Patent ID: 6472994
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: A62B,F21S,F21Y,G08B

Abstract:
An emergency guidance system comprising a support formed from a non-conductive material flexible enough to be formed into a roll so that the support can bend around the walls of corridors or follow a flight of stairs, said support having opposed surfaces, a plurality of electric circuits electrically connected to each other mounted on one surface of said support in spaced relationship to each other, the opposite surface of said support covered by an adhesive, each electric circuit including a light source, means adapted to connect the light source in each circuit to a main power source whereby the light source in each electric circuit is energized, back up power sources connected to and powered by said main power source, each back up power source mounted on said one surface and connected to each light source so that each light source in each electric circuit is independent of the main power source in the event of a failure in the main power source.