Patent ID: 6598706
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: A62B,E06C

Abstract:
A veranda of a building comprising:a building having a room and a door to said room in a wall of said building; a veranda projecting from the outside of said building adjacent to said room such that said door partitions said room from said veranda, said veranda comprising: a stationary veranda portion projecting on the outside of said building; and a movable veranda member configured so as to form said veranda in a normal state together with said stationary veranda portion such that said movable veranda member can be used together with said stationary veranda portion as said veranda in the normal state and configured so as to form an emergency escape apparatus in an emergency state that is usable from said room by persons that are handicapped or confined to a wheelchair, wherein said movable veranda member includes: a fixing means for fixing said movable veranda member at a predetermined vertical level on said building adjacent to and level with said stationary veranda portion in the normal state, and a lowering means for controlling vertical lowering of said movable veranda member under its own weight in the emergency state; wherein said lowering means includes speed adjusting means for adjusting a descending speed of said movable veranda member in the emergency state.