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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337878 | Emergency ladder system An emergency ladder system for providing an exit from non-ground level floors of a building in the event of an emergency such as a fire includes an alarm system having fire detectors positioned in a building. The alarm system is operationally coupled to a ladder pos... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7195100 | System and method for an escapable multistory building A system and method for allowing escape of many persons from a multistory building over a short period of time. The method and system include strategic placement and use of anchor points and components in conjunction with escape kits or devices so as to allow increa... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182175 | Retractable telescopic boat ladder A telescopic ladder apparatus can be deployed from a closed receptacle on the stern portion of a boat. The ladder is formed with telescopic side rails supporting transverse treads that can collapse into a stored position in which the treads are placed adjacent one a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7159693 | Window shutter escape ladder A novel escape system comprised of a plurality of escape devices each which resemble a window shutter, are mounted on the outside of a building, adjacent the windows vertically above the next lower escape device. Since these take up no space inside of the building, ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7059451 | Load lowering system A system for mechanically lowering a load from an elevated position to a lower position in a relatively slow and controlled manner using only gravity and frictional forces. The system includes a vertically aligned glide rod, a glide collar that moves longitudinally ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7004287 | Hidden fire escape An improved safety ladder and safety window as well as a method for use are disclosed. The ladder is discrete and compact, for convenience. The ladder is stored in a hidden container that is an extension or an addition to a normal window, or made part of an existing... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994183 | Fire escape ladder A fire escape ladder assembly adapted for mounting between wall support members in a building cavity of a building structure. The assembly includes a fire escape ladder enclosure mounted in the building cavity and a mounting structure passing through the enclosure a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6845844 | Fire escape apparatus Fire escape apparatus suitable for use in locations where escape requires a movement from a first level to a second lower level is described. The apparatus comprises a casing (40), a flexible ladder (14, 16), and a means for deploying said ladder (1... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6771181 | Crawl to the light emergency exit The present application provides a new emergency exit system. The system comprises an exit door controlled by an emergency detection system, which includes emergency detection sensors such as a smoke detector, a heat detector and/or a carbon monoxide detector functi... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6578327 | Attic scuttle An attic scuttle for providing a means of accessing the attic which is easily installed, fire-rated, and forms a tight, insulating seal. The attic scuttle includes a sleeve with a perimeter wall, and a hinged door positioned within the base portion of the... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6328129 | Fire escape system A fire escape system for providing an apparatus for escape from building structures. The fire escape system includes a container having an open front, a back wall, and a door hingedly attached to the container and closeable over the open front, and furthe... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6129178 | Escape ladder and housing assembly An escape ladder and housing assembly adapted to be attached to the framework in the wall of a structure below an escape opening comprising a housing, a ladder construction adapted to be stowed within the housing, and a connection assembly mounted in the ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6102155 | Combined window and emergency escape ladder An emergency escape system (16) for a window (13) of a building (10) includes an escape ladder (36) stored within a window frame (21). A sill part (23) covers a recess (32) containing the escape ladder and allows a window part (22) to form a normal seal w... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5971105 | Escape ladder An escape ladder stored in an interior wall of a building, beneath a window. The ladder is deployed by placement through a window with a storage container providing a step for ease in exiting. Ladder steps are secured by a flexible strap with each step in... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5893431 | Basement emergency exit assembly A basement emergency exit assembly has a ladder for exiting from a basement window. The window is held within tracks mounted at the interior of the window frame. By moving the bottom of the ladder away from the wall, the window is permitted to slide down ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5785147 | Escape ladder structural improvement The subject invention relates to a type of escape ladder structural improvement (1), comprising a housing, an inside ladder, an outside ladder, an outside cover and a gear transmission; the hollow interior of the housing comprising an escape channel; the ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 4811817 | Self-contained ladder system for a boat A hidden ladder unit for mounting in the stern of a boat hull that includes a horizontally disposed housing affixed to the transom that has an open front wall and a solid back wall. The housing is equipped with a mounting flange that is fastened securely ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4445589 | Window assembly including a storable fire escape A window assembly including a storable fire escape ladder is described including a first frame mounted in the wall of the building and having a window support frame positioned therein with the window support frame being pivotally connected at its upper en... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4237654 | Fire escape window system A fire escape window system has a fixed outer, peripheral frame set permanently into a window opening of a wall. An inner frame carrying sash units, screens, storm glass, and the like is mounted in the outer frame on a hinge axis. The inner frame pivots f... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4236601 | Turning type emergency escape A turning type emergency escape is constituted by a rotary stowage box defining an evacuation passage therein, upper and lower covers pivoted to upper and lower portions of the inner side of the evacuation passage, a cover interlocking mechanism interlock... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4211306 | Emergency building escape ladder This invention is an interlocking, segmented, ladder for use on high rise buildings and the like; wherein, the ladder is stored horizontally between floors of such building so as to not create an unpleasant or dangerous permanent exterior structure, and w... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4164990 | Passenger evacuation apparatus An apparatus for evacuating passengers from a passenger-carrying cabin having a floor suspended above the ground comprises upper and lower plates engageable over the upper and lower sides of a vertical hole through the floor. These plates are both secured... | 08/21/1979 |
| 3963097 | Fire ladder A flexible fire ladder is stowed in a housing mounted between a pair of projecting beams within a decorative overhang over a window of a building. The housing is either underside a pivotly mounted hopper, or is formed by a soffit below the roof overhang a... | 06/15/1976 |
