Patent ID: 7195100
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
1. A method for providing escape from a building, the building having a building design, the method comprising: identifying interfering features for the building; identifying escape routes for the building; determining an external building escape device configuration, the configuration varying based on the identified interfering features, the identified escape routes, and the building design; and preparing the building for the external building escape device configuration; wherein determining an external building escape device configuration includes: identifying at least one escape area for the building; wherein the building has a plurality of floors and a ground level, wherein each of the at least one escape area includes an escape area width and an escape area height, wherein a first one of the at least one escape area is identified as including a plurality of first escape area floors between the ground level and the escape area height for the first one of the at least one escape area, and wherein a second one and each additional one of the at least one escape area has an escape area width equal to the escape area width for the first one of the at least one escape area; and wherein each floor has a floor height, wherein the escape area width of the first one of the at least one escape area equals a width of a planar face of the building, wherein the planar face of the building includes a number of identified escape routes for the first one of the at least one escape area, and wherein the first one of the at least one escape area has a height equal to a product of the height of each floor and twice the number of identified escape routes for the first one of the at least one escape area.