Abstract: A patient care bed includes a windlass mechanism for engaging and movement of an elongate sheet to thereby transport or move a patient supported on the sheet. The windlass mechanism includes a hollow tube with a slot into which a retainer mechanism may be fitted to hold the end of the sheet to the hollow tube.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 6, 2004
Publication date:
October 6, 2005
Applicant:
Home Hospital Equipment Company d/b/a EZ Way, Inc.