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7621374 Sectional overhead ladder with a fold assist feature  
A sectional overhead ladder with a fold assist feature for controlling the extension of the sectional overhead ladder. The fold assist feature of the sectional overhead ladder limits the...
7497773 Ceiling mounted fan ventilation device  
A ceiling mounted fan ventilation device moves a fresh inflow of air from within a room such as a garage to said attic thereof in an effective manner in order to mitigate the climatic effects on...
7357223 Platform lift apparatus with integrated ladder for accessing attic storage space  
A platform lift system includes a mounting frame that is fixedly engaged into a scuttle hole formed in a horizontal supporting surface (i.e., attic floor or room ceiling) and a foldable ladder that...
7165649 Positioning system for folding ladder and method of installation of folding ladder using positioning system  
A support frame for a folding ladder, a folding ladder positioning system, and a method for installing a folding ladder, are disclosed and pertain to folding ladders disposable within an opening,...
7159693 Window shutter escape ladder  
A novel escape system comprised of a plurality of escape devices each which resemble a window shutter, are mounted on the outside of a building, adjacent the windows vertically above the next lower...
7140466 Platform lift apparatus with integrated ladder for accessing attic storage space  
A platform lift system includes a mounting frame that is fixedly engaged into a scuttle hole formed in a horizontal supporting surface (i.e., attic floor or room ceiling) and a foldable ladder that...
6994184 Stowable ladder configured for installation in an opening  
A folding ladder is configured for installation in an opening to provide access between one floor or space and another floor or space. The folding ladder includes, in one aspect, an upper ladder...
6986485 Overhead space access stowable staircase  
An overhead area access staircase system ( 10 ) for an aircraft ( 12 ) includes an aircraft overhead module ( 20 ) and multiple stair segments ( 40 ). The stair segments ( 40 ) are actuated...
6966153 Insulating cover  
A thermal insulating cover is presented. The cover includes a top, a plurality of sides extending from the top and a wide base perimeter extending from the plurality of sides. The device may be...
6886661 Motorized access ladder for elevated areas  
A ladder apparatus for providing access to an area over an elevated structure, the ladder apparatus including a housing secured to the elevated structure wherein the housing includes a housing...
6868942 Emergency escape system  
An emergency escape system includes an escape apparatus and a door. The escape apparatus is connected to the door. The escape apparatus includes a cord and a release mechanism. The release...
6866118 Motorized access apparatus for elevated areas  
A ladder apparatus for providing access to an area over an elevated structure, the ladder apparatus including a housing secured to the elevated structure; a ladder pivotally mounted to the housing,...
6802392 Stowing stairway  
A stair is pivotable from a lowered position allowing a user to climb the stair from a lower level to an upper level, into a stowed position wherein the stair is lifted from the lower level so that...
6662901 Ladder control apparatus  
A control apparatus for a folding ladder or stairway. The control apparatus comprises a control base attachable to a section of the ladder and a control arm pivotally attached to the control base....
6578664 Window guard with quick release latching system  
A quick release latched security window guard having a framework attached to a building exterior overlying a window is held with a cam latch system including a cam rod extending through the...
6439342 Retractable step having additional step stored therein  
An apparatus having one or two steps at the election of a user. The apparatus is stored under a counter in a space that is normally wasted. When in its single step configuration the apparatus has a...
6014841 Insulated cover for attic openings  
A cover apparatus (10) is provided which is easily and quickly installed, is simple to use, and is cost effective for selective closing of an attic opening (14) and for providing a thermal and dust...
5893431 Basement emergency exit assembly  
A basement emergency exit assembly has a ladder for exiting from a basement window. The window is held within tracks mounted at the interior of the window frame. By moving the bottom of the ladder...
5628151 Multipocket means for holding insulation to prevent heat loss through an attic stairwell  
Openings such as those for attic staircases may be covered with a multipocket member having top, side, and end pockets in which insulation can be placed. The side pockets are of longer length than...
5623795 Draft insulator for an attic pull-down staircase  
A draft insulator kit for use with an attic pull-down staircase comprises a dimensioned enclosure held together with plastic rivets and resting on weather stripping placed directly on the framing...
5395075 Stair and stairwell construction for connecting two decks in an aircraft  
A stair and stairwell construction for interconnecting two different decks, especially in an aircraft, includes stair treads, stringers, and a stairwell enclosure or housing. At least one of the...
5343977 Ladder shield  
An improved safety shield for permanent ladders of the type having a pair of side rails and a plurality of rungs permanently secured to a support structure such as storage tanks, smoke stacks,...
5220757 Thermal stairway cover  
A thermal stairway cover is disclosed for insulating a stairway opening containing a pull-down, ceiling stairway leading to an attic. A plate is movable between a first position which closes the...
5174411 Ladder improvements  
A loft ladder which can be pivotally and slidably mounted to loft opening has counterbalancing means including a resiliently biased pivotal arm, connected to the loft ladder by a link member...
5131492 Portable lightweight collapsible footstool with means for detachably mountable  
A collapsible folding step-stool which is mountable to a cabinet door. The step stool comprises (1) a bracket mountable to the cabinet door; (2) a platform movable between a lowered, generally...
