Patent ID: 6550580
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A62B,E06B,E06C

Abstract:
A fire escape system for escaping a building on fire, the fire escape system comprising:a frame assembly being adapted for coupling to a window frame; a suspension member being coupled to said frame assembly, said suspension member being suspended from said frame assembly such that said suspension member is adapted for supporting a user escaping from the building, said suspension member being extendable between said frame assembly and the ground; a boom assembly being coupled to said frame assembly, said boom assembly having a support member; said support member of said boom assembly being coupled to said frame assembly, said suspension member being coupled to said boom assembly such that said boom assembly is adapted for suspending said suspension member a distance from a wall of the building for inhibiting the user from being burned by the burning building; said frame assembly having a base member, said base member being adapted for coupling to a pair of side portions of the window frame such that said base member is positioned across an opening of the window frame, said base member supporting said boom assembly when the user is positioned on said suspension member; said frame assembly having a brace member, said brace member being coupled to said base member, said base member being adapted for being coupled to a lower end of one of the side portions of the window frame for inhibiting rotation of said brace member with respect to said base member, said boom assembly being selectively coupled to said brace member such that said brace member supports said boom assembly when the user is positioned on said suspension member; said brace member of said frame assembly having an anchor plate, said anchor plate being adapted for coupling to one of the side portions of the window frame such that said anchor plate anchors said brace member to the window frame; and said anchor plate of said brace member having an anchoring pin, said anchoring pin outwardly extending from said anchor plate, a free end of said suspension member being selectively securable to said anchor pin such that said anchoring pin is for anchoring said suspension member to said frame assembly.