Escape/rescue system
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1. A system for tactually indicating both the direction of an escape route and the distance to an exit thereof for use in a building structure having a floor and wall along which a person will move in following the escape route, comprising, in combination:
- a plurality of arrow-shaped members secured to the wall at determined spaced apart locations along the escape route in a position to be touched by the hand of a person moving along the floor adjacent the wall, said members being arranged with the smaller end pointing in the direction of the exit of the escape route; and
each member having on an exposed surface, to be readily touched and counted by a person moving along the escape route, an ordered number of contact points wherein the number is related to the distance to such exit from each such member, whereby a person moving along the floor may tactually determine the direction to the exit and the distance at each such member.
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An emergency evacuation path marking system employing a series of devices, each device having the tactile characteristics of shape and surface contacts, in combination, to indicate direction and distance to the nearest evacuation exit; the shape providing direction information and the surface contacts providing distance information. The devices also being capable of luminescence to aid in visual as well as tactile reference.
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1. A system for tactually indicating both the direction of an escape route and the distance to an exit thereof for use in a building structure having a floor and wall along which a person will move in following the escape route, comprising, in combination:
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a plurality of arrow-shaped members secured to the wall at determined spaced apart locations along the escape route in a position to be touched by the hand of a person moving along the floor adjacent the wall, said members being arranged with the smaller end pointing in the direction of the exit of the escape route; and each member having on an exposed surface, to be readily touched and counted by a person moving along the escape route, an ordered number of contact points wherein the number is related to the distance to such exit from each such member, whereby a person moving along the floor may tactually determine the direction to the exit and the distance at each such member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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