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US 8,943,722 B2Granted
Emergency guidance and alerting system and method
OwnerRonald J Barrettinventor
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Abstract
An emergency guidance and alerting system comprising an organizer located in a room having a door, wherein the organizer is capable of holding a slip sign and a window placard. The slip sign is capable of being placed under a door so that the slip sign can be viewed outside of the room, alerting rescue personnel that an occupant is in the room. The window placard is capable of being attached to a window alerting rescue personnel outside of the room that the occupant is in the room.
Claims9
An emergency guidance and alerting system comprising:
- an organizer;
- a slip sign;
- a window placard;
- wherein the organizer is located in a room having a door;
- and
- wherein the organizer is capable of holding the slip sign and the window placard;
- and
- wherein the slip sign is capable of being placed under a door so that the slip sign can be viewed outside of the room, alerting rescue personnel that an occupant is in the room;
- and
- wherein the window placard is capable of being attached to a window alerting rescue personnel outside of the room that the occupant is in the room;
- and
- wherein the window placard comprises of a suction cup, which fixedly attaches the window placard to the window;
- and
- wherein the slim sign further comprises a smoke blocker capable of being folded and attached to itself by the use of hook and loop fasteners.
11 more elements
A method for using an emergency guidance and alerting system, the method comprising:
- locating the emergency guidance and alerting system in a room, the emergency guidance and alerting system comprises an organizer containing a slip sign with a smoke blocker fixedly attached to the slip sign and a window placard with a suction cup fixedly attached to the window placard;
- removing the slip sign from the organizer;
- unfolding the smoke blocker;
- placing the slip sign under a door so that the slip sign can be viewed outside of the room alerting rescue personnel that an occupant is in the room and the smoke blocker being flush with the door, sealing a gap between a bottom surface of the door and an underlying floor surface;
- removing a window placard from the organizer, wherein;
- and
- affixing the window placard to a window alerting rescue personnel outside the room that the occupant is in the room needed to be rescued.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.