Abstract: A flexible stretcher having skid plate webbing connected to a surface of the stretcher. The stretcher includes a flexible body with a first surface and a second surface. Skid plate webbing connects to the second surface. In another embodiment, the stretcher has a flexible body with a rectangular shape extending lengthwise in a longitudinal direction. The flexible body has a first surface and a second surface. Structural webbing and skid plate webbing connect to the second surface. The skid plate webbing at least partially overlaps the structural webbing, and where the overlapping occurs, contact points are formed. In another embodiment, a flexible stretcher having a body with a rectangular shape extending lengthwise in a longitudinal direction, a first surface, and a second surface, may be manufactured by attaching structural webbing to the body and attaching skid plate webbing to the second surface of the body.

Abstract: A disposable or limited use sleeping bag kit including a sleeping bag made of a multi-layered material, an inflatable pillow and storage pouch from which air may be evacuated. The layered material of the sleeping bag may be made of an inner layer for contacting a user, an outer layer providing water and abrasion resistance, and a middle insulating layer between the inner and outer layers.

Abstract: This invention pertains to cookware and more particularly to a cookware vessel in which the cooking surface reaches the desired cooking temperature in the shortest possible time, which has an increased bottom area available to absorb heat from a heating source, which maintains its rigidity over a longer period of time as contrasted to conventional constructions and, as a consequence, distributes heat more evenly throughout the bottom area, and which is more stable with respect to the heat source during use.

Abstract: The invention is embodied in a container which is used to both ship and display cookware such as frying pans. The container is made up of two identical trays which support opposite sides of parallel rows of pans. Each tray has two rows of cavities and a sloping section which support the pans in a compact array. The pans are held in a way which minimizes wasted space and which presents the pans in an attractive display when the upper tray is removed.

Abstract: A protective liner for vessels such as cooking pans, which have interior surfaces either natural or covered with thin, nonstick coatings. The liner protects the interior surfaces from damage during manufacturing, packing, shipping, unpacking and display by covering the surfaces. The liner also prevents vessels from binding together when they are nested, by spacing the vessels to prevent tight insertion of one vessel within another. The liner is made of a thin flexible material. Its edge section grasps the rim of the vessel to be protected, while its bottom web section and spacer web section substantially cover the interior surfaces of the vessel.