Portable fire escape

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1974-12-04

1976-04-13

Machado, Reinaldo P.

Fire escape, ladder, or scaffold

Torso harness

Strand-engaging, with descent retarder

188 652, 188 654, A62B 114

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039498328

ABSTRACT:
An elongated flexible tension member is provided including a first end attachable to an upper floor portion of a building and a free end portion which may depend downwardly to ground level. A slide member is engaged with the tension member for guided movement therealong and defines a handgrip to be held by a user moving downwardly along the tension member with the slide. The slide further supports a seat portion therebelow upon which the user may be seated while grasping the handgrip defining slide and moving downwardly therewith. Also, the slide includes readily actuatable and deactuatable friction brake and clamping structure for selectively and variably braking the descent of the slide and seat portion supported therefrom along the tension member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1021361 (1912-03-01), Elliott
patent: 1187754 (1916-06-01), Lyra
patent: 1497534 (1924-06-01), Bass
patent: 3335469 (1967-08-01), Shand

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