| US 7,596,822 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and methods for lifting bed mattresses and/or tucking in bed covers | ||
| Elizabeth Sakaldasis, Sonoma, Calif. (US); Carisa Harris-Adamson, Sonoma, Calif. (US); Susan Schafer, San Francisco, Calif. (US); Bradley Duvernay, San Francisco, Calif. (US); Esther Soria Sonson, San Francisco, Calif. (US); Gaye Frisby, San Francisco, Calif. (US); and Thomas Blundell, San Francisco, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hyatt Corporation, Chicago, Ill. (US); and PreCare, Inc., Sonoma, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/464,719. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0040859 A1, Feb. 21, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47C 31/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 5—658 [5/482] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A kit for tucking at least a portion of one bed cover under a mattress of a bed comprising:
a wedge apparatus comprising a wedge member for lifting a portion of said mattress of said bed, said wedge apparatus comprising
a bottom surface and a sloped surface, wherein the bottom surface and the sloped surface form an acute angle and first and
second side surfaces are disposed between and along said bottom surface and said sloped surface, a first handle member connected
to the wedge member, and at least one substantially planar stabilizing surface extending perpendicularly from at least one
of said first and second side surfaces in a direction away from both of said first and second side surfaces; and
a tuck apparatus comprising a tuck member for tucking said portion of said bed cover under said mattress of said bed comprising
at one end of said tuck member at least one tucking surface, and a second handle member connected to said tuck member; and
wherein at least one of said first and second handle members is oriented in non-parallel relationship with respect to said
bottom surface of said wedge member and said tuck member respectively.
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