Medical backboard apparatus

A medical backboard apparatus for providing improved patient care. The medical backboard apparatus includes a board assembly including a board member having a top, a bottom, a head portion, and a foot portion, and also having a plurality of hand-hold slots being spaced along a perimeter thereof and being disposed therethrough; and also includes a board support member being attached to the board member; and further includes a head fastening assembly being connected to the board member for restraining a person's head upon the board member; and also includes an elongate intravenous feeding support member being pivotally attached to the board member; and further includes heating elements including a power line being disposed in the board member; and also includes a defibrillating assembly being attached to the board member.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to medical restraining board assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new medical backboard apparatus for providing improved patient care.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The use of medical restraining board assemblies is known in the prior art. More specifically, medical restraining board assemblies heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.

While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new medical backboard apparatus. The inventive device includes a board assembly including a board member having a top, a bottom, a head portion, and a foot portion, and also having a plurality of hand-hold slots being spaced along a perimeter thereof and being disposed therethrough; and also includes a board support member being attached to the board member; and further includes a head fastening assembly being connected to the board member for restraining a person's head upon the board member; and also includes an elongate intravenous feeding support member being pivotally attached to the board member; and further includes heating elements including a power line being disposed in the board member; and also includes a defibrillating assembly being attached to the board member.

In these respects, the medical backboard apparatus according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing improved patient care.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of medical restraining board assemblies now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new medical backboard apparatus construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing improved patient care.

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new medical backboard apparatus which has many of the advantages of the medical restraining board assemblies mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new medical backboard apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art medical restraining board assemblies, either alone or in any combination thereof.

To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a board assembly including a board member having a top, a bottom, a head portion, and a foot portion, and also having a plurality of hand-hold slots being spaced along a perimeter thereof and being disposed therethrough; and also includes a board support member being attached to the board member; and further includes a head fastening assembly being connected to the board member for restraining a person's head upon the board member; and also includes an elongate intravenous feeding support member being pivotally attached to the board member; and further includes heating elements including a power line being disposed in the board member; and also includes a defibrillating assembly being attached to the board member.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new medical backboard apparatus which has many of the advantages of the medical restraining board assemblies mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new medical backboard apparatus which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art medical restraining board assemblies, either alone or in any combination thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new medical backboard apparatus which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new medical backboard apparatus which is of a durable and reliable construction.

An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new medical backboard apparatus which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such medical backboard apparatus economically available to the buying public.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new medical backboard apparatus which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new medical backboard apparatus for providing improved patient care.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new medical backboard apparatus which includes a board assembly including a board member having a top, a bottom, a head portion, and a foot portion, and also having a plurality of hand-hold slots being spaced along a perimeter thereof and being disposed therethrough; and also includes a board support member being attached to the board member; and further includes a head fastening assembly being connected to the board member for restraining a person's head upon the board member; and also includes an elongate intravenous feeding support member being pivotally attached to the board member; and further includes heating elements including a power line being disposed in the board member; and also includes a defibrillating assembly being attached to the board member.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new medical backboard apparatus that is easy and convenient to use during emergency situations.

Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new medical backboard apparatus that is versatile and provides many of the necessities needed for attending to an injured person.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 5 thereof, a new medical backboard apparatus embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 5 , the medical backboard apparatus 10 generally comprises a board assembly including a board member 11 having a top 12 , a bottom 13 , a head portion 15 , and a foot portion 16 , and also having a plurality of hand-hold slots 19 being spaced along a perimeter thereof and being disposed therethrough. The board member 11 further includes a storage/cradle compartment 17 being disposed in the foot portion 16 thereof, and also includes an elongate slots 20 being disposed in side edges 14 and in the head portion 15 of the board member 11 , and further includes a notches 34 being disposed in the top 12 of the board member 11 and in the elongate slots 20 at ends thereof. The foot portion 16 of the board member 11 is tapered toward a foot end thereof, and the head portion includes a multi-sided head edge. The backboard assembly further includes a cover member 21 being removably disposed over the storage/cradle compartment 17 . The storage/cradle compartment 21 has a slanted bottom wall 18 to prevent an oxygen tank from sliding off the board member 11 . The board member 11 has a length of approximately 6 feet and has a width of approximately 12 to 16 inches and also has a thickness of approximately 1 to 3 inches.

A board support member 22 , 23 is conventionally attached to the board member 11 . The board support member 22 , 23 includes a pair of elongate side support members 22 being securely and conventionally attached to the bottom 13 along a side perimeter thereof, and also includes a plurality of cross members 23 being securely and conventionally attached to and disposed between the elongate side support members 22 with the cross members 23 being gradually thicker toward the foot portion 16 of the board member 11 . The cross members 23 have a thickness ranging from 1 inches to 3 inches.

A head fastening assembly is conventionally connected to the board member 11 for restraining a person's head upon the board member 11 . The head fastening assembly includes longitudinal slots 24 being spaced apart and being disposed through the head portion 15 of the board member 11 , and also includes elongate strap support members 25 being securely and conventionally disposed in the longitudinal slots 24 , and further includes a strap member 26 having a first end 27 being looped about one of the elongate support strap members 25 and also having a second end portion 28 which is looped about another of the elongate strap support members 25 and being fastenable upon itself, and also includes strips of hook and loop fasteners 29 being securely and conventionally attached along a portion of the second end portion 28 of the strap member 26 for fastening the strap member 26 upon itself with the strap member 26 being adapted to secure a person's head to the board member 11 .

A pair of elongate intravenous feeding support members 30 are pivotally attached to the board member 11 . The elongate intravenous feeding support members 30 are pivotally and removably received in the elongate slots 20 with each having a shaft portion 31 which is removably disposed through the respective notch 34 and also having a first end 32 which is angled relative to the shaft portion 31 and which is pivotally received in the respective elongate slot 20 and further having an arcuate hook-shaped second end 33 which is adapted to support an intravenous feeding member. Heating elements 35 including a power line 36 and a power switch 40 being conventionally connected to the power line 36 are conventionally disposed in the board member 11 . The heating elements 35 and the power line 36 are disposed along the perimeter of the board member 11 .

A defibrillating assembly is conventionally attached to the board member 11 . The defibrillating assembly includes a defibrillating plate 37 being conventionally disposed in the top 12 near the head portion 15 of the board member 11 , and also includes spring members 39 being conventionally connected to the defibrillating plate 37 , and further includes a jack 38 being conventionally disposed in one of the side edges 14 of the board member 11 and being connected with wires to the defibrillating plate 37 .

In use, the user lays the person upon the top 12 of the board member 11 , and secures the strap member 26 about the person's head, and if the need arises the user can use the defibrillating plate 37 to shock the person's heart with the jack 38 receiving a power source, and also if the need arises the user can pivotally raise one or both of the elongate intravenous feeding members 30 to support intravenous feeding members. To keep the person warm, the use can turn on the heating elements 35 by turning on the power switch 40 .