Patent ID: 6012549
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A62B,E06C

Abstract:
An escape device, comprising:a pair of spaced apart arms adapted for engaging a generally vertically oriented wall;each of said arms having a generally J-shaped upper portion adapted for hooking onto a sill, a main portion extending at an obtuse angle from said upper portion, and a spacing portion extending from said main portion and being adapted for abutting an outer surface of a building;a stabilizer bar extending between said arms; anda ladder portion extending from free ends of said main portions of said arms, said ladder portion having a pair of deformable lines and a plurality of rungs coupled to said lines at equally spaced intervals along a length of said lines wherein said ladder portion has a bottom rung and positionable in a retractable orientation and a deployed orientation, said bottom rung having cavities extending into opposite ends thereof, each of said arms having an aperture therethrough, a pair of retainer pins being insertable therethrough said apertures of said arms and into said cavities of said bottom rung for pinning said bottom rung to said arms.