# US 7,610,641 B2 · Rescue device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,610,641 B2 - Document ID: US7610641B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/285,071 - Filed: 2005-11-23 - Published: 2006-06-29 - Granted: 2009-11-03 - Earliest claimed: 2004-11-24 - Inventors: Grant Frost - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7610641B2 ## CPC - A61F 5/05825: {Strips of substantially planar form} - A61G 7/1051: {Flexible harnesses or slings} - A62B 1/02: by making use of rescue cages, bags, or the like (elevators, escalators or moving walkways B66B) - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - A62B: DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING (valves specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; life-saving devices, apparatus or methods specially adapted for use in water B63C9/00; divers' equipment B63C11/00; specially adopted for use with aircraft, e.g. parachutes, ejector seats, {B64D17/00, B64D25/10}; rescue devices peculiar to mining E21F11/00) ## Abstract A rescue device comprises a floating head support slidably attached to a back support. The rescue device can be incorporated into other rescue apparatus, such as a rescue harness. In one embodiment, the harness comprises a mantle for wrapping around a patient's arms and torso. The mantle is secured with chest straps connected across the patient's chest with a fastener. The mantle includes a pocket for holding back supports of various lengths. Leg straps form leg loops for the patient's legs. One or more lifting rings are attached to the harness for lifting the harness. The harness can also include a harness protector. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A rescue device comprising: a floating head support slidably attached to a back support, the floating head support comprising one or more straps for securing a patient's head to the floating head support; a mantle adapted to be wrapped around the person's arms and torso, the mantle having first and second sides extending outwardly on first and second sides of the back support respectively; first and second chest straps extending from the mantle wherein first and second ends of the first chest strap are respectively attached to the first side of the mantle at spaced apart locations and first and second ends of the second chest strap are respectively attached to the second side of the mantle at spaced apart locations; a fastener for securing the chest straps across the person's chest, the fastener having first and second portions detachably affixable to one another, the first portion slidable along a length of the first chest strap between the first and second ends of the first chest strap and the second portion slidable along a length of the second chest strap between the first and second ends of the second chest strap; and a waist strap having first and second ends attached respectively to the first and second sides of the mantle, the waist strap comprising a releasable fastener operable to permit the waist strap to be tightened to pull the first and second sides of the mantle toward one another around the person's elbows. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A rescue device according to claim 1, wherein the back support comprises a track and the floating head support is slidably mounted to the track. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A rescue device according to claim 1, wherein the device is incorporated into a rescue harness. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A rescue device according to claim 3, comprising leg straps for forming leg loops for the patient's legs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) A rescue device according to claim 3, comprising one or more lifting rings for lifting the rescue harness. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) A rescue device according to claim 3, comprising detachable harness protector comprising a sheet of abrasion-resistant material having at least one slot for receiving the harness and attaching to the harness. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A rescue device according to claim 1 further compromising: a pocket in the mantle for carrying the back support; one or more lifting rings for lifting the patient secured in the rescue device; one or more straps attached to the mantle for attaching the one or more lifting rings to the rescue device; and leg straps adapted to attach to the mantle, wherein the leg straps form leg loops for the patient's legs when the leg straps are attached to the mantle; wherein, the one or more straps for attaching the lifting rings, and the leg loops formed by the leg straps support the weight of the patient when the patient is lifted in the rescue device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A rescue device according to claim 7, wherein the pocket comprises one or more closures to accommodate back supports of different lengths. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) A rescue device according to claim 7, wherein the back support comprises a track for slidably attaching the floating head support. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A rescue device according to claim 1 further comprising a removable harness protector containing at least one slot for receiving the harness and attaching to the harness. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A rescue device according to claim 1 further compromising: a pocket in the mantle for carrying the back support; one or more lifting rings for lifting the patient secured in the rescue device; one or more straps attached to the mantle for attaching the lifting ring to the rescue device; leg straps adapted to attach to the mantle, wherein the leg straps form leg loops for the patient's legs when the leg straps are attached to the mantle; and a removable harness protector to protect the rescue device from abrasion, the harness protector comprising a sheet of abrasion-resistant material containing at least one slot for receiving at least one of the one or more lifting rings; wherein, the one or more straps for attaching the one or more lifting rings, and leg loops formed by the leg straps support the weight of the patient when the patient is lifted in the rescue device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A rescue device according to claim 11, wherein the pocket comprises one or more closures to accommodate back supports of different lengths. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) A rescue device according to claim 11, wherein the back support comprises a track for slidably attaching the floating head support. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A rescue device according to claim 1, wherein the chest straps are adjustable in length.