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US 5,628,380 AGranted
Portable fire escape
OwnerSteve Matisiinventor
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Abstract
A portable fire escape comprising a framework. A structure is for mounting the framework across an opened window internally within a building adjacent a window sill. An elongated extendable flexible ladder is provided. Paraphernalia is for attaching a top end of the flexible ladder to the framework. The flexible ladder can hang down externally against the building to the ground, to allow a person to exit through the opened window of the building during a fire.
Claims8
A portable fire escape comprising:
- a) a framework forming a top portion of said fire escape;
- b) said framework including means for mounting said framework across an opened window completely within a building comprising substantially horizontal upper and lower retainer rods extending past both sides of said window, each retainer rod having opposite ends bent at right angle to form a foot bearing against and unattached to an internal wall of the building adjacent an opposite sides of the opened window;
- c) an elongated extendable flexible ladder with rungs substantially parallel to said retainer rods;
- d) means for attaching one end of said flexible ladder to said framework permitting said flexible ladder when deployed to hang down externally against the building to the ground to allow a person to exit through the opened window of the building during a fire;
- e) box means for storing said flexible ladder in a folded condition and incorporating bracket means to attach the second end of said flexible ladder to said box means permitting said box means containing said flexible ladder to be stored within said building and thrown out of said window during a fire and allowing said flexible ladder to deploy while said box means falls to the ground.
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