Rescue access wedge
OwnerJason Alleninventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A rescue access wedge having a base portion, a rear portion and a front portion with a pair of opposed generally triangular sidewalls upwardly extended from the base portion wherein the sidewalls taper from the rear portion to a tip connecting the pair of opposed side surfaces and wherein a pair of aligned slots disposed on opposed sidewalls are adjoined for coupling with paired prongs a fork end of a rescue tool and a concavity or notch disposed in a top and/or bottom surface configured to seat this rescue access wedge upon an abutting surface and a method of use thereof.
Claims20
A rescue access wedge comprising:
- a base portion and a pair of opposed sidewalls extended upwardly from the base portion, wherein the pair of sidewalls define a rear portion and extend in a tapered front portion to converge with the base portion in a tip;
- and
- opposed slots recessed in paired transverse alignment into the pair of sidewalls flanking a recessed bridge having a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the opposed slots are disposed between the rear portion and the front portion;
- wherein the opposed slots are angled upwardly away from the tapered front portion such that coupled engagement with a fork end of a rescue tool exerts a compressive force toward a distal end of the fork end of the rescue tool amplifies leverage applied to the rescue access wedge.
A rescue access wedge comprising:
- a base portion and a pair of opposed sidewalls extended upwardly from the base portion, wherein the pair of sidewalls define a rear portion and extend in a tapered front portion to converge with the base portion in a tip;
- a pair of opposed slots recessed in parallel alignment in the pair of sidewalls between the rear portion and the front portion, wherein the pair of opposed slots are angled upwardly so as to engage the fork end of a rescue tool whereby a compressive force is exerted toward a distal end of the fork end of the rescue tool to thereby amplify leverage applied to the rescue access wedge.
A method for using a rescue access wedge for forcible entry through a door, comprising the steps of:
- providing the rescue access wedge having a triangular-shaped body with a base portion and a pair of opposed sidewalls extending upwardly from a bottom surface to a top surface, and wherein the pair of opposed sidewalls extend from a rear portion to a tapered front portion, wherein a concavity is disposed in the top surface or the bottom surface, and wherein a pair of opposed slots disposed between the rear portion and the front portion are configured for receiving a fork end of a rescue tool;
- shoving an end of the tapered front portion in a gap between a door edge and door jamb;
- inserting the fork end of the rescue tool about the opposed slots of the recessed bridge such that the fork end is in seated engagement with the recessed bridge;
- and
- applying a compressive force toward a distal end of the fork end of the rescue tool so as to forcibly open the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.