Patent ID: 6061853
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A padded patient carrier/rescue stretcher, with an outer surface of fairly stiff plastic or similar with good sliding and wear characteristics and an inner surface upholstered with fabric, imitation leather or another suitable surface, and with longitudinal grooves (2) that define a bottom (1) and hinged sides (3), carrying handles (8), and a transverse groove (4) permitting folding, characterized in that the carrying handles (8) are tubular and placed in relation to the longitudinal grooves (2) at carrying openings (7) formed in an outer edge of the hinged sides (3), that the sides (3) are supported by stiff tubes (6) or metal or reinforced plastic split along a lower surface of the tubes (6), which support grooves (5) along the edge of the sides (3) and act as carrying poles, and that the tubes (6) penetrate through the tubular carrying handles (8).