PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foldable stretcher which is excellent in housing property and portability, can provide handle positions enabling the carrying burden to be reduced for carriers even when carriers cannot be located on the right and the left of the stretcher due to the narrowness of a place, can reduce the burden to the wrist and a required grasping force of the carriers, and can reduce the oppressive sensation to a person to be carried.SOLUTION: For a foldable stretcher, a pair of end section handles 20ART and 20 ALT, and a pair of intermediate section handles 20CRT1 and 20CLT1 are arranged while keeping the angle to the central line Y in the longitudinal direction in such a manner that the space between the pair of end section handles 20ART and 20ALT, and the space between the pair of intermediate section handles 20CRT1 and 20CLT1 may become wider on the central side of a sheet 10. Then, the angle of the end section handles 20ART and 20ALT to the central line Y in the longitudinal direction is made larger than the angle of the intermediate section handles 20CRT1 and 20CLT1 to the central line Y in the longitudinal direction.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】収納性や携行性にも優れ、狭い場所で搬送者が担架の左右に位置することができない場合でも搬送負担が少なくなる持ち手位置とし、搬送者の手首への負担と必要握力を低減でき、被搬送者への圧迫感を低減できる折りたたみ式担架を提供すること。【解決手段】本発明の折りたたみ式担架は、一対の端部持ち手20ART、20ALTの間及び一対の中間部持ち手20CRT1、20CLT1の間が、シート10の中央側が広くなるように、端部持ち手20ART、20ALT及び中間部持ち手20CRT1、20CLT1を、長手方向中心線Yに対して角度を持って配置し、端部持ち手20ART、20ALTの長手方向中心線Yに対する角度を、中間部持ち手20CRT1、20CLT1の長手方向中心線Yに対する角度以上としたことを特徴とする。【選択図】 図1
