Patent ID: 6968924

Claim:
In combination with an interior door of a building, a compact, portable, self-aligning anchor of an emergency escape system for rescuing persons from said building, said anchor comprising: a hemi-spherical housing, said housing having a thin outer wall and a large circular diametral portion, and an aperture opposite said circular diametral portion; a plate having end portions attached to an outer edge of said circular diametral portion, said plate having an aperture which is aligned with said aperture of said housing; a tubular rope guide extending through said housing from said aperture of housing and through said plate and then outwardly from said plate tubular rope guide extends outwardly away from diametral portion of said plate for a distance which is about 0.40 the diameter of said diametral portion for self-aligning said anchor with respect to said interior door of said building, said tubular rope guide having an axis in perpendicular relationship with said circular diametral portion; a short rope having one end portion attached to said housing and a portion extending through said tubular rope guide; and a carabiner clip on an opposite end portion of said rope for attaching said emergency escape system.