Granted Patent B2

US 12,433,507 · App. 18/128,019 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Inventor: Lewis Dabbs Earnest (Athens, GA)

A61B5/1072A61G7/05

Abstract

Claims (39)

1. A height-measuring bed sheet comprising:

a top sheet panel defining a height-indicative pattern, the height-indicative pattern comprising height measurement indicia forming a design, wherein the height-measuring bed sheet is configured to cover a mattress of a bed, the top sheet panel is configured to confront a mattress top of the mattress, and the height-indicative pattern forms a height measurement scale for measuring a height of a patient in the bed;

a pair of opposing side sheet panels extending from the top sheet panel, the pair of opposing side sheet panels configured to confront opposing mattress sides of the mattress; and

a pair of opposing end sheet panels extending from the top sheet panel, the end sheet panels configured to confront opposing mattress ends of the mattress.

2. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 1 , wherein the height-indicative pattern is further formed on the pair of opposing side sheet panels.

3. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 1 , wherein the height measurement indicia comprises at least one of measurement lines and measurement shapes, each of the measurement lines and the measurement shapes indicating a particular measurement.

4. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 3 , wherein the height measurement indicia comprises the measurement lines, and wherein the measurement lines are substantially lateral measurement lines.

5. The height-measurement bed sheet of claim 3 , wherein the height measurement indicia comprises foot measurement indicia each indicating a 1′ measurement and fraction measurement indicia each indicating a fraction of a 1′ measurement.

6. The height-measurement bed sheet of claim 3 , wherein at least one visual feature of the height measurement indicia varies to differentiate the particular measurements indicated by the height measurement indicia.

7. The height-measurement bed sheet of claim 6 , wherein the at least one visual feature is one of color, dimension, and saturation.

8. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 1 , further comprising a scannable barcode linking to medical information related to the height of the patient.

9. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 8 , wherein the medical information linked by the scannable barcode is related to proper medication dosages as a function of the height of the patient.

10. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 9 , wherein the scannable barcode links to a software application configured to calculate proper medication dosages as a function of the height of the patient.

11. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 8 , wherein the scannable barcode is a QR code.

12. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 8 , wherein:

the top sheet panel defines a periphery;

the pair of opposing side sheet panels and the pair of opposing end sheet panels extend from the periphery of the top sheet panel; and

the scannable barcode is disposed proximate to the periphery of the top sheet panel.

13. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 12 , wherein:

the height-measuring bed sheet defines a foot end and a head end opposite the foot end;

a first end sheet panel of the pair of opposing end sheet panels extends from the periphery of the top sheet panel at the head end;

a second end sheet panel of the pair of opposing end sheet panels extends from the periphery of the top sheet panel at the foot end; and

the scannable barcode is disposed proximate to the foot end of the height-measuring bed sheet.

14. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 1 , wherein the height-indicative pattern is substantially symmetrical about a longitudinal centerline of the top sheet panel.

15. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 1 , wherein the height-indicative pattern is asymmetrical about a longitudinal centerline of the top sheet panel.

16. The height-measuring bed sheet of claim 1 , wherein the height-measuring bed sheet is a fitted sheet configured to cinch underneath the mattress at mattress corners of the mattress.

17. A method of determining a proper medication dosage for a patient comprising:

covering a mattress of a bed of the patient with a height-measuring bed sheet, the height-measuring bed sheet defining a height-indicative pattern, the height-indicative pattern comprising height measurement indicia forming a design, the height-indicative pattern forming a height measurement scale; and

visually measuring a height of the patient in the bed with the height measurement scale of the height-measuring bed sheet.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising determining a proper medication dosage for the patient as a function of the height of the patient.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein determining a proper medication dosage for the patient as a function of the height of the patient comprises scanning a scannable barcode that links to medical information for proper medication dosages as a function of height.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein:

the scannable barcode links to a software application configured to calculate proper medication dosages as a function of the height of the patient; and

determining a proper medication dosage for the patient as a function of the height of the patient further comprises entering the height of the patient into the software application.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein:

the height-measuring bed sheet comprises a top sheet panel, a pair of opposing side sheet panels, and a pair of opposing end sheet panels;

the top sheet panel defines a periphery;

the pair of opposing side sheet panels and the pair of opposing end sheet panels extend from the periphery of the top sheet panel; and

the scannable barcode is disposed proximate to the periphery of the top sheet panel.

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