Patent ID: 6725480
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A basket rescue stretcher apparatus which includes:a pair of top rails extending longitudinally along upper opposite side edges of the stretcher so as to define an opening into a stretcher cavity within the stretcher, a pair of carabiner mounting members rigidly mounted to each top rail of said pair of top rails, each said pair of carabiner mounting members mounted spaced longitudinally apart along said each top rail, each carabiner mounting member of said pair of carabiner mounting members extending into said stretcher cavity and defining a carabiner receiving opening which lies in a first plane which is perpendicular both to a vertical second plane containing the corresponding said top rail to which the carabiner mounting member is mounted and to a horizontal third plane which contains said pair of top rails, wherein said carabiner mounting members do not protrude outwardly from a circumference of the stretcher defined by said pair of top rails, and whereby a carabiner when mounted through said carabiner receiving opening passes through said opening aligned substantially parallel to the corresponding said top rail to which said carabiner mounting member is mounted.