Patent ID: 8011035

Claim:
A stretcher ( 1 ) for ambulances, comprising: an upper frame ( 2 ) with a platform ( 3 ) mounted thereto; a front loading carriage ( 4 ) fixed to the upper frame ( 2 ) via an adjustment means for adjusting a tilt of the front carriage ( 4 ) relative to the upper frame ( 2 ), the front loading carriage having a pair of loading wheels ( 5 ) mounted thereto; a lower frame ( 6 ) with free transfer wheels ( 7 ) mounted thereto; a scissor-lift ( 8 ) that connects said lower frame ( 6 ) to the upper frame ( 2 ); means for locking the lower frame ( 6 ) to the upper frame ( 2 ); and a rear loading leg ( 9 ) in hinged relationship with the upper frame under the platform ( 3 ); and a locking system ( 10 ) joining said rear loading leg ( 9 ) to the upper frame ( 2 ) at a crossmember located at a push side of the stretcher ( 1 ), said locking system ( 10 ) comprising a rod ( 10 b ) configured to slide in a corresponding cylinder ( 10 a ) for locking the rear loading leg ( 9 ) to the ground such that the stretcher ( 1 ) is suspended only by way of the front loading carriage ( 4 ) and the rear loading leg ( 9 ) to allow operational displacement of the lower frame 6 against the upper frame 2 during loading and unloading of said stretcher with the ambulance, wherein the rod ( 10 b ) and the cylinder ( 10 a ) are lockable by way of a locking mechanism selected from the group consisting of manual, mechanical, hydraulic or electric type.