Patent ID: 7303705

Claim:
A method of making a spine board, comprising: forming each of a pair of mating board portions together defining said board that includes at least one speed clip attachment site having an integral molded pin made from the same material as said board for receiving quick-connecting clips when strapping a patient to the spine board; thermo-welding one of said pair to another of said pair to define a hollow unitary board structure incorporating said integral molded pin at said speed clip attachment site; then injecting foam into the interior of said unitary board structure through in ingress opening, while providing egress for air from said interior, until said foam fills said interior completely and adheres to the interior of each of said pair of mating board portions, and sealing said ingress opening after said foam has completely filled the interior of said board sufficiently to prevent a migration path for fluids to an interior of said spine board including at said speed clip attachment site.