Patent ID: 6859963

Claim:
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, at least two pairs of carabiner mounting members rigidly mounted to the stretcher, each said pair of carabiner mounting members mounted spaced longitudinally apart along the stretcher 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 substantially perpendicular both to a vertical second plane containing a corresponding said top rail and to a horizontal third plane which contains said pair of top rails, wherein at least said carabiner receiving opening protrudes inwardly 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.