Disposable splint

Claim 1

A disposable splint for the temporary support of at least a fractured leg of a patient which splint may be carried to the scene of an accident in a flat position and at said scene expanded into a leg supporting position, said splint including: a. a first heavy cardboard panel having first and second laterally spaced scored folding lines therein that divide said first panel into an elongate first sidewall, a base member, and a locking member, said panel having two longitudinally spaced first slots formed in said first sidewall adjacent to said first folding line and two second slots in said locking member, and two first longitudinally spaced tabs that extend outwardly from said locking member that may removably engage said first slots when said locking member overlies said base member and said first sidewall is substantially normal to said base; b. a second heavy cardboard panel that has a third scored folding line therein that divides said second panel into a second elongate sidewall and a base extension, with said base extension having two longitudinally spaced second tabs projecting from a free edge thEreof that can removably engage said second slots, said first and second panels connected to each other by said locking member which is disposed substantially normal to said base member, said second tabs extend through said second slots, said first sidewall folded upwardly to a position substantially normal to said base, said locking member folded downwardly over said second tabs and base to force said first tabs to engage said first slots and extend therethrough, and said second sidewall folded to a position substantially normal to said base extension, which base extension overlies a portion of said locking member and said second tabs; and c. means for removably holding said splint in a supporting position about a patient''s leg to partially encircle the same.