Patents by Inventor Van L. Brooks

Van L. Brooks 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing a fire escape for a multi-story building
    Patent number: 5103934
    Abstract: 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 depolyment to the next below balcony in an emergency, and a cover panel is opened to enable egress by building occupants through the recess, down the deployed stairs to the next balcony and so on until ground level is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Inventor: Van L. Brooks