Patent ID: 9701411
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A62B,B64D

Claim:
1. An evacuation slide comprising: a sliding face having a top end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an exit of a region to be evacuated, and a bottom end portion adapted to be positioned adjacent to an escape route leading away from the region to be evacuated and being arranged at a lower height than the region to be evacuated, wherein the sliding face, in the region of its top end portion, comprises a flat porch section which is connected to an inclined section of the sliding face via a transition section, wherein the sliding face is provided with a first guidance marking placed in the flat porch section of the sliding face and having a shape and orientation adapted to indicate a predefined evacuation direction in the inclined section of the sliding face, wherein a light signal generating device comprising a first lighting element is adapted to irradiate a light signal downward onto the first guidance marking, wherein the first lighting element is not located on a planar surface of the sliding face, wherein the first lighting element is fixed to a lateral limitation element extending from the sliding face along a lateral edge thereof, wherein the first guidance marking comprises a fluorescent material which is adapted to emit fluorescent radiation.