Patent ID: 7634830
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: A62B,B66F

Abstract:
1. An escape implement for assisting a firefighter in exiting a burning building through a window, the window being placed in a wall of the building and having a corner at an intersection between adjacent window frame members, the escape implement comprising: an elongate bar extending in a longitudinal direction and having longitudinally spaced apart first and second ends; sharp-ended members affixed to and projecting from the bar at longitudinally spaced apart locations along the bar adjacent each end of the bar, the sharp-ended members extending in the same lateral directions and lying in a common plane containing the longitudinal direction; a looped member coupled with the bar at a fixed location intermediate the sharp-ended members, the looped member being dimensioned and configured for suspending an escape line therefrom, the looped member comprising a ring coupled with the bar for swiveling about the longitudinal direction; the longitudinally spaced apart locations being placed on the bar such that upon anchoring the sharp-ended members within the wall with each sharp-ended member placed adjacent a corresponding adjacent window frame member, the bar will be juxtaposed with the corner of the window to locate the looped member in juxtaposition with the corner for suspending the escape line from the window to outside the burning building.