US2247360A - Patient handling device - Google Patents

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July 1, 1941. w. e. CLAYTON PATIENT HANDLING DEVICE 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 ENTOR.

Filed May 21, 1940 ATTORNEYS.

July 1, 1941.. w. G. CLAYTON PATIENT HANDLING DEVICE Filed May 21, 1940 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORNEYS.

July 1, 1941, W. CLAYTON 2,247,360

PATIENT HANDLING DEVICE Filed May 21, 1940 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 VT. 0 INENOR a N D u ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 1, 1941 *fum'rso smrss PATIENT HANDLING D V-ion William George Clayton, Portland, Conn. Application May2l, 1940, Serial No. 336,426

3 Claims. (CI. -82) This invention relates to a patient handling device, one of the objects being to provide a simple, compact and efficient device of this character designed primarily for use in handling injured persons preparatory to being taken to hospitals or other places of treatment, the device being especially useful ither as a rack or as a stretcher on which patients with fractures of the spine, pelvis, neck, limbs, etc., can be transported in a substantially rigid position.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is easy to handle and can be conveniently stored in an ambulance or other conveyance.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from th spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete device.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 3----3,

Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view, the fabric body being removed.

Figure 5 is an end elevation showing a patient supported on the board and covered by the fabric body of the structure.

Figure 6 is an end elevation showing the device ready for use as a stretcher.

Figure 7 is an end elevation showing the structure adjusted for use as a rack on which the patient is confined.

Figure 8 is a bottom plan view of a portion of the structure when used as a rack and showing means employed for fastening a patient thereto.

Figure 9 is an enlarged section through a portion of one of the bars of the device taken on the line 9-9, Figure 3.

Figure 10 is an enlarged section on line l0|ll, Figure 3, said section being taken through a portion of the structure.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, l designates side bars preferably rectangular in cross-section and having their ends shaped to provide handles 2. A rounded pad or cushion 3 is mounted on each of th bars and terminates adjacent to the handle portions 2 thereof, each pad or cushion including a covering material of suitable fabric, leather, or the like held distended by a filling of cushioning material. In the drawings the covering has been indicated. at 6 and the cushioning material at 5. Arowof regularly spaced studs or buttons 6 is located along the outer side of each of the bars I and these are adapted to be detachably engaged within eyes 1 or I located within opposed side portions of a body 8 of strong fabric.

Secured to and depending from each on the bars I are regularly spaced spools 9 for the purpose hereinafter explained. Adjacent to the handle portions of each bar are secured bearing blocks ill which are attached to the bottom faces of the bar and each bearing block has an opening H therethrough for the reception of a rod E2 on the ends of which are mounted wheels l3. Spacing sleeves M are mounted on each rod adjacent to the inner sides of the wheels while a pair of spacing collars it are located adjacent to but at opposite sides of the center of each rod l2.

There can be used in connection with the parts thus far described, a board [6 having regularly spaced spools i1 depending therefrom adjacent to the side edges thereof while at points adjacent to the ends of the board are depending forked brackets [8 arranged in pairs. These brackets are so positioned and proportioned that when the board is used in connection with the other parts of the apparatus, the brackets I8 will straddle the respective rods I2 and the collars IE will be located between the brackets.

When it is desired to use this device as an ordinary stretcher, the bearing blocks [0 are moved apart along the rods l2 until the fabric or flexible body 8 is taut whereupon said bearings are secured to the rods by means of set screws l9. Thus by grasping the handles 2 at the ends of the bars, a patient can be carried in the usual Way or the structure can be placed on the ground or a floor and pushed along while supported by the Wheels l3.

If the nature of the injury is such that the patient should be placed on a hard, unyielding support, the board it can first be positioned on the rods I2 as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4 and after the patient has been placed thereon, the body 8 can be brought over the patient and drawn taut so as to provide a cover. This arrangement of parts has been illustrated in Figure 5.

Should it be found expedient to support the patient without pressure being applied to the spinal portion of the body, the bars I could then be adjusted toward each other as shown in Figure 7, the patient placed on the cushions or pads 3, and the covering 8 of canvas or the like could then be placed over the patient and drawn tightly with eyes I in engagement with the studs 6.

Should it be found desirable to fasten the limbs of a patient to the structure, broad tapes or strips of fabric can be Wound about the limbs and under the bars, I, these being held properly spaced by the spools 9 and if, for any reason, it should be found desirable to transport a patient on the board 16 without using the other parts, the patient could be fastened on the board by means of tapes or strips of fabric wrapped about the patient and in engagement with the spools I! on the bottom of the board. This arrangement is so obvious that detailed illustration thereof has not been deemed necessary.

With a patient tied to the bars I as shown for example in Figure 8, it becomes possible to hold the patient in anerect position, the spools serving to prevent the Wrappings from slipping down- Wardl-y' along the bars I. In the drawings the tapes or wrappings have been indicated at W.

What is claimed is:

1. Patient handling apparatus including spaced rods, bars mounted on the rods for adjustment toward or from each other, each bar having terminal handles, a board between the bars and detachably mounted on the rods, and means detachably engaging the bars for holding a patient on the board.

2. A patient handling device including parallel rods, supporting wheels thereon, bars connecting the rods and slidable therea'long'toward' or from each other, means for holding the bars against sliding movement, and a flexible body bridging the space between the bars and detachably connected to said bars, each of said bars having terrninalhandles.

3. A patient handling device including parallel rods, wheels thereon, bars connecting the rods and having terminal handles, said bars being mountedv for sliding movement along the rods toward or from each other, means for holding the bars against sliding movement upon the rods, a pad on ande'Xtendi-ng longitudinally of each of the bars, and a flexible body portion supported on the pads and detachably connected at its sides to the respective bars. 7

WILLIAM GEORGE CLAYTON.

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