Patent ID: 7730674

Claim:
A window well for use by a person to escape through a window formed in a basement wall, comprising: a generally U-shaped body member including an outer wall, opposite side walls, and an open upper end; said walls having inner and outer surfaces; said body member having upper and lower ends; said side walls having vertically disposed inner edges; an upstanding stair structure positioned at said inner surface of said outer wall; said stair structure including a plurality of vertically spaced-apart, inverted U-shaped steps; each of said steps having upper and lower ends; each of said steps having an inverted U-shaped upper end portion with forward and rearward sides, a web extending downwardly and rearwardly from said forward side of said U-shaped upper end portion, and a lower end portion which is disposed rearwardly of the upper end portion of a step positioned therebelow to provide a handhold at the upper end of each of said steps; a spacer member secured to said upper ends of said side walls adjacent said inner edges thereof and extending therebetween to prevent relative movement therebetween; said spacer member having inner and outer ends and opposite side edges; a lid removably positioned on said upper end of said outer wall and said upper ends of said side walls outwardly of said spacer; said body member of said stair structure being comprised of a composite material.