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US 11,311,430 B2Granted
Rescue stretcher with integrated harness
AssigneeSkedco, Inc.
InventorCarston R. Calkin
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Abstract
A stretcher including a flexible base panel sized to support a person lying thereon during a rescue or extrication operation. The base panel includes a header end and an opposite footer end, and further includes a support mat resting on the base panel between the header and footer ends. The stretcher further include a shoulder harness with a pair of shoulder straps and a groin harness with leg straps fixedly coupled to the support mat for securing the person to the base panel. A securement strap may be coupled to the base panel and extend across the flexible base panel to help prevent the injured person from rolling off the sides of the stretcher. The rescue stretcher may further include one or more flotation devices attached thereto to facilitate water evacuations.
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A stretcher comprising:
- an elongate, flexible panel sized to underlay a person laying thereon, the panel including a front surface and an opposite rear surface, a header end and an opposite footer end, and a first side and an opposite second side, the panel further including a first opening extending through the panel;
- a support mat including a top surface for receiving the person and an opposite rear surface resting against the front surface of the flexible panel;
- a shoulder harness fixedly coupled to the support mat;
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- a groin harness fixedly coupled to the support mat, the groin harness including a first release tab extending through the first opening of the flexible panel to releasably couple the groin harness to the flexible panel, wherein the first release tab is releasable from the flexible panel, the groin harness and shoulder harness configured to restrain the person against the support mat and flexible panel for transport.
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A stretcher comprising:
- an elongate, flexible panel sized to underlay a person laying thereon, the panel including a header end and an opposite footer end, a first side and an opposite second side, the panel further including a first opening extending through the panel;
- a support mat including a top surface for receiving the person and an opposite rear surface resting against the flexible panel;
- a shoulder harness coupled to the support mat;
- a groin harness coupled to the support mat, the groin harness including a release tab extending through the first opening of the flexible panel to releasably couple the groin harness to the flexible panel, wherein the release tab of the groin harness is releasable from the flexible panel, the groin harness and shoulder harness configured to restrain the person against the support mat and flexible panel for transport;
- a first securement strap fixedly coupled to the support mat, the first securement strap including a first segment with a first strap buckle and a second segment with a second strap buckle, wherein the first securement strap extends transversely across the flexible panel from the first side to the second side thereof when the first and second strap buckles mate with one another, and wherein the first securement strap extends across the shoulder harness when buckled;
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- a second securement strap fixedly coupled to the support mat, the second securement strap including a first segment with a first strap buckle and a second segment with a second strap buckle, wherein the second securement strap extends transversely across the flexible panel from the first side to the second side thereof when the first and second strap buckles mate with one another, and wherein the second securement strap extends across the groin harness when buckled.
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A stretcher comprising:
- an elongate, flexible panel sized to underlay a person laying thereon, the panel including a header end and an opposite footer end, a first side and an opposite second side, the panel further including a first opening, a second opening, a third opening, and a fourth opening each extending through the panel;
- a support mat including a top surface for receiving the person and an opposite rear surface resting against the flexible panel;
- a shoulder harness including a first portion coupled to the support mat, wherein the shoulder harness further includes a second portion releasably coupled to the flexible panel via the first opening, the second portion being releasable from the flexible panel, and wherein the shoulder harness includes a third portion extending through the second opening formed on the flexible panel, and a fourth portion extending through the third opening formed on the flexible panel, the third and fourth portions each including a loop handle formed on an end thereof;
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- a groin harness including a first portion coupled to the support mat and a second portion releasably coupled to the flexible panel via the fourth opening, wherein the second portion of the groin harness is releasable from the flexible panel, the groin harness and shoulder harness configured to restrain the person against the support mat and flexible panel for transport.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.