Stretcher

Claim 1

A stretcher for carrying an injured or sick person comprising: a body holder board including a center base board that is about life-size and flat along its longitudinal side edges, guiding protrusions are formed at specified pitch intervals, and also including a plurality of intermediate covers which are wound around in a freely rotatable manner in a transverse direction over the center base board to cover it without overlapping; two frame poles which are formed with handles at both their end portions, while their middle portions are formed with belt-driving surfaces with elastic tubes (cylinders) covering them at predetermined intervals; four supporting arms including connecting arms which are provided with connecting interval adjusting holes, and bearing formed as integral parts respectively at each end of the supporting arms; short frame members formed of frame bases having hollows at both end portions for inserting the supporting arms into them and also provided with freely inclinable supporting feet; a cylindrical face cover with members for engaging with the belt-driving surfaces of the frame poles by corresponding to them which are adhered to an inner surface of the face cover to form an integral unit; and wherein: the short frame membes are fixed to and held by both end surfaces of the body holder board; into the hollowed portions of the short frame members, the supporting arms are inserted and fixed; by means of the bearings of the supporting arms, the frame poles are freely rotatably held by extending the handles at both their end portions through the bearing; and the body holder board and the frame poles are covered by the face cover, whereby effecting the engagement between the frame poles and the face cover.