Patent ID: 8793827
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A field stretcher comprising a top end and a bottom end; a subject transporting portion; a perimeter around the top end, the bottom end, and the subject transporting portion; a subject retaining compartment for retaining a subject positioned within the subject transporting portion; a first means operable to gather up the bottom end and a portion of the subject transporting portion; a second means operable to gather up a portion of the top end; one or more handles connected at each end about the perimeter; and a loop positioned at the top end, the loop connected at each end to the perimeter, the total length of the loop greater than the one or more handles, the loop operable for dragging the stretcher along a surface wherein the bottom end and the portion of the subject transporting portion, in a drawn configuration is about 5 to about 30 percent reduced in length along its longitudinal axis of that of the field stretcher in an un-drawn configuration.