Window well

A window well for use by a person to escape through a window formed in a basement wall, comprising:

• a generally U-shaped body member including an outer wall, opposite side walls, and an open upper end;
• said walls having inner and outer surfaces;
• said body member having upper and lower ends;
• said side walls having vertically disposed inner edges;
• an upstanding stair structure positioned at said inner surface of said outer wall;
• said stair structure including a plurality of vertically spaced-apart, inverted U-shaped steps;
• each of said steps having upper and lower ends;
• each of said steps having an inverted U-shaped upper end portion with forward and rearward sides, a web extending downwardly and rearwardly from said forward side of said U-shaped upper end portion, and a lower end portion which is disposed rearwardly of the upper end portion of a step positioned therebelow to provide a handhold at the upper end of each of said steps;
• a spacer member secured to said upper ends of said side walls adjacent said inner edges thereof and extending therebetween to prevent relative movement therebetween;
• said spacer member having inner and outer ends and opposite side edges;
• a lid removably positioned on said upper end of said outer wall and said upper ends of said side walls outwardly of said spacer;
• said body member of said stair structure being comprised of a composite material.