A sliding device for transporting patients from a first location to a second location, with an endless band which is wrapped around a substantially board-form body. The cross-sectional circumference of the board-form body corresponds substantially to the cross-sectional circumference of the endless band....http://www.google.fr/patents/US5966754?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US5966754 - Sliding device for transporting patients