1995-06-07
1996-11-26
Grosz, Alexander
Beds
Field stretcher
5627, 5922, 5 811T, A61G 100, A61G 1013, A61G 1048
Patent
active
055772811
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to equipment for transferring the sick or the injured lying down and relates more particularly to stretchers.
Stretchers of known type, used especially for emergency action in the field or in an urban environment, which consist in picking up a sick or injured individual, then in transferring him from the place of the accident to the care unit, generally consist of flexible or rigid shafts, sometimes articulated as two half-shells.
The use of these various stretchers for picking up the injured or sick individual with a view to transporting him, leads to the patient being lifted then placed on the stretcher and therefore leads to him being subjected to manipulation which sometimes risks aggravating an injury or alternatively leading to reactions of pain. Furthermore, these operations often involve a large amount of effort on the part of the care personnel or emergency services.
The present invention aims to rectify the drawbacks of the known stretchers by creating a stretcher which, while being of a very simple and inexpensive construction, makes it possible to provide transfer or transport of a sick or injured individual with the least possible amount of effort, and practically without manipulating him.
Its subject is therefore a stretcher for transferring and/or transporting patients, the sick or the injured, consisting of a sheet, characterized in that the sheet includes means distributed along its length for removably holding slats, the latter being provided at their ends with means for holding.
According to a specific characteristic of the invention, the means for removably holding the slats include transverse sleeves, the slats being inserted removably and so that they can be combined in the said sleeves.
According to another specific characteristic of the invention, the sheet of the stretcher is formed of a first layer of impervious and strong plastic intended to be in contact with the ground and of a second layer of nonwoven fabric having absorbent and comfortable properties, intended to be in contact with the patient, even an unclothed patient, the first and second layers being joined together by bonding or welding. The sleeves for the slats are made by fixing lengths of sheet of corresponding width to the sheet at the appropriate points.
According to another characteristic of the invention, the means for removably holding the slats consist of hook and loop type fasteners fixed to at least one face of the sheet and interacting with complementary hook and loop type fasteners fixed to the slats.
According to another characteristic of the invention, a layer of foam for improving the level of comfort is interposed between the first and second layers forming the sheet of the stretcher.
According to yet another characteristic of the invention, the slats are made of plastic or of metal.
According to an additional characteristic of the invention, the means for holding consist of rounded hand slots provided at the two ends of each slot.
According to yet another characteristic, the means for holding consist of handles made of a strip of sheet fixed to the two ends of each slat and designed so that if necessary they can receive poles.
The invention will be better understood with the aid of the description which will follow, given solely by way of example and made with reference to the appended drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a stretcher according to the invention;
FIG. 1A is a perspective view of the stretcher of FIG. 1 with another arrangement of the slats;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a slat forming part of the construction of the stretcher of FIG. 1;
FIG. 2A is a perspective view of an alternative to the slat of FIG. 2;
FIGS. 3 to 7 are diagrammatic views representing the operations of transferring a patient with the aid of the stretcher according to the invention. The transfer applies to all the most common situations; and
FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of an alternative of the stretcher according to the invention.
The stretcher represented in FIG
REFERENCES:
patent: 2614266 (1952-10-01), Smith
patent: 4993092 (1991-02-01), Weeks
Mital Marc-Henri
Vidal Yves
E.I.F.
Grosz Alexander
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