JP3547719B2 - Stretcher - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a stretcher, and more particularly to a stretcher (stretcher) that is detachably attached to a seat of a passenger aircraft.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, when emergency medical care for illness or accidents occurs on a remote island where medical facilities are not sufficient, patients are transported to a city with medical facilities by passenger aircraft, which is normally in operation. Sometimes.
[0003]
In such a case, generally, a plurality of seats in the passenger aircraft are removed, a stretcher (stretcher) is fixed to a seat rail provided on the body floor for setting the seats, and a patient is placed on the stretcher. However, since the seat is securely fixed to the seat rail according to safety standards, the removal of the seat is not easy and takes time, and the work is limited to a mechanic. Further, after the stretcher is used, the work of removing the stretcher and attaching a seat instead is limited to a mechanic, which takes time.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
For this reason, it is difficult to respond to an emergency patient or the like with the above-mentioned stretcher. In particular, as described above, a normal business operation is carried out to transport a patient in a remote area of a remote island to a city where a medical facility is located. When using a passenger aircraft, the time when the passenger aircraft can stay at the remote airport where it arrived is extremely limited due to the operation schedule, and within that time it is true that the stretcher is set as described above. In addition, it is often impossible. Therefore, if there is no time to set up at such a remote airport, there is no other choice but to attach a stretcher before the passenger aircraft flies to the remote area, in which case it is necessary to remove at least a plurality of seats. For this reason, the number of passengers had to be reduced, and there was a problem in terms of profitability.
[0005]
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to provide a stretcher that can be easily attached to and detached from an aircraft.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a stretcher detachable from a seat of an aircraft, an upper mat on which a patient is placed, a frame supporting the upper mat, and the frame mounted on a seat of the aircraft. a first fixing means for fixing, e Bei and second fixing means for fixing the patient to the stretcher, said first fixing means has one end fixed to the frame, the aircraft at the other end A plurality of belts provided with a buckle detachably connected to a buckle of a seat belt of the seat .
[0008]
Further, the stretcher is adapted to be mounted and fixed on an upward surface of the backrest with the backrest of the seat being substantially horizontal with respect to the front, and the stretcher and the backrest are provided on the lower surface of the frame. And a slip suppressing means for suppressing slip between the surface and the surface.
[0009]
The first fixing means has a plurality of pairs of belts each including the belt fixed to one side of the frame and the belt fixed to the other side of the frame. Is characterized in that the buckles of the belt fixed to the one and the other side portions can be detachably connected to each other.
[0010]
Further, the frame has a length extending over at least two seats arranged in the front-rear direction, and at least two pairs of the belts are provided so as to correspond to the pair of seat belts of each seat.
[0011]
Further, the frame has a length extending over three seats arranged in the front-rear direction, and three pairs of the belts are provided so as to correspond to the pair of seat belts of each seat.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a schematic configuration of the stretcher according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a view showing a state where the stretcher is assembled, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a use state of the stretcher. The stretcher 1 is made of, for example, a fire-resistant urethane mat, on which an upper mat 2 on which a patient or the like can lie, a frame 3 supporting the upper mat 2, a lower mat 4 fixed to a lower surface of the frame 3, and a stretcher 1 for seating. It mainly comprises first fixing means for fixing to the seat, ie, stretcher fixing belts 11 to 13, and second fixing means for fixing the patient to the stretcher 1, ie, patient fixing belts 14 to 16 (see FIG. 2). Is configured.
[0013]
The frame 3 has two frame sides 5, 6 extending in the longitudinal direction of the stretcher 1 and arranged parallel to each other on the sides of the stretcher 1. Plates 7 and 8 and beam members 9a to 9e are provided between the two frame side portions 5 and 6 to increase the strength of the frame 3, and these plates 7, 8 and beam members 9a to 9e are used. Supports an upper mat placed on the frame 3. The surface of the frame 3 which is in contact with the upper mat 2 is made up of the plates 7, 8 and the beam members 9a to 9e as in the present embodiment instead of being made of a single metal plate which spreads over the entire surface. The weight can be reduced. Although the frame 3 may be configured to support the upper mat 2 only with the beam material without using the plate, in the present embodiment, the weight of the patient is particularly large from the head to the vicinity of the shoulder and the waist. The plate is partially used to support. The surfaces of the plates 7 and 8 which are in contact with the upper mat 2 are provided with anti-slip portions 7a and 8a (for example, made of magic tape (registered trademark)) in order to prevent the upper mat 2 from shifting with respect to the frame 3. Have been.
[0014]
Further, the frame side portions 5 and 6 are provided with protrusions for attaching the fixing belt to the frame 3. In FIG. 1, only the protrusions 5a to 5f provided on the frame side portion 5 are shown. The upper mat 2 protects the patient's head and has a shoulder pad 10 which is provided at a position where the patient's shoulder is applied to determine the position of the patient. The lower mat 4 is provided to prevent the stretcher 1 from slipping due to friction with a seat.
[0015]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state where the stretcher shown in FIG. 1 is assembled, and FIGS. 2A and 2B are a side view and a top view of the stretcher 1, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 2 (a), stretcher fixing belt 11 to 13 and the patient fixing belt 14 to 16, which have a fixed member 11a~16a at one end thereof. At the other ends of the stretcher fixing belts 11 to 13 , buckles 11c to 13c for connection similar to those usually used for seat belts, which are connected to the seat belt, are provided. Further, the other ends of the patient fixing belts 14 to 16 are provided with connecting buckles 14c to 16c similar to those usually used for seat belts. The fixing members 11a to 16a have a ring shape, and are detachably connected to belt fixing protrusions provided on the frame side portions 5 and 6, respectively. Specifically, this ring is, for example, a ring shape having a notch, and the notch is provided with an opening / closing locking member, and the locking member is pushed into the ring- shaped fixing member. With the projections 5a to 5f fitted together, the locking member closes the notch in the fitted state, and the projection can be prevented from coming off unless an operator operates the locking member.
[0016]
When the stretcher fixing belts 11 to 13 and the patient fixing belts 14 to 16 attached to the frame 3 are not used, the belts are caught by other articles and damaged, or the belts are entangled at the time of attachment. As shown in FIG. 2B, the belts are prepared as a plurality of pairs so that the buckles 11c to 16c of each pair of belts can be connected to each other. It is preferable to keep it. Further, it is preferable that the stretcher fixing belts 11 to 13 and the patient fixing belts 14 to 16 have different colors from each other, so that the emergency stretcher 1 mounting work can be performed faster and more reliably. Become.
[0017]
In the above configuration, the operation of attaching the stretcher 1 to the seat is performed according to the following procedure.
First, the seat back on which the stretcher 1 is mounted is tilted forward so that the stretcher 1 can be mounted. As shown in FIG. 4, in this case, the fallen backrest is made substantially horizontal. The number of seats required for mounting the stretcher 1 is usually three arranged in the front-rear direction of the passenger aircraft, and it is preferable that these seats are predetermined. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, it is assumed that such a seat is a seat in which the stretcher 1 is mounted on a side of a seat display placard 18 provided for displaying a seat number or the like beside a seat in the aircraft. A display 19 is provided. In the example of FIG. 3, a seat display placard 18 of the frontmost seat (the 15th seat) to which the stretcher 1 is attached and the last row (the 17th seat) are provided. By providing such a display 19, an emergency operation can be performed more smoothly.
[0018]
Next, the stretcher 1 is placed on the fallen backrest such that the head side faces the nose direction. In this state, the buckles of the seat belts of the respective seats on which the stretchers are placed and the buckles 11c to 13c of the stretcher fixing belts 11 to 13 of the stretcher 1 are connected. FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B are views showing a connected state of the seat belt. For example, when the stretcher 1 is mounted on the seat numbers 15D, 16D and 17D, the second stretcher fixing belt 12 from the head side and the seat belt of the seat 15D are connected, and the stretcher fixing belt 13 on the foot side is connected. The seat belt of the seat 17D is connected (see FIG. 4B). The stretcher fixing belt 11 on the head side is connected to the seat belt of the seat 16D (see FIG. 4A). Thereafter, the stretcher 1 is fixed to the seat by tightening the belt of the seat belt.
[0019]
When the patient is placed and fixed on the stretcher 1 fixed to the seat in this manner, first, two sets of patient fixing belts 14 and 15 are crossed from the shoulder to the waist of the patient, and One set of patient fixing belts 16 is hung around the patient's waist. The patient is fixed to the stretcher 1 by adjusting the length of each patient fixing belt .
[0020]
The operation of removing the stretcher 1 from the seat is performed in a procedure reverse to the mounting operation.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to remove the seat when attaching the stretcher 1, so that the work by a specialized mechanic becomes unnecessary, and the attaching and detaching work is performed very simply and in a short time. Can be. Therefore, if an emergency occurs in a remote place such as a remote island, the stretcher can be carried on board, and upon arrival at the site, the stretcher can be attached, the patient can be placed, and transported to the city where the medical facility is located. It becomes possible. Therefore, in the operation to the remote area, the seat can be used as usual, so that the profitability of the flight operation can be improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a schematic configuration of a stretcher according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing a state where the stretcher shown in FIG. 1 is assembled.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a connected state of a seat belt.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stretcher 2 Upper mat 3 Frame 4 Lower mat 11-13 Frame fixing belt 14-16 Patient fixing belt

