US 11,787,518 B2
Backboard inflatable rescue device
John N Keesaer, Louisville, KY (US); Timothy E Schmitt, Greenville, IN (US); George R Kruer, III, Jeffersonville, IN (US); and Donald R Burns, Louisville, KY (US)
Assigned to Timothy Schmitt, Greenville, IN (US)
Filed by Timothy E Schmitt, Greenville, IN (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/927,077.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/878,417, filed on Jul. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/887,906, filed on Aug. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0024186 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. B63C 9/08 (2006.01); A61G 1/04 (2006.01); A61G 1/013 (2006.01); B63C 9/00 (2006.01); A61G 1/00 (2006.01); A61G 1/048 (2006.01); B63C 9/18 (2006.01)
CPC B63C 9/081 (2013.01) [A61G 1/00 (2013.01); A61G 1/013 (2013.01); A61G 1/04 (2013.01); A61G 1/048 (2013.01); B63C 9/00 (2013.01); B63C 9/08 (2013.01); B63C 9/082 (2013.01); B63C 9/18 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inflatable attachment fora rescue backboard, comprising:
at least a U-shaped, inflatable bladder, defining a head portion and left and right side portions adapted to lie just outside corresponding portions of a rescue backboard;
an inner margin on said inflatable bladder which projects inwardly from said head portion and said left and right side portions of said inflatable bladder;
a plurality of connector arrangements for connecting the inner margin along the head portion and said left and right side portions to the corresponding portions of the rescue backboard;
an inflation fluid source mounted on said inflatable bladder and in fluid communication with said inflatable bladder through a valve, wherein opening said valve provides fluid communication between said inflation fluid source and said head portion and said left and right side portions of said inflatable bladder to inflate said inflatable bladder; and
wherein said left and right portions and said head portion of said inflatable bladder are separate bladders spaced away from each other, and further comprising a left tube interconnecting said left side portion to said head portion;
and a right tube interconnecting said right side portion to said head portion.