ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,182, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).

"Sheet assembly for positioning a patient" was invented by Noah Wolters (Cary, Ill.), Hester C. Fletcher (Louisa, Va.) and Daniel R. Ulreich (Cary, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet assembly for positioned a patient includes a base sheet a first handle interface, and a second handle interface. The base sheet defines a first axis extending in a direction parallel to a width of the base sheet and a second axis extending in a direction parallel to a length of the base sheet. The base sheet has a first end on a first side of the first axis and a second end ...