Patent ID: 8920351

Claim:
A device useful alternatively for stabilizing a fractured pelvis or as a cervical collar for supporting a neck, comprising: (a) an elongate main body portion having opposite first and second end portions; (b) a buckle fixedly attached to said first end portion of said main body portion; (c) a flexible elongate strap having an inner end fixedly attached to said second end portion of said main body portion, the strap extending away from the main body portion and having an outer end portion opposite from said inner end thereof, the strap being of a size able to pass through the buckle and the buckle being adapted to engage the strap so as to interconnect the first and second end portions of the main body portion with each other, for use of the device in stabilizing a pelvis, and the strap having an intermediate portion, located between the outer end portion of the strap and the second end portion of the main body portion, having an area of flexible fastener material of a first kind located on a first side of the strap and having an area of flexible fastener material of a second kind that is cooperatively matable with the flexible fastener material of the first kind, located on a second side of the outer end portion of the strap, the area of flexible fastener material of the second kind being capable of fastening the outer end portion of the strap to the intermediate portion of the strap by mating with the flexible fastener material of the first kind, to secure the device as a cervical collar with the main body portion wrapped around a person's neck and with the strap extending further around the main body portion.