Public building and school evacuation system
View Patent ↗A building evacuation system designed for the occupants of a building to escape pursuit or peril, such as fire, violence, natural catastrophe, or other emergency utilizing a deployed emergency exit incorporated into a building's exterior wall, such as a hinged latched window having an emergency exit deployment actuator mounted near the emergency exit that will simultaneously deploy an inflatable chute at the emergency exit, activate an internal audio and/or visual indicator to a central location that the emergency exit has been deployed, and initiate an automated text or voice message to the appropriate authorities, such as police and/or fire department, that the stated location's emergency exit has been deployed.
1. An emergency escape system in a building, said emergency escape system comprises;
a) a linkage assembly having an actuator, a spring bob, a spring and a linking element, said linkage assembly configured to move from an engaged position to a disengaged position, said engaged position being when the actuator is directly connected to the spring bob, said disengaged position being when the actuator is disconnected from the spring bob;
b) a latched window hingedly attached in an exterior wall of the building, said window incorporating part of said linkage assembly, said actuator positioned proximate said latched window, said linkage assembly configured to allow the window to be unlatched and opened when said linkage assembly is moved to said disengaged position, said linkage assembly configured to prevent the window from opening when in said engaged position;
c) a housing enclosing an inflatable chute, said housing fixedly attached beneath said latched window;
d) an alarm circuit incorporating an alarm within said building, said alarm configured and arranged to notify occupants of said building that an emergency exit has been activated as a result of said actuator moving said linkage assembly to the disengaged position, and said alarm configured and arranged to transmit a telephonic communication to civil authorities that the emergency exit for a specified location has been activated as a result of said actuator moving said linkage assembly to the disengaged position; and
e) said spring bob mechanically linked to a valve, said valve configured to open to release gas propellant that inflates said chute upon movement from said engaged position to said disengaged position, so that said emergency escape system is configured to inflate said chute as a result of moving the actuator which causes said linkage assembly to move to the disengaged position which causes the spring to move the spring bob which causes the linking element to open the valve and inflate said chute.
2. The emergency escape system of claim 1 , wherein said chute is configured to deploy into engagement with a ground surface as a result of said gas propellant being released and inflating said chute.