Nuclear accident carrier

Claim 1

A carrier for transporting an injured contaminated person comprising, a base made as a one-piece lightweight plastic elongated shell open upwardly for receiving a person on a stretcher therein, a lid for hermetically enclosing said person on a litter in said base, said lid comprising a one-piece lightweight plastic elongated shell open downwardly, said base having a peripheral rim extending upwardly and outwardly defining a slightly enlarged peripheral upper marginal portion, said upper marginal portion defining an inner shoulder against which a lower peripheral edge of said lid abuts, said lid having a continuous sealing strip secured outwardly of a peripheral lower marginal portion for abutting against the interior of said upper marginal portion for effecting a hermetic seal therewith when the lid is closed, hinge means for hinging said lid on said base along a longitudinal marginal edge thereof, said lid having a plurality of closable apertures spaced longitudinally thereon each disposed to receive a glove-like sleeve for access into the interior of said lid and said base without opening the lid, and removable covers each removably closing a corresponding one of said apertures.