Abstract
The present invention discloses a vehicular emergency device wherein the driver or passenger's are unable to escape from the vehicle due to damage from the accident. The device consists of a hand-held tool that is equipped with a removable clip, an economic handgrip, a seat belt cutter, a tungsten carbide coated steel probe that is used to shatter automotive glass with a single stroke. The device disclosed herein is made of high density molded plastic that will withstand pressures likely to be encountered in an emergency situation.
Claims
1. A multi-functional vehicle escape device comprising: a ergonomic designed hand held device made of rigid ABS plastic, a seat belt cutter to release a jammed or inoperative vehicle seat belt, a single strike tungsten carbide steel probe that contains at least 16% tungsten carbide, a single removable clip that enables the escape device to be conveniently located on a window visor, a ruler comprising a top surface and a bottom surface the top surface which serves as means to remove debris adhering to window glass in event of an accident, and a plurality of hex head fittings incorporated into the escape device to aid the motorist to remove hex head bolts to aid in escaping from the vehicle.
2. A multi-functional vehicle escape device of claim 1 wherein the escape device is made of a molded rigid composite material.
3. A multi-functional vehicle escape device of claim 1 wherein the seat belt cutter consists of an inverted V-shaped structure that has a sharp blade to cut the fabric of a seat belt with a single stroke.
4. A multi-functional vehicle escape device of claim 1 wherein the tungsten carbide steel probe is made with 16%-32% tungsten carbide.
5. A multi-functional vehicle escape device of claim 1 wherein the bottom of the ruler extends laterally further than the top surface of the ruler thus enabling debris adhering to the window glass to be easily removed.
6. A multi-functional vehicle escape device of claim 1 wherein there are six hex head fittings.
7. A alternate embodiment of a multi-functional vehicle escape device comprising: a ergonomic designed hand held device made of rigid plastic, a seat belt cutter to release a jammed or inoperative vehicle seat belt, a single strike spring loaded tungsten carbide steel probe to shatter a vehicle window that is no longer functional due to damage incurred from an accident, a single strike tungsten carbide steel probe that contains at least 16% tungsten carbide, a single removable clip that enables the escape device to be conveniently located on a window visor, a ruler consisting of a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface which serves as means to remove debris adhering to window glass in event of an accident, and a plurality of hex head fittings incorporated into the escape device to aid the motorist to remove hex head bolts.
8. A multi-functional vehicle escape device of claim 7 wherein the seat belt cutter comprises an inverted V-shaped structure that is equipped with a blade to cut a seat belt with a single stroke.
9. A multi-functional vehicle escape device of claim 8 wherein the tungsten carbide steel probe is made with 16%-32% tungsten carbide.
10. A multi-functional vehicle escape device of claim 8 wherein the removable clip enables the escape device to be easily stored in a glove compartment.
11. A multi-functional vehicle escape device of claim 8 wherein the bottom edge of the ruler extends laterally further than the top surface of the ruler thus enabling debris adhering to the window glass to be easily removed.
12. A multi-functional vehicle escape device of claim 8 wherein there are three hex head fittings to enable the vehicle occupant to remove a variety of different sized hex head bolts.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) FIG. 1 discloses a perspective front and left side view of the multi-functional hand held emergency escape device that will enable the occupants of a vehicle involved in an accident to escape from the vehicle.
(2) FIG. 2 discloses a perspective front and right side view of the multi-functional hand held emergency escape device.
(3) FIG. 3 discloses the rear view of the multi-functional hand held emergency escape device.
(4) FIG. 4 discloses an exploded view of the multi-functional hand held emergency escape device.
(5) FIG. 5 discloses a perspective view of another embodiment of the multi-functional hand held emergency escape device equipped with a spring loaded tungsten carbide probe.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(6) The present invention provides an improved multi-functional emergency escape device to be used in a vehicular emergency that enables driver or the passengers within the vehicle to escape from the vehicle when the doors are damaged and not operable and/or the seat belt is inoperable due to damage incurred from the accident. The multi-use survival device has a number of features that are not present in prior inventions designed to be used in a vehicular emergency. The specifics of the present invention are disclosed below.
