PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stretcher with excellent operability while permitting little deformation and damage.SOLUTION: The stretcher 1 is constituted by laying a sheet 2 across a pair of supports 3 and 3. Each support 3 includes support members 4a and 4b, a coupler 23 for bendably coupling the support members, and a fixing means 5 for fixing the support members 4a and 4b in one straight line. The coupler 23 is configured to couple the support members 4a and 4b rotatably around a fulcrum separate from shaft centers of the support members 4a and 4b between a use position where end surfaces of the support members 4a and 4b are closely in contact with or approximated to each other and a folded position where the end surfaces of the support members 4a and 4b are separate from each other. The fixing means 5 is provided between the support members 4a and 4b. The fixing means 5 is locked when the support members 4a and 4b are rotated to the use position, and the lock is released by the operation to be applied to a part of the fixing means 5. The stretcher is configured to support loads with the end surfaces abutting to each other when a moment in the direction of valley fold acts on the support members 4a and 4b located at the use position.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】操作性が良く変形や損傷の少ない担架を提供する。【解決手段】一対の支柱3、3にシート2を架け渡してなる担架1において、支柱3、3が、支柱部材4a、4bと、これらを折曲げ可能に連結する連結具23と、支柱部材4a、4bを一直線状に固定する固定手段5と備え、連結具23は、支柱部材4a、4bの端面同士が密接ないし近接する使用位置とこれらが離れた折り畳み位置との間で支柱部材4a、4bの軸心から離間した支点回りにこれらを回転可能に連結するもので、固定手段5は、両支柱部材4a、4bの間に設けられ、支柱部材4a、4bが使用位置まで回転したときにロック状態に移行し、固定手段5の一部に加えられる操作でその解除を行うもので、使用位置にある前記両支柱部材4a、4bに谷折り方向のモーメントが作用した際に端面同士が当接して荷重を支持するように構成した。【選択図】図1
