US2512931A - Combined basket and field stretcher - Google Patents

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COMBINED BASKET AND FIELD STRETCHER Filed Aug. 6, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 CD a June 27, 1950 w. GLOVER COMBINED BASKET AND FIELD STRETCHER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 6, 1947 Main/76R i J 4 I/fvme over the ground.

paratively flat member of suitable material, preferably of the rubber type which can be easily washed and disinfected. 1* The head rest generally denoted at [8 is simi lar in construction to the frame aforesaid and is hinged to the adjacent end bar I I- thereof as at 19 so as to swing from the flat outstretchedposition shown in Fig. 1 to the inwardly folded position shown in Fig. 8. The head rest may be adjustable to various inclinations when unfolded, and known means-may be resorted to: for retaining it when so'iadiiisted. r

The foot rest generally indicated at 2031s similar in shape and-size tothe head rest'and is hinged to the adjacent end bar] I as at '21 and is 7 adapted for a correspondingswinging movement.

In place of the reti'culate surface of theih'ead rest,ithe 'foot. restf-may-simply'have a series of transverse bar's-'22. When unfolded to an outstretchedposition;'the head rest and the foot rest are'supported 'by the respective handles M.

The side members, designated at 23, extend the full length of the frame proper-and correspond in width to thexend members Hand '20..- said side members constitute wingsiwhich are hinged at24 to the side-bars 9 and have awall portion 25' of wire cloth'materialinterrupted at intervals along the'lengthby transverse openings 26 "constituting hand grips'ZT. Each of these openings has arranged within it a. plurality; of spaced bars 28 for selective attachment of a belt 29., The hinges are arrangedito enable the wingstojbe swung. to an outstretched' position so as to be substantially co-planar'with the; base or frame. A continuous hinge, of the-piano type. is desirably employed for-,thewings; and the end members; however thisis not essential but has the advantage'of enhancingthe strength andrigidity; of the structure;

The wings are disposed in outstretched manner in the use as a-field stretcher andymay' be inclined upwardly to eliminate the; possibility of the :patient rolling. To convert the stretcher into a basket, the wings and end members 18 and'20 are raised at right angles or substantially at right angles to the base; and 1 there, secured by locking means located at thetopi of the corners. The locking means comprise -U-shaped devices 30, eachof which 'is disposed angularly at a corner with its legs 3| inserted in holes in the top portions of the wings and the end members. The

side members have a groupof holes, as at 32, to

provide for-angular adjustment of the wings and end members. Other securing means could be substituted for the -detachable device 30 if so desired. r

.In preparing a patient; he is covered by a blanket and strappedsecurely in the basket, s illustrated in Fig. 7, bythebelts 29 extended between the wings and looped around corresponding bars 28 thereof that afford the most secure fastening for theindividual. The ends of each bzlg3are connected bylacing them together as a I I The basket stretcher may be raised, lowered, pulled or carried, with the patient comfortably secured therein. The longitudinal bars of the base function as runners for draggingthe device The patients legs may be secured to the base by a strap 34, for which purpose a medial bar is furnished onthe frame of the base and supplied with a loop-formingpiece 36 which upstands and projects through an aperture 31 in the mattress so as to be accessible for threading the strap through the loop portion. When the splint divider is employed the strap secures the patients legs at each side thereof. The splint divider is a member adapted to be attached over the bar 35 to upstand from the mattress at the foot end. It comprises a frame 36' of tubular rod material having a wall portion 36" 0f reticulate material. The frame is adapted to furnish a tubular post 31 at its inner end, in which a thru bolt' 38 is inserted and passed through an apertured element 3 8 of the base. The bolt is secured by a nut or like fastening device, as indicated at 39 in Fig.3; The outer end of the splint divider is supplied with a downwardly'extending prong 40 which is lodged, in a socket 4| carried by the foot rest. The wall portion 36" is apertured toenable'the strap to be passed therethrough. It WlH be evident that this structure enablesthe splint divider to be attached and removed at will.

The invention produces a practical and serviceable device which combines in its structure a field and a' basket stretcher so devised that it may also serve as an emergency cot.

While one embodiment of the stretcher has been disclosed, it will be understood that such changes and modifications maybe resorted to as come within the spiritand scope of the appended claims. g h

Having now particularly described and ascertained the natureof mysaid invention, and in what manner the same isto beperformed, I declare that what I claim 'is:-

1. In a stretcher, a base, a foot rest hinged thereto, a socket carried by said foot rest, a splint divider having a prong for engagement in the socket in the elevated position of the foot rest, a

hollow post carried by the inner end of the splint divider, and a bolt inserted therein for attachment to the base. I h

2. In a stretcher, a base, a foot rest hinged to said base for swinging upwardly, a socket on said foot rest, said socket being disposed to extend upwardly in the upswung position of said foot rest, a splint divider having an inner end and an outer end, means for detachably securing said inner end to said base, and a prong rigid with said outer end, said prong being bent downward- 1y to engage in said socket in the upswung position of said foot rest.

WILLIAM GLOVEB.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 136,280 Tarbell Feb. 25, 1873 1,892,913 Timm Jan. 3, 1933 2,164,484 Wolfe July 4', 1939 2,400,426 Liptay May 14, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS.

Number Country Date 478,711 France Oct. 7,1915

106,227 I Great Britain May 'l, 1917

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