Patent ID: 6358057
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A firefighter training device, for training a firefighter how to properly break and clear a window, comprising:a frame, said frame substantially rectangular in shape, having a framed space defined thereby and an inside surface; a plurality of panels, each panel made of a transparent impact resistant material, the panels together capable of substantially spanning the framed space with all of the panels extending substantially coplanar, each panel having a tab, each of the panels have adjoinable edges, and the panels have moldings having molding slots for allowing the adjoinable edges to join to form the panels into a window-like configuration; and a plurality of panel retaining assemblies, each panel retaining assembly selectively holding at least one of the panels, and selectively releasing that panel upon an impact upon said panel, and each assembly having a carrier which is spring biased against the inside surface of the frame so that the panel is held in place by extending the tab between the carrier and the inside surface, each carrier having a flat bottom surface, an upper surface, and two pairs of spring anchoring holes, each pair of spring anchoring holes being on opposite ends of the carrier, wherein two pairs of coil springs extend between the spring anchoring holes on the carrier and the inside surface of the frame.