US 12,257,190 B2
Medical backboard/stretcher device
Thomas K. Milo, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US); and Angelina L. Milo, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US)
Filed by Thomas K. Milo, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US); and Angelina L. Milo, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/066,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/912,805, filed on Oct. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0106472 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61G 1/013 (2006.01); A61G 1/02 (2006.01); A61G 1/048 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 1/013 (2013.01) [A61G 1/0231 (2013.01); A61G 1/048 (2013.01); A61G 2203/70 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical backboard device comprising:
an inflatable member;
a protective layer comprising a plurality of ballistic resistant layers that are detachable from one another;
a protective cover;
at least one strap assembly; and
a housing comprised of a valve; and
a wheel assembly comprising a cylinder comprising an opening, an axle, and a piston attached to the axle, and a pair of wheels rotatably attached to opposing ends of the axle; and
wherein the piston and a portion of the axle are sealed within the cylinder in an airtight manner via a cap attached to one end of the cylinder; and
wherein the inflatable member comprises a top, a bottom and a plurality of filaments positioned within and configured to span an interior of the inflatable member between the top and the bottom; and
wherein the plurality of filaments are placed in tension keeping the medical backboard device planar when the inflatable member is inflated to at least ten pounds per square inch of pressure; and
wherein one of the pair of wheels causes the piston to move within the cylinder creating a compressive force when pulled to inflate the inflatable member.