Hospital Bed Rail Phone Adaptor

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Hi Guys! My Mom has been in the hospital for nearly a week now, and things just got a little more complicated. The hospital recently switched to a "room service" style food service where you have to call 1760 to order your meal or be awake when they come through to take your order before each meal. The problem is that the older phones in each room are not designed for today's hospital beds, which are more streamlined and rounded. This makes it impossible to attach the phone to the bed rail, so they either place it in the bed with her or on a shelf behind the bed - neither of which Mom can reach. So I took matters into my own hands the other night by bringing a pair of digital calipers and quickly built an adapter that fits over the rounded bed rail. The adapter has a square body to allow the phone to grab it easily, and the fastening system pinches the adapter, causing it to pinch the bed rail. Now hopefully Mom can order what she wants instead of taking whatever they give her to eat!