Personal fire safety device
OwnerRoy Chowthiinventor
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Abstract
A personal safety device for controlled-rate descent of a person from a building may include a cable control assembly having a frame attachable to the building. A cable may be wound on a cable reel. The cable reel may be configured for rotation within the frame. A weight setting control may be configured to vary a weight at which a predetermined rate of descent of a person supported on the cable will occur, whereby a user of the device can set his or her weight on the weight setting control and employ the device to descend from a building at the predetermined rate.
Claims10
A personal safety device for controlled-rate descent of a person from a building comprising:
- a cable control assembly having a frame attachable to the building;
- a cable wound on a cable reel, the cable reel configured for rotation within the frame;
- and
- a weight setting control configured to vary a weight at which a predetermined rate of descent of a person supported on the cable will occur, whereby a user of the device can set his or her weight on the weight setting control and employ the device to descend from a building at the predetermined rate.
A method for providing emergency cable-descent egress from an elevated portion of a building comprising:
- providing a cable-descent personal safety device for attachment to a window frame of the building;
- and
- providing the safety device with a weight control setting control whereby a user of the device can set his or her weight on the weight setting control and then employ the device to descend from a building at the predetermined rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.