Patents by Inventor Tommy D. Pruett

Tommy D. Pruett has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20130025048
    Abstract: A mechanical aid to be used for transferring or sliding a patient that is bedridden, handicapped, paralyzed, surgically incapacitated, or otherwise unable to move without assistance in a hospital bed. This mechanical aid may be operable by a single individual attendant. For these purposes, the mechanical aid includes a box frame having an aperture that easily slides over a hospital bed headboard and includes threaded mounts at each end of the box frame allowing the device to be adjustable and securable to all sides hospital bed headboards. The box frame may cooperate with a shaft which may be geared and attachable that may be rotated bi-directionally by a motor. The shaft may include spools to gather and release straps as the shaft rotates bi-directionally. The straps may include a hook at the end of the strap which may attach to a draw sheet and may cooperate with loops which may attach to a draw sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Tommy D. Pruett