in a slopingly sideways and subsequent axially displaceable manner, said guide means and said hook means being mounted on respective ones of the non-manually insertable ends of said arms.

Claim 3

A device for handling a person on a body-supporting base comprising a flat, board-shaped support means adapted for endwise manual insertion between said base and said person transversely of said person, said support means embodying structure engageable with means for fastening said person to said support means, said device further comprising elongate connecting means mounted at an end of said support means opposite that designed for manual insertion an permitting displacement of said support means thereon, the device being such that lifting of said elongate connecting means causes pivoting of said support means about a first pivotal axis at its manually inserted end, said support means being made up of two separate arms capable of being displaced towards and away from each other on said elongate connecting means and of being pivoted simultaneously on lifting the latter about their respective manually inserted ends, each one of said arms having a support component mounted at its under side for slidable guided motion along its length, so that pivoting of said arms to an inclined position relative to said base will cause said support components to slide by virtue of their own weight down their respective arms into supporting abutment with said base where each such support component forms a second and horizontal pivotal axis for its respective arm whereby said arms can be pivoted via said elongated connecting means to a level above said base.

Claim 4

A device for handling a person on a body-supporting base comprising a flat, board-shaped support means adapted for endwise manual insertion between said base and said person transversely of said person, said support means embodying structure engageable with means for fastening said person to said support means, said device further comprising elongate connecting means mounted at an end of said support means opposite that designed for manual insertion an permitting displacement of said support means thereon, the device being such that lifting of said elongate connecting means causes pivoting of said support means about a first pivotal axis at its manually inserted end, said support means being made up of two separate arms capable of being displaced towards and away from each other on said elongate connecting means and of being pivoted simultaneously on lifting the latter about their respective manually inserted ends, each one of said arms having a support component mounted at its under side for slidable guided motion along its length, so that pivoting of said arms to an inclined position relative to said base will cause said support components to slide by virtue of their own weight down their respective arms into supporting abutment with said base where each such support component forms a second and horizontal pivotal axis for its respective arm whereby said arms can be pivoted via said elongated connecting means to a level above said base.

Claim 9

A method of handling a person lying on a body-supporting base comprising the steps of: (a) inserting two separate flat, board-shaped support arms between the base parallel to one another so that said support arms extend transversely of the person and the ends of such arms opposite from their inserted ends project laterally from the person and such projecting ends are disposed on the same side of the patient. (b) fastening the person to the support means; (c) lifting the projecting ends of said support arms to pivot the support arms about their inserted ends, thereby elevating the person above the base; and (d) placing a support component between each of said support arms and said base in the vicinity of the person after said lifting step and then depressing the projecting ends of the support arms to pivot said arms about the support components and thus elevate the initially inserted ends of the support arms away from the base, each such support component being disposed at the projecting end of the associated one of the arms prior to said lifting step and each such component sliding downwardly along the associated arm into abutment with said base after said lifting step.

Claim 10

A method of handling a person lying on a body-supporting base comprising the steps of: (a) inserting two separate flat, board-shaped support arms between the base parallel to one another so that said support arms extend transversely of the person and the ends of such arms opposite from their inserted ends project laterally from the person and such projecting ends are disposed on the same side of the patient. (b) fastening the person to the support means; (c) lifting the projecting ends of said support arms to pivot the support arms about their inserted ends, thereby elevating the person above the base; and (d) placing a support component between each of said support arms and said base in the vicinity of the person after said lifting step and then depressing the projecting ends of the support arms to pivot said arms about the support components and thus elevate the initially inserted ends of the support arms away from the base, each such support component being disposed at the projecting end of the associated one of the arms prior to said lifting step and each such component sliding downwardly along the associated arm into abutment with said base after said lifting step.