Title: Apparatus and method for transferring a patient from one bed to another

Abstract: A sled board for transferring a patient from one bed to another. In a first embodiment, a plurality of sled boards are placed beneath a patient and the sled boards are simultaneously slid from one bed to another. The patient remains on top of the sled boards, and the sled boards carry the patient from one bed to the other. In a second embodiment, the sled boards, each having a transverse fin projecting from its bottom surface, extend from one bed to the other. The fins are inserted between the beds to prevent longitudinal movement of the sled boards. One end of the sled boards is placed beneath the patient, and the patient is slid from one bed to the other on the top surface of the sled boards.

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Inventors: Rutherford, Gaery Davis (Seattle, WA, US)

Application Number: 585104
Filing Date: 1975-06-09
Publication_date: 1977-03-22
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Primary Class(es): 5/81.1R
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US Patent Ref:

2404734	Jul, 1946	Lenahan	5/86.
2501267	Mar, 1950	Erikson	5/352.
2918681	Dec, 1959	Davis	5/81.
2959792	Nov, 1960	Haugard	5/81.
3157889	Nov, 1964	Chanko	5/352.
3403411	Oct, 1968	Steinemann et al.	5/81.
3786523	Jan, 1974	Sele	5/81.

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Primary Examiner: Schroeder, Werner H.
Assistant Examiner: Troutman, Doris L.
Attorney: Seed, Berry, Vernon & Baynham