PORTABLE ESCAPE LADDER

摘要

A portable escape ladder comprises a bracket for gripping over a building window lodge, a pair of chains suspended from the bracket and supporting a series of spaced transverse rungs therebetween and optional standoff devices attached at least to some of the rungs to hold the ladder a fixed distance from the building wall. There is provided a form of connection between the rungs and the chains in which the ends of the rungs are pressed flat and formed with an opening in which the junction of a pair of chain links is captively held. The optional stand-off devices comprises substantially flat frames with upright extensions fitting in bores formed in the respective rungs and fastened in place by snap nuts on the ends of the uprights.