Combination emergency lighting device and exit sign

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the invention with a plain panel in the exit sign; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the second embodiment of the invention with an exit panel in the exit sign. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment only by the rear view.

The broken lines shown in the figures are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D406279
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 3, 1997
Date of Patent: Mar 2, 1999
Assignee: General Signal Corporation (Stamford, CT)
Inventors: Joseph M. LaRosa (Portland, CT), Richard Diachenko (Avon, CT), David A. Evarts (Fairfield, CT), Joseph S. Wegrzyn (Stratford, CT), John E. Studer, Jr. (Gladstone, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Susan J. Lucas
Assistant Examiner: Jennifer Rivard
Law Firm: Ware, Fressola, Van der Sluys & Adolphson LLP
Application Number: 0/73,213
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Attachable To Vertical Surface Or Hanging Type (D20/42); Signs Or Display Forms (D20/10)
International Classification: 2002;