On-vehicle stretcher and litter
A stretcher comprising an upper frame for placing a litter thereon, having casters on a front leg and a rear leg; a constant load spring serving as a slide mechanism for changing the position of the upper frame vertically; a pin lock mechanism for fixing the upper frame having been moved vertically at an arbitrary position; a trapezoidal concave-shaped fitting groove for fixing the head side of a litter to the front end part of the upper frame; and a C-shaped hook for fixing the foot side of the litter to the rear end part of the upper frame, characterized in that a vertically and longitudinally adjustable lock supporter engaging with a lock piece for fixing the stretcher installed on the cargo bed of an ambulance or the like is provided in the rear part of the stretcher, and the pin lock mechanism is mounted with an emergency lever.
1. A stretcher comprising an upper frame for placing a litter thereon, having casters on a front leg and a rear leg; a constant load spring serving as a slide mechanism for changing the position of the upper frame vertically; a pin lock mechanism for fixing the upper frame having been moved vertically at an arbitrary position; a trapezoidal concave-shaped fitting groove for fixing the head side of a litter to the front end part of the upper frame; and a C-shaped hook for fixing the foot side of the litter to the rear end part of the upper frame, characterized in that a vertically and longitudinally adjustable lock supporter engaging with a lock piece for fixing the stretcher installed on the cargo bed of an ambulance or the like is provided in the rear part of the stretcher, and the pin lock mechanism is mounted with an emergency lever.
2. A litter for being placed on the stretcher according to claim 1 , which has a trapezoidal convex-shaped fitting part having a slant surface to be engaged with a fitting groove provided in the front end part of the stretcher, characterized in that a wheel is provided at one end of a frame on both sides of the litter; an openable shielding plate is installed on the frame on both sides of the litter; and the shielding plate can be unlocked and opened/closed by gripping any of three directions of the right, left, and upper parts of an inside frame of the shielding plate.
3. The litter according to claim 2 , further comprising a supporting member and a nut, wherein the supporting member supports a hanger having a member for hanging a drip-feeding bag at one end thereof and a bolt to be secured with the nut to the litter frame at the other end thereof.
4. The litter according to claim 2 , which can also be used as a chair, when a cushioning material is provided on the front frame, and the mat secured to the side frames of the litter is wider at the shoulder portion thereof than at the waist portion thereof.
5. The stretcher fixture according to claim 1 , wherein the pin lock mechanism is further characterized in that the front lever of the stretcher and the lock pin of the front leg frame are connected with a wire and rear lever is connected to the front leg aiding frame and the rear leg aiding frame with a wire, that the lock pin of the front leg frame is released when the front lever is pulled and the lock pin of the front leg aiding frame and the rear leg aiding frame is released when the rear lever is pulled, locking being entirely unlocked when the front and rear pins are pulled, and that the front and rear legs are fixed at desired positions when the front and rear levers are released.