A quick-connect/quick-release buckle solution for the Sked(R). These Austrian-made Skedco/Cobra side-release buckles are dependable and strong enough to secure a patient into a Sked(R) stretcher without danger of breakage - rated at 3,000 pounds. Durable and easy to use; under tension they are very hard to release, so accidental release under load is not an issue. You no longer weave webbing through the buckles when packaging a patient, cutting packaging time roughly in half. Offered as a special order on new Sked(R)s and as a retrofit kit for Sked(R)s you already have.