Claims (5)

A stretcher that can be attached to and detached from an aircraft seat,
An upper mat on which the patient is placed,
A frame supporting the upper mat,
First fixing means for fixing the frame on a seat of the aircraft;
E Bei and second fixing means for fixing the patient to the stretcher,
The first fixing means has a plurality of belts, one end of which is fixed to the frame, and the other end of which is provided with a buckle detachably connected to a buckle of a seat belt of the seat of the aircraft. /> A stretcher characterized in that: The stretcher is mounted on an upwardly facing surface of the backrest with the backrest of the seat being tilted forward and substantially horizontal, and the stretcher and the backrest surface are provided on the lower surface of the frame. 2. The stretcher according to claim 1, further comprising a slip suppressing means for suppressing slip between the stretcher and the stretcher. The first fixing means has a plurality of pairs of belts including the belt fixed to one side of the frame and the belt fixed to the other side, and each pair of belts includes: The stretcher according to claim 1 , wherein the buckles of the belts fixed to the one and other sides are detachably connectable. The frame is a length extending over at least two seats arranged in the front-rear direction, to claim 3, characterized in that said pair of belts are provided at least two pairs so as to correspond to the pair of seat belts each seat Stretcher as described. The frame is a length extending over three seats arranged in the front-rear direction, according to claim 3, wherein the pair of belt is characterized by being three pairs provided so as to correspond to the pair of seat belts each seat Stretcher.

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