Abstract: A stretcher pad comprises a mattress; a cuff fixed to an upper surface of the mattress; and a belt assembly arranged for securing one of a child and an infant being wrapped in the cuff; wherein a recess is formed in the mattress for accommodating at least part of the belt assembly; and a pouch is arranged on the mattress so as to cover the recess.

Abstract: A stretcher pad comprises a mattress; a cuff fixed to an upper surface of the mattress; and a belt assembly arranged for securing one of a child and an infant being wrapped in the cuff; wherein a recess is formed in the mattress for accommodating at least part of the belt assembly; and a pouch is arranged on the mattress so as to cover the recess.

Abstract: A device for transporting disabled or sick persons comprises a stretcher mattress attachable to a stretcher frame or a transport vehicle by means of a belt band emerging from the underside of the foot end of said mattress. Belt bands which issue at the head end of the upper side of said mattress in the vicinity of its central longitudinal axis and interact with additional belt bands projecting laterally in the middle area from the edge of said mattress result in secure support of the disabled or sick person during transport on his back or side and allow the attending physician unimpeded access to the subject's thorax. Bracings located beneath said mattress and connected to one another by means of hinges allow the subject to be transported in close quarters. There are furthermore provided wedge-shaped cushions forming a bolstered edge portion, under which cushions a sheet to be placed on said mattress can be inserted without removing the belts.

Abstract: The invention is with respect to a stretcher for ambulances. The stretcher has a backup or retainer cushion for keeping a patient in position when acted upon by jerks or by sudden motion in the length-direction of the ambulance. The backup cushion is united with a safety belt, which is so placed on the patient that the patient is kept in position in relation to the stretcher when suddenly jerked in the length-direction. In the case of one form of the invention, the backup cushion is elastically supported so that the body of the patient is not suddenly slowed down. As part of a useful further development of the invention, the backup cushion is joined with a fixing belt, which, for its part, is drivingly joined up with the lock or ratchet of an automatic belt take-up roller or pulley. This roller itself has a safety belt which, on loading the stretcher onto a stretcher support of the ambulance, is joined up with the floor of the vehicle, more specially automatically.

Abstract: A stretcher having side strut members between which is stretched a fabric cover carries on the side struts a plurality of retractable straps. At least two of the straps are used for retaining a patient to the stretcher, at least one of the straps is a carrier strap, and one strap, at the head end of the stretcher, is useable as either a carrier strap or a holding strap. Each of the straps has a roller device affixed to one of the strut members. Each strap is carried within the automatic winding device upon a shaft which is spring biased in one direction, the shaft carrying a pawl wheel which is selectively engageable with a locking bar or lever. The locking lever is selectively positioned by an attendant to the stretcher to fix an adjustment of the strap. A free end of the strap, opposite the end retained to the shaft within the roller device is engageable either with a pin affixed to the strut of the stretcher or with a pull-pin engaged with the locking lever.