Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to bed coverings for a mattress and, more particularly, to a fitted (or semi-fitted) top sheet that may be attached at one end to the mattress and which may be placed between a user and other bedding such as blankets, quilts, comforters, or the like. The fitted sheet provides for ease in changing or making the bed. The fitted bed sheet of the present invention includes a zone of expansion to provide extra room for a sleeper's feet, and provides overhanging side flaps to provide and end-to-end finished look. Additionally, the present invention is directed to a fitted blanket, fitted quilt, fitted comforter and fitted bedspread for a mattress. The invention is also directed to a pattern for making these fitted bed coverings from an existing flat sheet or a starting flat cloth.

Abstract: An attachment device for attaching a sling to a hoist by engaging with an attachment formation on the hoist comprises first and second elements disposed in face to face relationship with one another and moveable relative to one another between first and second positions. The first element comprises a slot having a first portion through which the head of an attachment formation will pass and a second portion extending from the first portion and through which the body of the attachment portion can pass but through which the head will not pass. The second element has an opening through which the head of the attachment formation can pass and which aligns with the first portion of the slot in the first element when the first and second elements are in their first relative position and which aligns with the second portion of the slot when the first and second elements are in their second relative position, in which position the second element blocks the first portion of the slot in the first element.

Abstract: An automatically operated bed includes a support frame, a first frame, a first drive cylinder, a second frame, a second drive cylinder, an auxiliary frame, and a cushion. Thus, the first frame and the second frame are lifted or lowered by operation of the first drive cylinder and the second drive cylinder, so that the bed has a simplified construction, thereby decreasing the costs of fabrication. In addition, the auxiliary frame is disposed at a horizontal state by support of the push bar of the second frame until the auxiliary frame so that a user's lower leg is supported by the auxiliary frame in comfortable manner to prevent the user's leg from being bent excessively, thereby providing a comfortable sensation to the user.