Patent ID: 7607184

Claim:
A collapsible personal field stretcher comprising: a system of lightweight flexible strap members attached to, and operably deployed from, an article designed to be worn on the back portion of the upper torso of an individual, said system comprising: a pair of elongated parallel flexible strap members spaceably attached at one end to the lower portion of said article and having free ends extending from said article to a point at or near the feet of said individual wearing said article; a plurality of interconnecting flexible strap members attached to and between said parallel strap members along the length of said parallel strap members; a compartment attached to, or incorporated within, said article for releasably receiving and housing said flexible parallel strap members and said attached interconnecting strap members; a pair of flexible upper strap members spaceably attached at one end to the upper portion of said article and having a free end extending from said article to a point at or near the head of the individual wearing said article; a pair of compartments attached to, or incorporated within, said article for releasably receiving and housing said flexible upper strap members; and, looped handles attached to the free ends of each parallel strap member and to the free ends of each upper strap member of said system.