Emergency response backboard with integrated scale
OwnerJohn R. Heinrichs, Daniel Peter Lepley +3inventors
InventorsJohn R. Heinrichs, Daniel Peter Lepley, Donovan Patrick Glade, Travis Wayne Stewart, Sheridan Heinrichs
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for weighing an individual on a backboard. The backboard is configured to support a supine individual during transportation. An upper surface of the backboard is configured to receive the supine individual. A scale is embedded within the backboard beneath the upper surface. The embedded scale is configured to determine a weight of the supine individual in response to the upper surface receiving the supine individual.
Claims20
An apparatus to weigh an individual, the apparatus comprising:
- a backboard configured to support a supine individual during transportation;
- an upper surface of the backboard, the upper surface configured to receive the supine individual;
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- a scale embedded within the backboard beneath the upper surface, the embedded scale configured to determine a weight of the supine individual in response to the upper surface receiving the supine individual.
A system to weigh an individual, the system comprising:
- a backboard configured to support a supine individual during transportation;
- an electronic device remote from the backboard;
- an upper surface of the backboard, the upper surface configured to receive the supine individual;
- a scale embedded within the backboard beneath the upper surface, the embedded scale configured to determine a weight of the supine individual in response to the upper surface receiving the supine individual;
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- a communications module embedded within the backboard, the communications module configured to communicate the determined weight of the supine individual to the electronic device.
A method for forming a backboard with an integrated scale, the method comprising:
- forming a backboard configured to support a supine individual during transportation;
- embedding a scale within the backboard, the embedded scale configured to determine a weight of the supine individual in response to the backboard receiving the supine individual;
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- forming an upper surface of the backboard, the upper surface configured to receive the supine individual, the scale embedded beneath the upper surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.