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US 7,628,275 B2Granted
Crisis response kit and method of emergency preparation
OwnerWilliam J. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A method of preparing for emergencies in a building setting such as a school and using the method to create to a comprehensive crisis resource kit including evacuation plan, contact numbers, master contingency plan, flashlight, cell phone and first aid kit for use in a variety of emergency situations.
Claims17
A crisis response kit comprising:
- a case having a case bottom and opposing case sides which define an interior space, said case having a lid positioned moveably thereon between an open position and a closed position and wherein exterior surfaces of at least one of said case sides has contents indicia positioned thereon;
- a separation unit in the interior space, the separation unit defining a plurality of receiving apertures in the interior space, the receiving apertures being adapted to receive a plurality of articles in said interior space, the separation unit comprising a plurality of panels including a first panel, a second panel and a third panel, each panel of the separation unit having edges and being disposed with at least one edge at the interior surface of the case, the first panel and the second panel each having an edge that joins to the third panel, the third panel traversing the case bottom and extending from one case side to an opposite case side;
- a first aid kit set in a first aperture in said interior space;
- a plurality of notebooks positioned in the interior space in a notebook receiving aperture, each of said notebooks having subject matter indicia positioned on an edge of said notebook such that said subject matter indicia is viewable when said lid is in said open position;
- a cell phone positioned in a phone receiving aperture;
- and
- a flashlight positioned in a flashlight receiving aperture.
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A crisis response system comprising:
- a plurality of crisis response kits each being positioned at a predetermined location within a facility;
- said plurality of crisis response kits each comprising a case having a case bottom and opposing case sides which define an interior space, said case having a lid positioned moveably thereon between an open position and a closed position and wherein exterior surfaces of at least one of said case sides has contents indicia positioned thereon;
- a separation unit in the interior space, the separation unit defining a plurality of receiving apertures in the interior space, the receiving apertures being adapted to receive a plurality of articles in said interior space, the separation unit comprising a plurality of panels including a first panel, a second panel and a third panel, each panel of the separation unit having edges and being disposed with at least one edge at the interior surface of the case, the first panel and the second panel each having an edge that joins to the third panel, the third panel traversing the case bottom and extending from one case side to an opposite case side;
- a first aid kit set in a first aperture in said interior space;
- a plurality of notebooks positioned in the interior space in a notebook receiving aperture, each of said notebooks having subject matter indicia positioned on an edge of said notebook such that said subject matter indicia is viewable when said lid is in said open position;
- a cell phone positioned in a phone receiving aperture;
- and
- a flashlight positioned in a flashlight receiving aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.