Fire escape – ladder – or scaffold – Traversing – track-mounted
Patent
1984-07-05
1985-12-03
Machado, Reinaldo P.
Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold
Traversing, track-mounted
182 10, 182 82, 182150, 182193, 187 12, A62B 120
Patent
active
045561230
ABSTRACT:
An evacuation system for nonambulatory patients from a multistory hospital or the like. A trackway is secureable to a wall of a stairwell and includes a hanger rail support. A hanger is rotatably associable with the hanger rail support and has elongated elements suspended from same for securement to a wheelchair, stretcher, or the like. A brake system is associated with the hanger to normally brake rollers, wheels, or the like of same against movement. A brake release apparatus is operatively associated with the brake system from the hanger for actuation by a patient or attendant to permit the hanger to carry the patient along the trackway.
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