Escapable area well cover

An area window well cover, for enclosing a top opening of an area window well located adjacent a building exterior wall, and which allows a generally planar casement window, having a window top that extends above a top of said area well, to rotate from a closed position to an open egress position underneath said area well cover when said area window well cover encloses said area window well, comprising:

• a modifiable flange having a modifiable flange first edge existing in a generally vertical plane and defining a first portion of a border of said area window well cover and a modifiable flange second edge horizontally displaced from said modifiable flange first edge, said modifiable flange extending generally from said modifiable flange first edge to said modifiable flange second edge;
• a second flange having a second flange first edge in contact with said modifiable flange second edge and extending in a generally vertical plane, and having a second flange second edge in contact with a top body member, a first side body member and a second side body member, said top, first side and second side body members extending horizontally away from said second flange in a direction opposed to a direction of said horizontal displacement from said modifiable flange second edge to said modifiable flange first edge;
• a base flange existing in a generally horizontal plane and operative to engage an upper rim of an area window well;
• said top body member extending primarily horizontally from said second flange with a gentle slope therefrom;
• said first side body member adjacent to said second flange, also adjacent to a first edge of said top body member and additionally adjacent to said base flange, thereby forming a generally vertically extending substantially planar surface;
• said second side body member adjacent to said second flange, also adjacent to said base flange, and additionally adjacent to a second edge of said top body member that is distal to said first edge of said top body member, thereby forming a generally vertically extending substantially planar surface;
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• a third side body member adjacent said top body member, said first and second side body members and said base flange, thereby forming a generally vertically extending substantially planar surface.

An area window well cover which is both strong and resistant to collapse over large area wells, while preserving accessibility there through when installed in association with casement windows that extend above said large area wells, comprising:

• a rim operative to engage with a vertical rim of said large area wells;
• a body member rising above and covering an area circumscribed by said rim;
• a reinforcing member extending from said body member generally normal to a surface defined by said rim;
• a building wall engaging member extending from said reinforcing member in a direction generally normal to a surface of said reinforcing member and opposed to a direction said body member generally extends from said reinforcing member;
• said rim, body member reinforcing member and building wall engaging member each formed from different portions of a single contiguous plastic sheet;
• wherein said reinforcing member cooperates with said body member and said building wall engaging member to reinforce against vertically applied forces.