US 12,409,091 B2
Body bag
Joseph Cowan, Selby (GB); Ross Allsopp, Selby (GB); and Nicholas Scard, Selby (GB)
Assigned to GBUK Limited, North Duffield (GB)
Filed by GBUK Limited, Selby (GB)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/821,503.
Claims priority of application No. 2202136 (GB), filed on Feb. 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255847 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 17/06 (2006.01); A61G 17/007 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 17/06 (2013.01) [A61G 17/007 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A body bag, comprising:
an elongate base layer having a head end, a foot end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween, wherein the base layer includes a low friction material disposed across at least a portion of an interiorly facing surface;
an elongate top layer positioned adjacent to the base layer and attached to the base layer around a perimeter to define an internal cavity; and
an elongate flap provided in the top layer, wherein the flap extends across a majority of the length and width of the top layer and is openable to access the internal cavity, and wherein the flap is releasably securable to a fixed portion of the top layer by a fastener along at least each longitudinal edge of the flap and a transverse edge of the flap towards the foot end, such that the flap is reversibly detachable from the fixed portion along at least a majority of each longitudinal edge and the transverse edge towards the foot end to be hinged from a transverse edge of the flap towards the head end.