Patents by Inventor Norman Lee Reece

Norman Lee Reece 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).

  • Patent number: 6330932
    Abstract: An improved rescue device for escape from buildings having more than a single story where the device is portable and may be deployed quickly in the event of an emergency. The rescue device has a lightweight frame for attaching to a structure and a single concentric chute. At a first end of the frame of the rescue device there is a vertical block having a hinged brace arm with a clamp bar and a second end with pressure blocks at the inner portion of said second end having an acute angle which allows the frame to straddle a window ledge where the clamp bar can be preset to the window wall width and when are locked into position by the use of a over-the-center lock secures the rescue device into place allowing the rescue device to be deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Inventor: Norman Lee Reece
  • Patent number: 6098747
    Abstract: An escape device of the present invention for enabling people to escape and emergency personnel to remove injured people from burning or damaged buildings comprising a frame that has a normally folded flexible single chute securely affixed that is vertically extended for use consisting of a plurality of yarns knitted providing protection from heat and warp stability and weft expansion allows a controlled descent to the ground safely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Inventor: Norman Lee Reece
  • Patent number: 5871066
    Abstract: A rescue device for escape from buildings having more than a single story where the device is portable and may be deployed quickly in the event of an emergency. The rescue device has a lightweight frame for attaching to a structure and a single concentric chute. The lightweight frame is made of a coated tubular aluminum and has a platform to sit on as an individual prepares to evacuate the building. The frame has an outside clamp arm attached to its outer portion to provide support to the rescue device when in use and the rescue device is secured to the building by a cinch strap which secures the outside clamp arm against the outside of a building and to the inside of the building by the inside clamp arm. The inside clamp arm which is hinged to the frame such that the inside clamp arm and outside clamp arm can be folded up for easy portability of the rescue device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Inventor: Norman Lee Reece