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US 4,907,674 AGranted
Rescue platform
OwnerMyron F. Millerinventor
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Abstract
A deep water rescue platform incorporating a support frame with a pair of hanger arms for engagement with the side of a pool which are telescopingly adjustable with the frame, a pair of wheels attached to the bottom of the support frame for transportation and stabilizing engagement with the wall of the pool, and a platform hingedly attached to the lower end of the frame which folds into the plane of the frame during storage and a locking means for retaining the platform in its extended position.
Claims6
An emergency rescue platform for use in deep water for spinal injury victims comprising:
- a support frame including two side rails having upper and lower ends and at least two lateral sections;
- a platform means hingedly attached at one side thereof to the support frame allowing the platform to rotate from a stored position, parallel to the frame, to its use position normal to the frame;
- a pair of adjustable length hanger arms with hook-shaped ends for engaging a pool surface, each arm telescopingly received within a frame side rail;
- locking means on the side rails for holding the platform's load in its use position;
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- a support means attached to the support frame for contact with the pool wall.
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