Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Torso harness – With pole encircling or grasping means
Patent
1986-11-14
1989-05-09
Chin-Shue, Alvin C.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Torso harness
With pole encircling or grasping means
182 82, A62B 120
Patent
active
048280720
ABSTRACT:
An emergency escape/fire fighting and building maintenance system including columns mounted to the exterior of a building for guiding either an escape slider or a fireman or maintenance lift. Each column has an inner and outer face which either assists in controlling the rate of descent of the escape slider or provides a means for allowing a fireman's lift or maintenance lift to climb the columns. The slider includes a harness and a body member which is engageable with and slidable down the column. The body member includes brake pad surfaces to provide an automatic braking system in the event the user is unable to maintain the desired escape posture and control his descending speed. Manual braking system is added to the alternate slider designs. The slider is intended to be used by able bodied persons since its descending speed is in part to be controlled by the user himself. After this system is placed into service, sliders for disabled persons and/or those physically not too fit persons may be developed at a later date.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4406349 (1983-09-01), Vilchek
patent: 4499966 (1985-02-01), Milne et al.
patent: 4629032 (1986-12-01), Armstrong
LandOfFree
High rise building fire escape/fire fighting and building mainte does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with High rise building fire escape/fire fighting and building mainte, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and High rise building fire escape/fire fighting and building mainte will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-83043