Patent ID: 7861468
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A window well for use by a person to escape through a window formed in a basement wall, comprising: a vertically disposed and generally U-shaped body member including an outer wall, opposite side walls, and an open upper end; said body member having a lower end and a horizontally disposed upper end; said upper end of said body member having an inverted U-shape; a generally rectangular shaped and horizontally disposed spacer member secured to said upper ends of said side walls and extending therebetween; said spacer member including a top wall having an inner end, and outer end, and downwardly extending side edges which have lower ends; said spacer member having a member with opposite ends, at its underside and which has an upwardly extending recess formed in each of its opposite ends with said recesses cooperating with said side edges of said spacer member to define inverted U-shaped channels which receive the inverted U-shaped upper ends of said side walls so that said side walls may not move towards one another or move away from one another; said outer end of said spacer member having a recess formed therein which extends horizontally inwardly between said side edges thereof; a one-piece lid, having inner and outer ends, removably positioned on said upper end of said outer wall and said upper ends of said side walls outwardly of said spacer; said inner end of said lid being selectively removably received by said recess in said outer end of said spacer to maintain said lid in position on said body member and to prevent rainwater or debris from entering the interior of the window well; said body member being comprised of a composite material.