(7) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the of the multi-functional emergency vehicle escape device (10) showing the front and left side views, respectively. Device (10) is made of a light weight, yet durable, ABS plastic that is injection molded to form an ergonomic designed hand held device. ABS plastic has characteristics of strength and resistance to damage from impacts and is ideally suited for device (10). Device (10) is strong enough to withstand the forces typically involved in emergency use situations. It is very rigid and can withstand the pressures encountered in attempting to cut a seat belt or smash an automotive glass window. This also applies to windows that are coded with a window darkening substance or a coated film. The name of the emergency escape device is termed the Extractor (11) since its primary use is to escape from a damaged vehicle. Device (10) is designed to be hand held and incorporates an opening in the structure for one's hand to be inserted (20). The ergonomic hand grip (21) is designed to enable one to efficiently grip device (10) and hold it firmly within one's hand. The seat belt cutter (30) located on the left side device (10) and consist of an exterior portion of the blade holder (31), a sharp blade (32), a blade slot (33) in which blade (32) is inserted, and an interior portion of blade holder (34). On the right side of device (10) is the automotive window breaking apparatus consisting of a tungsten carbide tipped steel probe (40) that is designed to shatter automotive window glass with a single strike. This is primarily due to the use of a tungsten carbide tip which is at least made of 16% tungsten carbide. Tungsten carbide is considered one of the hardest metals available for commercial use. It is nearly as hard as diamond on the scale of hardness. The tungsten carbide content can be increased beyond 16% to enhance further the efficacy of the tungsten carbide probe (40). During the manufacture of device (10), the tungsten carbide steel probe (40) is inserted in a channel located on the right side of device (10). Probe (40) is held in position by compression fitting. Channel (41) not shown herein is drilled to be slightly smaller than the diameter of the tungsten carbide probe (40) and held securely in device (10). The top portion of the device (10) contains a ruler (50) containing a top edge (51) which can be used as a scraper to remove debris from the windshield. It also be used as a scraper ice. The bottom edge of ruler (50) protrudes a few millimeters from top edge (51) to help remove debris from device (10) while being used as a scraper by diverting the debris away from device (10). Slightly below bottom edge of ruler (50) is an indentation or depression (53) in the body of device (10) to attach a removable clip (60). Indentation (53) in a different embodiment can actually be a opening in which to receive removable clip (60). The interior surface of removable clip (60) has several elevated projections to firmly hold device (10) in position on the window visor. Device (10) is also equipped with hex head fittings (70, 71, 72, 73, 74) ranging in a variety of sizes from 0.7942 to 1.27 cm. Device (10) can also be used as a tool to either secure or remove hex head bolts.
(8) FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the front and right side of the multi-functional emergency vehicle escape device (10) showing the front and left side views, respectively. Device (10) is injection molded to form an ergonomic designed hand held device. Device (10) is strong enough to withstand the forces typically involved in emergency use situations. The name of the emergency escape device is the Extractor (11) since its primary use is to escape from a damaged vehicle. Device (10) is designed to be hand held and incorporates an opening in the structure for one's hand to be inserted (20). The ergonomic hand grip (21) is designed to enable one to efficiently grip device (10) and hold it firmly within one's hand. The seat belt cutter (30) located on the left side of device (10) and consist of an exterior portion of the blade holder (31), a sharp blade (32), a blade slot (33) in which blade (32) is inserted, and an interior portion of bladed holder (34). On the right side of device (10) is a tungsten carbide tipped steel probe (40) that is designed to shatter automotive window glass with a single strike. This is primarily due to the use of a tungsten carbide tip which is at least made of 16% tungsten carbide. The tungsten carbide content can be increased beyond 16% to enhance further the efficacy of the tungsten carbide probe (40). During the manufacture of device (10), the tungsten carbide steel probe (40) is inserted in a channel located on the right side of device (10). Probe (40) is held in position by compression fitting. Channel (41) not shown herein is drilled to be slightly smaller than the diameter of the tungsten carbide probe (40) and held securely in device (10). The top portion of the device (10) contains a ruler (50) containing a top edge (51) which can be used as a scraper to remove debris from the windshield. The bottom edge of ruler (50) protrudes a few millimeters from top edge (51) to help remove debris from device (10). Slightly below bottom edge of ruler (50) is an indentation or depression (53) in the body of device (10) to attach a removable clip (60). Indentation (53) in a different embodiment can actually be a opening in which to receive removable clip (60). The interior surface of removable clip (60) has several elevated projections to firmly hold device (10) in position on the window visor. Device (10) is also equipped with hex head fittings (70, 71, 72, 73, 74) ranging in a variety of sizes from 0.7942 to 1.27 cm. Device (10) can also be used as a tool to either secure or remove hex head bolts.
(9) FIG. 3 shows the rear view of the multi-functional emergency vehicle escape device (10). Device (10) consists of an opening in the structure for one's hand to be inserted (20), an ergonomic hand grip (21), a seat belt cutter (30) located on the left side device (10) and consist of an exterior portion of the blade holder (31), a sharp blade (32), a blade slot (33) in which blade (32) is inserted, and an interior portion of bladed holder (34). On the right side of device (10) is the automotive window breaking apparatus consisting of a tungsten carbide tipped steel probe (40) that is designed to shatter automotive window glass with a single strike. This is primarily due to the use of a tungsten carbide tip which is at least made of 16% tungsten carbide. The tungsten carbide content can be increased beyond 16% to enhance further the efficacy of the tungsten carbide probe (40). During the manufacture of device (10), the tungsten carbide steel probe (40) is inserted in a channel located on the right side of device (10). Probe (40) is held in position by compression fitting. Channel (41) not shown herein is drilled to be slightly smaller than the diameter of the tungsten carbide probe (40) and is held securely in device (10). The top portion of the device (10) contains a ruler (50) containing a top edge (51) which can be used as a scraper to remove debris from the windshield. The bottom edge of ruler (50) protrudes a few millimeters from top edge (51) to help remove debris from device (10) while being used as a scraper by diverting the debris away from device (10). Below bottom edge of ruler (50) is an indentation or depression (53) in the body of device (10) to attach a removable clip (60). Indentation (53) in a different embodiment can actually be a opening in which to receive removable clip (60). Device (10) is also equipped with hex head fittings (70, 71, 72, 73, 74) ranging in a variety of sizes from 0.7942 to 1.27 cm. Device (10) can also be used as a tool to either secure or remove hex head bolts.
