Beds – Field stretcher – Foldable or knockdown
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-16
2006-05-16
Trettel, Michael (Department: 3673)
Beds
Field stretcher
Foldable or knockdown
C005S625000, C005S111000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07043785
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a foldable stretcher, comprising a first pair of axially-alignable rigid longitudinal members (12), each member (12) having arm inner and an outer extremity (14, 16) and being hingedly connected (18) at its inner extremity (14) to its adjacent member (12) by a longitudinal linkage (20, 20a); a second pair of axially-alignable rigid longitudinal members (12a), each member having an inner (14a) and an outer (16a) extremity and also being hingedly connected at its inner extremity (14a) to its adjacent member (12a) by a longitudinal linkage (20a), the pairs of longitudinal members (12) being interconnected in spaced-apart array by a flexible web (22) suspended therebetween; and four longitudinal carrier handle members (24), each having an outer extremity (26) configured for grasping and lifting, and each having an inner extremity hingedly (36) connected to one of the outer extremities (16) of the longitudinal members (12, 12a) by means of a link member (38), and each of handle members (24) being provided with a depending leg (30), the four legs (30) being configured to support the stretcher (10) when the stretcher is in its deployed configuration and each of the legs (30) being provided with an open U-shaped bottom (32) sized to receive within its confines and override a segment of the respective longitudinal member (12, 12a) to which each of the carrier handles (24) are attached; and at least two spaced-apart collapsible strut members (40) configured to maintain a predetermined lateral space between the pairs of longitudinal members (12, 12a) when the stretcher is in its deployed state; whereby the stretcher can be collapsed into a compact volume by collapsing the strut members (40), folding the carrier handles (24) 180′ relative to the respective longitudinal member (12, 12a) to which they are hingedly connected wherein the open U-shaped bottoms (32) of each of the legs (30) engages the respective longitudinal member (12, 12a) to which the carrier handles (24) are attached, and folding the members (12, 12a) of each of the pairs of longitudinal members 180° relative to each other.
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Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik LLP
Trettel Michael
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