To provide a stretcher suitable for use in a funeral, capable of stably transporting a coffin and easily carrying out the operation of lifting the coffin from the stretcher. In a stretcher 1 having a caster 3 at a lower portion and having an upper surface as a conveyance surface 5, a lateral shift of a ridge placed in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is prevented in the vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the conveyance surface. The heel placing member 10 is provided with both sides of the ridge-preventing convex portions 16 and the heel placing member is disposed so as to maintain a manual insertion gap between the transport surface and the bottom surface of the placed heel. The [Selection] Figure 1【課題】棺桶の搬送が安定して行えるとともに、ストレッチャー上からの棺桶の持ち上げ作業が容易に行われる、葬儀において好適に使用されるストレッチャーを提供する。【解決手段】下部にキャスター３を備え、上面を搬送面５とするストレッチャー１において、搬送面の長手方向における両端部近傍に長手方向に直交する方向において、載置される棺桶の横ずれを防止する横ずれ防止凸部１６を両端に備える棺桶載置部材１０が設けられてなり、棺桶載置部材は、搬送面と載置される棺桶の底面との間に手差し入れ隙間を保つように配置される。【選択図】図１
