Emergency fire net

Claim 1

In combination, a generally planar upright mounting structure including a pair of parallel tubular uprights and upper and lower brace members extending and secured between the upper and lower ends of said uprights, relatively inverted upper and lower U-shaped members each including parallel legs and a bight portion extending between and connecting one pair of corresponding ends of the legs thereof, said U-shaped members having their legs telescopingly engaged within the upper and lower ends of said uprights, positioning means interconnected between said U-shaped members and said tubular members for adjustably extending the former relative to the latter, a pair of collars mounted on said uprights between said brace members for adjustable positioning along said uprights and including means operative to releasably lock said collars in adjusted positions along said uprights between said upper and lower brace members, a generally horizontal support frame pivotally supported from said collars and projecting outwardly from one side of said mounting structure with said frame swingable relative to said mounting structure about an axis paralleling a path extending between said collars between a first operative horizontal position disposed generally normal to said mounting structure and an inoperative vertical position closely adjacent and generally paralleling said mounting structure, said frame being generally rectangular in configuration and longitudinally and transversely extendable and retractable in directions extending along and transverse to said axis, respectively, a flexible catch structure secured across said frame, means operative to releasably secure said frame in said operative position, brace structure connected between said mounting structure and an outer portion of said frame releasably bracing said frame in said operative position against downward swinging of the outer portion of said frame relative to said mounting structure, one of said uprights including upper and lower leg members supported from the upper and lower ends thereof and projecting horizontally outwardly from the side of said one upright remote from the other upright, the outer ends of said leg members including supporting wheel means journaled therefrom, said frame, when extended longitudinally, projecting outwardly beyond the free ends of said leg members and, when longtiudinally retracted, terminating inwardly of the free ends of said legs, said collars being shiftable along said tubular uprights to positions closely adjacent the lower ends thereof, whereby when said U-shaped members are retracted relative to said uprights and said frame is swung to said inoperative position, said mounting structure may be positioned with said wheel means lowermost and rolled over a horizontal support surface with said frame and mounting structure disposed in closely superposed registry with each other.