Patent ID: 7774878

Claim:
A garment and integrated rapidly deploying emergency evacuation stretcher, which includes: a flexible garment for one's torso which includes a compartment having an upper opening and a lower opening, wherein said flexible garment is characterized to include a first mode of utility and a second mode of utility, and said flexible garment includes a lightweight flexible and non-rigid member having a first end and a second end and which is integrally connected to said flexible garment and packed in an undeployed mode and disposed adjacent said flexible garment in a manner which cooperates with said flexible garment in a manner to enable said first mode of utility substantially without interference thereof such that said garment and member remain non-rigid and unpacked in its deployed state such that said first end extends from said upper opening of said compartment and said second end extends from said lower opening of said compartment and cooperates with said flexible garment in a manner to provide said second mode of utility which includes forming a stretcher.