Patent ID: 6062342
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
A rescue device to assist in removing an individual trapped in material in a confined space, said rescue device comprising:a sheet having a first end and a sheet section extending from said first end, said first end having upper and lower portions and said sheet section having upper and lower portions in corresponding arrangement to the upper and lower portions of said first end,said sheet section having first engagement means and being adapted to curl around so as to selectively bring said first engagement means adjacent to said first end, andsaid first end having second engagement means adapted to engage with the first engagement means included in said sheet section brought adjacent to said first end when said sheet section is curled around thereby to form an enclosure of a selective dimension adapted for insertion into the material to act as a barrier between the material and the trapped individual, said second engagement means securing the enclosure by securing said sheet section and said first end together when the first engagement means of the sheet section is in corresponding engagement with the second engagement means of the first end, said second engagement means comprising bracket members located in the upper and lower portions of said first end and said first engagement means comprising at least one protruding member located in the upper and lower portions of said sheet section,each bracket member comprising spaced first and second walls which said sheet section is passed to form the enclosure, said second wall including a flexible wall portion, said wall portion including an engaging member for permitting engagement of a protruding member of said first engagement means with the engaging member between said first and second walls of said each bracket member to form said enclosure and said wall portion permitting for release of the engagement of the protruding member with the engaging member.