(10) FIG. 4 shows an exploded view of multi-functional emergency vehicle escape device (10). Device (10) incorporates an opening in the structure for one's hand to be inserted (20), an ergonomic hand grip (21) to enable one to efficiently grip device (10) and hold it firmly within one's hand, a seat belt cutter (30) located on the left side device (10), consisting of an exterior portion of the blade holder (31), a sharp blade (32), a blade slot (33) in which blade (32) is inserted, and an interior portion of bladed holder (34). On the right side of device (10) is the automotive window breaking apparatus consisting of a tungsten carbide tipped steel probe (40) that is designed to shatter automotive window glass with a single strike. During the manufacture of device (10), the tungsten carbide steel probe (40) is inserted into channel (41) located on the right side of device (10). Probe (40) is held in position by compression fitting. Channel (41) is drilled to be slightly smaller than the diameter of the tungsten carbide probe (40) and held securely in device (10). The top portion of the device (10) contains a ruler (50) containing a top edge (51) which can be used as a scraper to remove debris from the windshield. The bottom edge of ruler (50) protrudes a few millimeters from top edge (51) to help remove debris from device (10) while being used as a scraper by diverting the debris away from device (10). Slightly below the bottom edge of ruler (50) is an indentation or depression (53) in the body of device (10) to attach a removable clip (60). The interior surface of removable clip (60) has several elevated projections (66) to firmly hold device (10) in position on the window visor. Removable clip (60) consist of a proximal portion (61), a distal portion (62), a V-shaped slot (63), and interior projecting tab (64) to secure the removable clip (60) and a plurality of raised clip tabs (66) to secure removable clip (60) to a visor. Device (10) is also equipped with hex head fittings (70, 71, 72, 73, 74) ranging in a variety of sizes from 0.7942 to 1.27 cm. Device (10) can also be used as a tool to either secure or remove hex head bolts.
(11) FIG. 5 illustrates a prospective view of a different embodiment of multi-functional emergency vehicle escape device (10) wherein a larger diameter tungsten carbide probe (40) is propelled against the window glass by a spring loaded mechanism (42) to shatter the window glass. Device (12) is made of a light weight, yet durable, ABS plastic that is injection molded to form an ergonomic designed hand held device. Device (12) is strong enough to withstand the forces typically encountered in emergency situations. It is very rigid and can withstand the pressures encountered in attempting to cut a seat belt or smash an automotive glass window. This also applies to windows that are coded with a window darkening substance or a coated film. The name of the emergency escape device is termed the Extractor (11) since its primary use is to escape from a damaged vehicle. Device (12) is designed to be hand held and incorporates an opening in the structure for one's hand to be inserted (20). The ergonomic hand grip (21) is designed to enable one to efficiently grip device (12) and hold it firmly within one's hand. Seat belt cutter (30) is located on the left side device (10) and consist of an exterior portion of the blade holder (31), a sharp blade (32), a blade slot (33) in which blade (32) is inserted, and an interior portion of bladed holder (34). On the right side of device (12) is the automotive window breaking apparatus consisting of a tungsten carbide tipped steel probe (40) that is designed to shatter automotive window glass with a single strike. This is primarily due to the use of a tungsten carbide steel tip which is at least made of at least 16% tungsten carbide. Tungsten carbide is considered one of the hardest metals available for commercial use. It is nearly as hard as diamond on the scale of hardness. The tungsten carbide content can be increased beyond 16% to enhance further the efficacy of the tungsten carbide probe (40). During the manufacture of device (12), the tungsten carbide steel probe (40) is inserted in a channel located on the right side of device (12). Probe (40) is held in place by compression fitting. Channel (41) not shown herein is drilled to be slightly smaller than the diameter of the tungsten carbide probe (40) and held securely in device (12). Probe (40) is held up against a closed window and is propelled by a spring loaded device (42). The top portion of the device (12) is a ruler (50) containing a top edge (51) which can be used as a scraper to remove debris from the windshield. It also be used as a scraper ice. The bottom edge of ruler (50) protrudes a few millimeters from top edge (51) to help remove debris from device (10). Slightly below bottom edge of ruler (50) is an indentation or depression (53) in the body of device (10) to attach a removable clip (60). Indentation (53) in a different embodiment can actually be a opening in which to receive removable clip (60). The interior surface of removable clip (60) has several elevated projections to firmly hold device (10) in position on the window visor. Device (12) is also equipped with hex head fittings (70, 72, and 74) ranging in a variety of sizes from 0.7942 to 1.27 cm. Device (12) can also be used as a tool to either secure or remove hex head bolts.
