Patent ID: 6244380
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: A62B,E06C

Abstract:
A fire escape assembly device for high rise buildings having a patio including an outer railing on an above-ground building floor, comprising:piping, wherein each of two vertical upright pipes are securable to a floor of the patio and a transverse pipe runs approximately perpendicular to and connects the vertical upright pipes, to be approximately parallel to a floor of the patio.three annular ring elements stackable on one another including a cover, a hollow center ring and a bottom disc,a hinge bracket connecting the center ring to the transverse pipe, said hinge bracket rotatable on the transverse pipe and being of a length to cover a distance between the piping and the outer railing,a plurality of chain elements circumferentially spaced around the center ring,a ladder including vertical sides formed from two adjacent chain elements of the plurality of chain elements and including a series of steps, the vertical sides of the ladder attaching to a first and second end of each step,the plurality of chain elements and the ladder hanging from the center ring and terminating at the bottom disc,wherein when the device is in stored position the ladder and chain elements are stored in the annular ring elements, the annular ring elements are stacked, the hinge bracket is perpendicular to the transverse pipe and the device hangs on the transverse piping andwherein an active position of the device is reached by rotating the hinge bracket approximately 270 degrees for the hinge bracket to rest on the outer railing of the patio thereby allowing the plurality of chain elements, the ladder and the bottom disc to fall and hang from the center ring and wherein the cover is removed, andwherein in the active position of the device, the plurality of chain elements, the ladder and the bottom disc are positionable adjacent to an escape floor below the floor of the patio.