ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,516, issued on April 14.
"Collapsible stretcher" was invented by Antar Daouk (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a stretcher comprising first and second support arms to which and between which a means for receiving an individual is intended to be attached, said first arm comprising first and second end elements, and also a first cable attached to said end elements in order to be tensioned between these in a first longitudinal direction, said stretcher comprising a first crosspiece connected to said first and second arms, positioned between the latter and designed to change between retracted and deployed co...