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Emergency service rescue marker

  • US 5,216,418 A
  • Filed: 03/13/1990
  • Issued: 06/01/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An emergency service rescue marker for mounting on a door having first and second opposite sides and an outer edge, comprising:

  • a housing;

    an audible signal generator mounted on said housing;

    a door clamp mounted on said housing for clamping it to said door;

    said door clamp including a length of wire having a first leg mounted on said housing to extend beside and adjacent to the first side of the door, a second leg which extends from said first leg and largely perpendicular to said first leg and along a distance of about two inches to extend along the outer edge of the door, and a third leg which extends from said second leg and largely perpendicular to said second leg to extend along the second side of the door, said wire urging locations along said first and third legs toward each other to tightly clamp to the edge portion of the door;

    said housing has a first side for lying adjacent to the first side of the door in a deployed position of said door clamp, said housing also having an opposite second side which lies away from the door in said deployed position;

    said first leg has an inner end opposite said second leg, with said inner end pivotally mounted on said housing about an axis perpendicular to the length of said wire, and wherein in said deployed position said first and third legs lie respectively on the first and second sides of said door, while in said stowed position, said door clamp is turned about 180°

    about said axis from its position in said deployed position and said third leg lies at said second side of said housing.

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