Patent ID: 6994182

Claim:
An escape device for use in a building comprising: a plurality of flexible tubes ( 8 ); a plurality of retractable elastic members ( 6 ) intermittently and laterally formed on the plurality of flexible tubes ( 8 ); each of the plurality of flexible tubes ( 8 ) vertically oriented with a bracket ( 9 ) formed on a top portion thereof, the bracket ( 9 ) comprising an escape entrance ( 11 ) formed thereon; and wherein, the escape device is adapted to be secured on the building by the bracket ( 9 ), and the escape entrance ( 11 ) is formed on a side of the bracket ( 9 ), characterized in that a joint opening ( 15 ) is on a top of the bracket ( 9 ), at least one of the flexible tubes ( 8 ) and the plurality of the flexible tubes ( 8 ) are vertically aligned so that a bottom end of an upper flexible tube ( 8 ) extends across the joint opening ( 15 ) of the bracket ( 9 ) formed on a top portion of a lower flexible tube ( 8 ) and into a lower flexible tube ( 8 ).