Patent ID: 8677530
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A stretcher comprising: an elongate, flexible panel sized to completely underlay a person laying thereon, the panel including a header end and an opposite footer end, a left side and an opposite right side, the panel further including a body-supporting region and a head-supporting region, wherein the body-supporting region spans between the header and footer ends of the panel and is sized to support the person, wherein the head-supporting region spans between the header end of the panel and the body-supporting region and is sized to support a shoulder and a head of the person, and wherein the body-supporting region is wider than a torso of the person and a substantial portion of the head-supporting region; a first securement strap extending from one of the left or right sides of the panel and across to the other of the left or right sides of the panel to secure the person against the panel when the stretcher is in operative use, a second securement strap having a first segment extending from the head-supporting region along one of the left or right sides of the panel and a second segment extending from the body-supporting region along the other of the left or right sides of the panel, wherein the second securement strap extends diagonally across the panel from the head-supporting region and beyond the first securement strap to attach to the body-supporting region of the panel at a different location than the first securement strap such that, when the stretcher is in use, the second securement strap extends across the shoulder and the torso of the person to arrest the shoulder and limit sliding movement of the person toward the header end of the panel.