Emergency stretcher
OwnerJ. Rudy Smithinventor
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Abstract
A stretcher including an elongate pocket of flexible sheet material adapted to removably receive and retain an elongate stiffener of a width up to that of the pocket, an elongate torso girding part extending transversely across and secured to the pocket at the crossing region spaced laterally between the side edges of the pocket, said torso girding part being rigidified adjacent to the pocket for effecting firm underarm support to the person on the pocket enveloped by the girding part, and straps for securing an enveloped person in position relative to a pocket containing a board of any possible width.
Claims12
A stretcher comprising an elongate generally rectangular pocket of flexible sheet material having one end closed and the other end open substantially between opposite side edges of said pocket for removably receiving an elongate stiffener of any desired width approximately up to that of said pocket, an openable end closure at said other end of said pocket for removably retaining a stiffener in said pocket, an elongate flexible torso girding part extending transversely across a longitudinally medial region of said pocket, securing means securing said girding part at the crossing region only to a laterally medial portion of said pocket spaced inwardly from the side edges of said pocket with said girding part free from said pocket adjacent to the pocket edges for wrapping closely about the torso of a person on the exterior of said pocket substantially independently of a stiffener, a pair of rigidifying parts carried by and rigidifying said girding part respectively extending outwardly from opposite sides of said securing means for furnishing underarm support to a person on said pocket, first elongate flexible strap means extending transversely across a longitudinally medial region of said pocket and secured to opposite pocket edges for wrapping with said pocket and girding part closely about the torso of a person on said pocket when there is no stiffener or a relatively narrow stiffener in said pocket, said first strap means combining with said girding part to hold a stiffener of less than maximum width firmly toward the wrapped torso, and second elongate flexible strap means extending transversely across a longitudinally medial region of said pocket and secured to said pocket laterally medially of said pocket spaced inwardly from the side edges of said pocket with said strap means free from said pocket adjacent to the pocket edges for wrapping with said girding part closely about the torso of a person substantially independently of a stiffener in said pocket, said second strap means holding a wrapped person laterally medially of said pocket when a stiffener of up to maximum width is located in said pocket.
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