Healing Enhancement Apparatus Formed From Multi-Panel Curtain With A Calming Image

Abstract

Disclosed is a healing enhancement apparatus formed from a curtain bearing a calming image such as an outdoor scene or other image of nature. The healing enhancement apparatus, an alternative to the sterile environment found in most hospitals, has therapeutic benefits. In particular, the calming image, occupying all or most of the curtain assists in calming the patient, reducing blood pressure, reducing required medications, and assists in quicker recoveries. The calming image may be applied to first and second panels of cloth that are stitched together, in registration, at a seam. The calming image may extend from edge-to-edge, or may occupy a framed portion of the curtain. The calming image may consists of an outdoor scene as viewed through one or more windows and, where the image contains two or more windows, the seam may be conveniently located within the image of the wall surface between adjacent windows.

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       21 . A healing enhancement apparatus comprising:
 a hospital bed cubicle curtain; and   a window-containing patient calming image printed on the hospital bed cubicle curtain, the window-containing patient calming image comprising an image of a wall surface, an image of a window frame on the wall surface, and an image of an outdoor nature scene as viewed through the window.   
   
   
       22 . The healing enhancement apparatus of  claim 21  wherein the window-containing patient calming image comprises images of first and second window frames through which two adjacent portions of the outdoor nature scene are visible. 
   
   
       23 . The healing enhancement apparatus of  claim 21  wherein the window frame image in said window-containing patient calming image comprises two vertical members and two horizontal members that form a rectangle. 
   
   
       24 . The healing enhancement apparatus of  claim 23  wherein the window frame image in said window-containing patient calming image further comprises at least one additional member to enhance the illusion of an actual window. 
   
   
       25 . The healing enhancement apparatus of  claim 21  wherein the hospital bed cubicle curtain is formed from multiple panels that each carry a portion of the window-containing patient calming image.