Patent ID: 7199311

Claim:
A portable stretcher scale device comprising in combination: a single scale having a single upper solid planar surface; a solid metal head plate having a left end and a right end, the right end being pivotably attached to one portion of the single upper solid planar surface of the single scale by a head hinge member; a head incline member for inclining the head plate relative to the upper solid planar surface of the scale so that the left end of the head plate is raised above the right end of the head plate; a solid metal foot plate having a left end and a right end, the left end being pivotably attached to another portion on the single upper solid planar surface of the single scale by a foot hinge member; a foot incline member for inclining the foot plate relative to the single upper solid planar surface of the scale so that the right end of the foot plate is raised above the left end of the foot plate; a collapsible stretcher having an upper surface, the stretcher being having an assembled position with the upper surface substantially raised above a ground surface and a collapsed position; and a single mattress, wherein the single scale with pivotably attached head and foot plates is positioned to be sandwiched between the mattress and the collapsible stretcher when the collapsible stretcher is in the assembled position, so that a patient's weight is measurable by the single scale.