Patents by Inventor Merlyn E. Lyons

Merlyn E. Lyons has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Emergency building access apparatus
    Patent number: 4018306
    Abstract: An emergency building access apparatus permitting ready access to a multi-story building on fire and rapid evacuation of occupants from a choice of multiple of emergency exits on each floor by a safe and dependable means is a multiple of vertical railroads attached to outside walls of the building each coupled, for the emergency, to its mobile unit having a railcar, its own power source, a drive mechanism, and controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Inventor: Merlyn E. Lyons