Emergency access system for a structure
View Patent ↗An emergency access system comprising a structure having therein at least two rooms with at least one common wall between them and an exterior wall, at least one bi-directional access opening defined in at least one selected from an exterior wall and common wall, a sheet of material with a bi-directional breakaway panel sized to substantially fill the access opening, the sheet affixed and in-line to at least one wall, the breakaway panel is a double panel, one panel on each side of an internal framed structure allowing entry from either room, and at least one bi-directional breakaway mounting fastener retaining each panel within each opening and, under pressure, breakably releasing the panel whereby an access opening enables a person in an emergency to release the breakaway mounting panel by applying pressure to the panel, thus allowing emergency access.
1. An emergency access system comprising:
a. a structure having therein at least two rooms with at least one common wall between the rooms and an exterior wall;
b. at least one bi-directional access opening defined in at the least one selected from an exterior wall and common wall;
c. a sheet of material with a bi-directional breakaway panel sized to substantially fill the bi-directional access opening, the sheet affixed and in-line to at least one wall;
d. the bidirectional breakaway panel is a double panel, one panel on each side of an internal framed structure in the at least one selected from exterior and common wall allowing entry from either room; and
e. the sheet of material wherein the bi-directional breakaway panel is defined by scoring the interior sides of the sheet, thus creating the bi-directional breakaway panel releasably affixed to each wall,
whereby a person striking the bi-directional breakaway panel reveals the bi-directional access opening created in the sheet and the common wall, enabling a person in an emergency, to move to the adjacent room through the created opening.
2. The system of claim 1 , where the wall material is selected from at least one of a group consisting of drywall, plaster and lath, oriented strand board, plywood, paneling, fiber board, plastic, foam, concrete, brick, veneer, and metal.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein a room side of the wall is marked indicating the existence of a breakaway emergency access opening.
4. The system of claim 1 , where at least one opening is in communication with a sensor relaying information to at least one monitoring station when the breakaway panel is released.
5. The system of claim 4 , where the monitoring station is selected from analog, a microprocessor, a microcontroller, and a programmable logic controller.
6. The system of claim 4 , including at least one sensor selected from light, motion, vibration, circuit continuity, temperature, electric fields, and sound, each sensor in communication with the monitor station.
7. The system of claim 6 , where the sensor communicates wirelessly with a monitoring station.
8. The system of claim 4 , wherein a monitoring station further comprises a display and user interface displaying at least one sensor status.
9. The system of claim 4 , where a monitoring station wirelessly communicates with a remote device displaying the sensor inputs and receive user inputs.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein an internal framed structure is affixed to the inside of the wall around a perimeter of the opening to assist with penetration by reducing the flexing of the wall material causing the material to more easily break.
11. An emergency access system comprising:
a. a structure having therein with at least two rooms having at least one common wall between rooms;
b. at least one bi-directional access opening defined in the at least one common wall;
c. a sheet of material with a bi-directional breakaway panel sized to substantially fill the bi-directional access opening, the sheet affixed and in-line to at least one wall;
d. the bidirectional breakaway panel is a double panel, one panel on each side of the internal framed structure in the at least one and common wall allowing entry from either room;
e. the sheet of material wherein the bi-directional breakaway panel is defined by scoring the interior sides of the sheet, thus creating the bi-directional breakaway panel releasably affixed to each wall;
f. at least one sensor adapted to create an alarm condition upon at least one panel being released; and
g. a monitoring station in communication with each sensor,
whereby a person striking the bi-directional breakaway panel reveals the bi-directional access opening created in the sheet and the common wall, enabling a person in an emergency, to move to the adjacent room through the created opening and signaling the opening has been breached.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein an internal framed structure is affixed to the inside of the wall around a perimeter of the opening to assist with penetration by reducing the flexing of the wall material causing the material to more easily break.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the breakaway panel is a double panel, one panel on each side of an internal framed structure allowing entry from either room.