High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of persons. Examples of litter vehicles include lectica ancient Rome, jiao China, sedan chairs (England), palanquin , gama Korea and taht?revan Turkey. Smaller litters may take the form of open chairs or beds carried by two or more men, some being enclosed for protection from the elements. Larger litters, for example those of the Chinese emperors, may resemble small rooms upon a platform borne upon the shoulders of a dozen or more men. To most efficiently carry a litter, porters will attempt to transfer the load to their shoulders, either by placing the carrying poles upon their shoulders, or the use of a yoke to transfer the load from the carrying poles to the shoulder. The rickshaw is a related type of vehicle. A simple litter, often called a stretcher, consists of a sling attached along its length to poles or stretched inside a frame.

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