Patent ID: 8172238
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: A61G,B62B

Abstract:
1. A sled suited for receiving a human so that an operator may transport the human by towing the sled in a dragging operation, the sled comprising: a sled body including top and bottom surfaces, a front end, two sides, a tail end, and a length and width that render the sled body capable of receiving a human lying down on the top surface of the sled body to transport the human, the sled body further including a longitudinal axis, a periphery and a peripheral edge margin extending inward from the periphery, the peripheral edge margin extending around the periphery of the sled body along the front end, two sides, and tail end, the sled body having holes formed in the peripheral edge margin of the sled body at least along portions of the two sides and the tail end of the sled body; a strap threaded through at least some of the holes in the peripheral edge margin, including at least some of the peripheral edge margin holes in said portions of the two sides and the tail end of the sled body, a portion of the strap threaded through the peripheral edge margin holes in said portions of the two sides and the tail end defining a generally “U” shape along said portions of the two sides and the tail end, segments of the strap being exposed on at least one of the top and bottom surfaces of the sled body, the strap having a generally flat cross section and being threaded through said holes in said portions of the two sides and the tail end of the sled body so that generally flat major surfaces of the strap lie against portions of the top and bottom surfaces of the sled body, whereby tensile forces applied to the strap are distributed by the strap generally along said portions of the sides and the tail end of the sled body along which the strap forms said generally “U” shape; and at least some of the holes in the sled body being elongate and having a longitudinal axis, at least some of the elongate holes being located adjacent the tail end of the sled body and being arranged so that the longitudinal axes of the holes extend from the longitudinal axis of the sled body generally rearward and to the sides of the sled body and intersect the longitudinal axis of the sled body at acute angles for transitioning the strap from lengthwise to widthwise of the sled body at the tail end of the sled body.