5103934 Method and apparatus for providing a fire escape for a multi-story building  
An emergency escape system for multistory buildings in which stair units are stored in recesses in the floor of each above grade level of the building. The stair units are released for gravity...
5085290 Foldaway stool mounted to inside of cabinet door  
A foldaway step device for use in conjunction with a cabinet door, having a mounting plate (25) which is fixedly secured to the lower portion of the door (18), a step surface (37), legs (42), (43),...
5082087 Shopping cart placement structure with stairway  
There is disclosed a shopping cart placement structure with means for children to ascend the stairway and seat themselves in the child seat of a shopping cart, such structure including a base to...
5080192 Ladder with warning gate  
A ladder is disclosed which includes gate members to block access to the ladder. The gate members preferably include a warning against unauthorized use of the ladder. The ladder may be mounted on...
4928441 Attic access stairway cover  
A box-shaped enclosure, open on its bottom, pivotally mounted over an attic access stairway, so a foldable, downward stairway mounted in the opening, may be upwardly raised and stored therewithin.
4919235 Fire exit system  
A fire escape system is described in which a latched escape door in a building is unlatched by withdrawal of a restraining pin from a latch mechanism, producing automatic opening of the door by any...
4881619 Device for barring access to the top of a vertical tubular duct  
Access to the top of a caged ladder (2, 3) is barred by the device of the invention which comprises a door panel (6) and a closure member (10) both hinged about respective vertical axes (7b, 12),...
4815561 Escape device  
An escape device in accordance with the present invention includes an escape opening through the outside wall of a building at second and higher floor level, such opening being tall enough to allow...
4664225 Device for preventing access to ladders  
A panel (6) has a flap (9) for closing a person-passing opening (4') (e.g. leading into a ladder cage (4)) and is pivotally mounted to one of the risers of the ladder (1). A locking element (10)...
4658555 Attic hatchway insulating cover  
An insulating cover provides a easily removed thermal barrier over a hatchway used for access to an attic or other unheated area located above a heated living space. A cap, besides providing...
4583466 Step lift for railway cars  
Apparatus for railway cars to handle the ingress and egress of passengers through a door opening where the apparatus selectively provides at the exterior of the car at the door opening an...
4567074 Insulating trap door cover  
A trap door cover consists of a generally rectangular frame. Molding strips are connected to the peripheries of the frame such that the finished frame resembles a picture frame. A slab of...
4541208 Insulating cover for pull down stairs  
An insulating cover is disclosed for enclosing an opening in a building floor containing a folding stairs which has a pair of tracks mounted adjacent the opening. An inverted box-like structure of...
4524848 Device for deterring unauthorized climbing of permanent ladders  
A climbing deterrence device is attached to a vertical ladder leading to a water tank or the like. The device is configured to prevent unauthorized people from climbing the ladder and obtaining...
4453684 Step operated locking mechanism for aircraft lower door  
Upper and lower sectional doors of rectangular configuration are mounted within an aircraft fuselage door frame and hinged for pivoting about horizontal axes at the upper and lower horizontal edges...
4445589 Window assembly including a storable fire escape  
A window assembly including a storable fire escape ladder is described including a first frame mounted in the wall of the building and having a window support frame positioned therein with the...
4344505 Insulation cap for disappearing stairwells  
A rigid block of insulative material, such as expanded polystyrene or having an R value of 19 is mounted above the opening in the ceiling in which a disappearing staircase is mounted. The block is...
4244443 Drawer type emergency escape  
A drawer type emergency escape is constituted by a stowage box attached to a support, a slidable frame normally received in the stowage box and extended out of the stowage box as the escape is...
4211306 Emergency building escape ladder  
This invention is an interlocking, segmented, ladder for use on high rise buildings and the like; wherein, the ladder is stored horizontally between floors of such building so as to not create an...
4180142 Emergency escape openable skylight  
An emergency escape openable skylight is provided with a resiliently biased openable cover with at least a substantial portion of the openable cover being constructed of a transparent material. The...
4176812 Midcabin door for blended wing aircraft  
An aircraft in which the fuselage and wings are configured in a blended wing design has a door opening in the fuselage adjacent the wing and a door assembly for closing the door opening. The door...
4175495 Entrance step arrangement for a short distance transport vehicle  
An entrance step arrangement particularly for short distance vehicles, especially rail vehicles, which has at least one intermediate step, a cover for covering up the step or steps, a foldable...
4151894 Insulating cover for pull down stair  
An insulating cover larger than and fitting over the opening in an upper floor between the upper floor and an adjacent lower floor of a structure which has an open top, box-like shape with a pair...
4089538 Lowerable step assembly for interior side of hinged doors  
Disclosed are lowerable step assemblies as an accessory confined between the upright hinged-edge and free-edge of a door, and especially adapted for a motor vehicle door. The step assembly includes...
3997025 Access door and ladder structure for silo  
A silo door structure having a ladder rung assembly on which the door is supported, the rung assembly including vertical pivot pin extensions received within vertical apertures formed in the top...
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