Abstract: A portable fire extinguisher is disclosed which includes a cylinder for storing a pressurized fire extinguishing agent and has a neck portion defining an outlet, and a flexible hermetic seal supported across the outlet of the cylinder, wherein the flexible hermetic seal is adapted and configured to transition between: an unexpanded condition corresponding to an unpressurized cylinder; an expanded condition corresponding to a pressurized cylinder; and a bursted condition corresponding to an opened cylinder.

Abstract: A portable fire extinguisher is disclosed which includes a cylinder for storing a pressurized fire extinguishing agent and has a neck portion defining an outlet, and a flexible hermetic seal supported across the outlet of the cylinder, wherein the flexible hermetic seal is adapted and configured to transition between: an unexpanded condition corresponding to an unpressurized cylinder; an expanded condition corresponding to a pressurized cylinder; and a bursted condition corresponding to an opened cylinder.

Abstract: A portable fire extinguisher is disclosed which includes a cylinder for storing a pressurized fire extinguishing agent and has a neck portion defining an outlet, and a flexible hermetic seal supported across the outlet of the cylinder, wherein the flexible hermetic seal is adapted and configured to transition between: an unexpanded condition corresponding to an unpressurized cylinder; an expanded condition corresponding to a pressurized cylinder; and a bursted condition corresponding to an opened cylinder.

Abstract: A portable fire extinguisher is disclosed which includes a cylinder for storing a pressurized fire extinguishing agent and has a neck portion defining an outlet, and a flexible hermetic seal supported across the outlet of the cylinder, wherein the flexible hermetic seal is adapted and configured to transition between: an unexpanded condition corresponding to an unpressurized cylinder; an expanded condition corresponding to a pressurized cylinder; and a bursted condition corresponding to an opened cylinder.

Abstract: A portable fire extinguisher is disclosed which includes a cylinder for storing a pressurized fire extinguishing agent and has a neck portion defining an outlet, and a flexible hermetic seal supported across the outlet of the cylinder, wherein the flexible hermetic seal is adapted and configured to transition between: an unexpanded condition corresponding to an unpressurized cylinder; an expanded condition corresponding to a pressurized cylinder; and a bursted condition corresponding to an opened cylinder.

Abstract: A collapsible ladder arrangement includes, a plurality of rungs, and at least one webbing support that is frictionally engaged with each of the plurality of rungs to resist relative movement between the at least one webbing support and each of the plurality of rungs. The frictional engagement is established without an end of the at least one webbing support having been threaded through an opening in the plurality of rungs and without the at least one webbing support frictionally engaging with itself.

Abstract: An escape ladder provides emergency egress from a dwelling and generally comprises a hook assembly connected to a ladder assembly. The hook assembly includes a pair of laterally spaced clamps and the ladder assembly includes a pair of straps attached to the clamps and a series of rungs extending between the straps. Each clamp comprises an upper hook and a lower hook connected via a hinge. The pair of clamps are connected via a collapsible stabilizer bar. The hinges and stabilizer bar permit the clamps of the hook assembly to be folded and compressed to form an un-deployed configuration of the hook assembly. The rungs are of common cross-sectional shape permitting them to be nested in an un-deployed configuration of the ladder assembly. The escape ladder of the present invention provides secure attachment to the dwelling, folds into an un-deployed package that small and compact for storage, yet is assembled to provide user-friendly deployment that can be reliably deployed in a high stress situation.