Emergency egress safety system
AssigneeLegacy Barricades, Inc.
InventorsRickie Kelch, Hunter Seelbinder, Debra Kelch
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Abstract
An emergency egress safety system for a door to a protected room, the emergency egress safety system includes a base, the base for straddling an edge of a door and having a first portion for locating on a side of the door facing outside the protected room and a second portion for locating on a side of the door facing the protected room, an arm mounted relative to the base, the arm being mounted to the base for movement between a stowed position and a deployed position where the arm is extended from the base and is automatically locked in the deployed position to block the door that is straddled by the base, and at least one actuator located at the first portion operable to unlock the arm to allow the arm to return to its stowed position.
Claims11
An emergency egress safety system for a door to a protected room, the emergency egress safety system comprising:
- a base, the base for straddling an edge of a door and having a first portion for locating on a side of the door facing outside the protected room and a second portion for locating on a side of the door facing the protected room;
- an arm mounted relative to the base, the arm being mounted to the base for movement between a stowed position and a deployed position where the arm is extended from the base and is automatically locked in the deployed position to block the door that is straddled by the base;
- a locking rod mounted in said base and movable between a non-locking position and a locking position, the locking rod having an engagement surface, when the locking rod is in the locking position the engagement surface is aligned with the arm to block the arm returning to its stowed position and when the locking rod is moved to the non-locking position the engagement surface is no longer aligned with the arm and the alarm is allowed to return to its stowed position;
- a first actuator located at the first portion operable to unlock the arm to allow the arm to return to its stowed position, the base having an upper outer side, and the first actuator accessible through said upper outer side, wherein the arm and the first actuator are fully contained within the base when the arm is returned to its stowed position;
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- a second actuator operable to unlock the arm to allow the arm to return to its stowed position, the second actuator being fully contained within the base.
An emergency egress safety system for a door to a protected room, the emergency egress safety system comprising:
- a base, the base comprising a plate for straddling an edge of a door and having a first portion for locating on a side of the door facing outside the protected room and a second portion for locating on a side of the door facing the protected room, and the plate having a recess;
- an arm mounted in the recess of the plate for movement between a stowed position fully contained within the plate and a deployed position where a portion of the arm is extended above the plate to form a barrier for the door;
- a locking rod mounted in said plate and movable between a non-locking position and a locking position, the locking rod having an engagement surface, when the locking rod is in the locking position the engagement surface is aligned with the arm to block the arm returning to its stowed position and when the locking rod is moved to the non-locking position the engagement surface is no longer aligned with the arm and the arm is allowed to return to its stowed position;
- a first actuator operable to move the locking rod from the locking position to the non-locking position to allow the arm to return to its stowed position, the first actuator being located at the first portion of the plate, the plate having an upper outer side, and the first actuator accessible though the upper outer side, wherein the arm, the first actuator, and at least a portion of the locking rod are fully contained within the plate when the arm is returned to its stowed position;
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- a second actuator operable to unlock the arm to allow the arm to return to its stowed position, the second actuator being fully contained within the plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.