Patent ID: 8336141

Claim:
A rescuing and carrying device, comprising: a supporting portion ( 1 ) having a shape of a sheet or a bag, made of flexible materials; a pair of shoulder belts ( 5 ) made of flexible materials and sized to facilitate hands free support by two carriers such that one carrier stands on each side of the supporting portion, each shoulder belt positioned on a respective side of the supporting portion and having a length extending continuously from a respective side of the supporting portion to cross a torso and lay over a distal shoulder of the carrier standing next to the respective shoulder belt, each shoulder belt having a first end and a second end, the first end and the second end fixed on an extending directly from a respective border edge of said supporting portion ( 1 ) such that each shoulder belt is configured to be worn by the two carriers to balance the device, wherein for each shoulder belt ( 5 ), the first end is fixed on a longest linear edge of a top border of said supporting portion ( 1 ), and the second end is fixed at a point below a midpoint of the respective border edge of said supporting portion ( 1 ) and extending from an edge of the respective side border, the edge of the side border from which the second end extends is perpendicular in direction to the linear edge of the top border from which the first end extends, wherein the point below the midpoint away from the to border is closer to the midpoint than to a bottom edge of the supporting portion, wherein each shoulder belt is made of a same and single-flexible material throughout the belt extending from each respective border edge of the supporting portion; at least one pair of handhold belts ( 2 ) made of flexible materials, each handhold belt of the at least one pair of handhold belts being fixed on a side border of said supporting portion ( 1 ), and each of the at least one pair of handhold belts spaced a certain distance from the other; and a plurality of safety belts ( 3 ) made of flexible materials, the plurality of safety belts are fixed on said supporting portion ( 1 ), and wherein at least one of the plurality of safety belts is fixed between the first end and the second end of each shoulder belt.