Patent ID: 7549256
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: E04F,E06C

Abstract:
1. A stackable window well assembly for retaining soil at a window having a sill height lower than an adjacent ground elevation, said window well assembly comprising: a plurality of U-shaped walls having smooth interior surfaces and corrugated exterior surfaces respectively, wherein said smooth interior surface extends along a vertical plane defined along an entire height of said U-shaped walls respectively, said U-shaped walls being formed from deformably resilient polyvinyl material such that said exterior surfaces can be resiliently biased from the vertical plane and thereby adapted to a stressed position for fitting within confined subterranean regions surrounding the foundation window wall; means for vertically stacking said U-shaped wall in such a manner that a top edge of a first one of said U-shaped walls directly receives a bottom edge of a second one of said U-shaped walls; a plurality of ladders directly seated against said interior surfaces of said U-shaped walls for assisting a user to climb up and over said U-shaped walls during exiting procedures; means for snapping-on said ladders directly to said interior surfaces of said U-shaped walls such that each of said ladders can be independently and simultaneously detached from a corresponding one of said U-shaped walls as desired by the user; and a safety grill directly mounted on top of said second U-shaped wall, said safety grill having an outer edge contiguously extending along a top edge of said second U-shaped wall in such a manner that the user is prohibited from stepping downwardly into a cavity defined between said U-shaped walls and the foundation window wall when said safety grill is attached to said second U-shaped wall.