Fire safety window and interior door marker

• US 5,309,863 A
• Filed: 02/01/1993
• Issued: 05/10/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert H. Leeb Jr
• Original Assignee: Robert H. Leeb Jr
• Inventors: Leeb, Robert H. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WORTH, WILLIE M
• Application Number:
  US08/011,771
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 116/205, 116/DIG. 17, 40/570, 40/630, 40/594, D 6/300, D 6/309, 359/838, 359/871, 428/912.2
• US Class Current: 116/205
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/062 indicating emergency exits
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 116/17 Tactile

Abstract

A fire safety interior door marker including a plate with a front side and a rear side. The front side has a reflective surface area and a tactile surface area. The rear side of the plate is provided with an adhesive backing, normally covered by a release sheet, for securing the plate to an exit door or beneath a window Also disclosed is a method for visually and tactually indicating the location of an escape door or window for use during a fire in a building.

Claims

1. A fire safety interior door and window exit marker comprising:

a plate having a front side and a rear side;

said front side having a reflective surface area and a tactile surface area, one of which is bounded by the other, said tactile surface area including a multiplicity of spacedapart protrusions disposed in a multi-line array; and

means for attaching said rear side of said plate to an exit door or beneath a window.

wherein said attaching means includes an adhesive backing affixed to said rear side of said plate with an outer covering release sheet.

2. The marker according to claim 1, wherein said plate is circular in shape.

3. The marker according to claim 2, wherein said reflective surface area and said tactile surface areas are concentric circular areas.

4. The marker according to claim 3, wherein said tactile surface area includes a multiplicity of spaced apart protrusions discernible by touch.

5. The marker according to claim 1, wherein said protrusions have a truncated cone-shaped profile.

6. The marker according to claim 5, wherein said plate is formed from plastic.

7. A fire safety interior door and window exit marker comprising:

a plate having a front side and a rear side;

said front side having a reflective surface area and a tactile surface area, one of which is bounded by the other, said tactile surface area including a multiplicity of spaced-apart protrusions disposed in a multi-line array; and

means for attaching said rear side of said plate to an exit door or beneath a window, wherein said attaching means includes said plate having a plurality of spaced-apart holes for acceptance of screws.

8. A method for visually and tactually identifying an escape door or window for use during a fire in a building structure having a floor and a wall in which a person moves along comprising the steps of:

securing a fire safety exit marker comprising a plate having a reflective surface area and a tactile surface area, one of which is bounded by the other, said tactile surface area including a multiplicity of spaced-apart protrusions disposed in a multi-line array onto a room exit door, or directly beneath an exit window, approximately twelve inches above the floor.