Removable spine board foot support
OwnerRobert E. Vassallo, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A removable foot support provides vertical stability for trauma victims carried on spine boards. The foot support is a unitary L-shaped structure having a vertical section, and a horizontal section at right angles to the vertical section. The vertical section is provided with two or more pins, which mate with sleeves inserted into the spine board. The mating sleeves and pins are provided with locking means comprised of detent means or cotter pins. In use the trauma victim is first placed on the board, and the foot rest is then attached. A tether chain or cable may be used to loosely affix the foot rest to the board.
Claims6
A device for immobilizing and transporting trauma victims comprising:
- a spine board;
- a bracket having an L-shaped cross section, further comprising a horizontal member and a vertical member, the vertical member rigidly attached at a right angle to the horizontal member;
- a multiplicity of pins, affixed at one end of said vertical member;
- a multiplicity of sleeves, into which the pins are inserted, the sleeves inserted into the spine board
- so that the pins removeably attach the foot support to mating holes in the sleeves detent locking means adapted to removably secure said pins in mating holes in said sleeves, and elongated flexible tether means adapted to secure said bracket, to the spine board when the bracket is not attached to the spine board by the means of the pins and sleeves.
A device for immobilizing and transporting trauma victims comprising:
- a spine board;
- a bracket having an L-shaped cross section, further comprising a horizontal member and a vertical member, the vertical member rigidly attached at a right angle to the horizontal member;
- a multiplicity of pins, affixed at one end of said vertical member;
- a multiplicity of sleeves, into which the pins are inserted, the sleeves inserted into the spine board so that the pins removeably attach the foot support to mating holes in the sleeves;
- cotter pin locking means adapted to removably secure said pins in mating holes in said sleeves, and elongated flexible tether means adapted to secure said bracket to the spine board when the bracket is not attached to the spine board by the means of the pins and sleeves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.