US 11,938,062 B2
Foldable survival stretcher
Margaret Ann Lockridge, Rancho Mirage, CA (US)
Filed by Margaret Ann Lockridge, Rancho Mirage, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/345,325.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/367,431, filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0000639 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A61G 1/013 (2006.01); A61G 1/04 (2006.01); A61G 1/044 (2006.01); A61G 1/048 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 1/013 (2013.01) [A61G 1/044 (2013.01); A61G 1/048 (2013.01); A61G 1/04 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable survival stretcher comprising:
a stretcher canvas;
a pair of pulling straps;
a head-restraining band;
a chest-restraining band;
a pelvis-restraining band;
a feet-restraining pocket;
the stretcher canvas comprising a first lengthwise canvas edge, a second lengthwise canvas edge, a first widthwise canvas edge, a second widthwise canvas edge, a first canvas face, and a second canvas face;
each of the pair of pulling straps comprising a looped pulling-strap portion and an anchoring pulling-strap portion;
the pair of pulling straps being connected along the first widthwise canvas edge;
the feet-restraining pocket being connected across the first canvas face, adjacent to the second widthwise canvas edge;
the head-restraining band being connected in between the first lengthwise canvas edge and the second lengthwise canvas edge, offset to the first widthwise canvas edge;
the pelvis-restraining band being connected in between the first lengthwise canvas edge and the second lengthwise canvas edge, offset to the feet-restraining pocket;
the chest-restraining band being connected in between the first lengthwise canvas edge and the second lengthwise canvas edge, offset to the head-restraining band and the pelvis-restraining band;
the chest-restraining band being positioned in between the head-restraining band and the pelvis-restraining band;
the head-restraining band being configured to exclusively brace a user's forehead against the first canvas face;
the chest-restraining band being configured to exclusively brace the user's chest region against the first canvas face;
the pelvis-restraining band being configured to exclusively brace the user's pelvic region against the first canvas face;
the stretcher canvas being made of a laminated ballistic nylon fabric;
the anchoring pulling-strap portion being connected onto the stretcher canvas, adjacent to the first widthwise canvas edge; and
the looped pulling-strap portion being positioned offset from the first widthwise canvas edge.