What it says
- Describes a stainless steel cable and hook connected to a heavy object, harness belts under the arms, and exit “via the window or balcony.”
- Says the automatic brake lowers the user at a slow, steady walking pace of 1.64 feet per second and that it “lets you escape from any building as high as 21 floors.”
- Notes the kit has “the weight and size of a notebook,” a leather travel case and an automatic window breaker for windows that don’t open.
Google News Archive page view (page 31, November 27, 1988). The scan is shown cropped to the newspaper page; the unchanged PDF is available to download. The scan is slightly low-resolution; the transcript was checked against an enlarged view.
Transcript
Save a life — yours
There’s a fire. You are in a high-rise hotel and numb with misery. Take a look at your companions. At least one of them must be carrying an Exit Traveler. He is not just toughing it out for good. He is getting out!
Don’t think he’s James Bond. When it happens again, you can do what he did with the help of the Exit Traveler, a compact lowering device which will help you escape any high-rise fire or other emergencies. Simply connect the stainless steel cable and hook to a pipe, a bed, a desk, or other heavy support object. Slip the harness belts under your arms and exit via the window or balcony. Exit Traveler’s automatic brake guarantees that you will be lowered at a slow steady walking pace of 1.64 feet per second. It lets you escape from any building as high as 21 floors in case of fires, intruders, would-be terrorists and hazardous materials like gas or chemical spills.
With the weight and size of a notebook, Exit Traveler is compact; you can bring it with you on every trip. It is delivered with its own leather travel case. If your hotel or office building has windows that don’t open, Exit Traveler’s rescue kit contains an automatic window breaker that will deliver the force needed to break it.
Exit Traveler is a smart gift idea for select business associates, clients, board of directors or top brass officers or members of the family this Christmas. And for people who have everything.
For early orders, one will be entitled to a 5 percent discount and a special gift from Unirel Industries Corporation. Call [telephone numbers omitted here].
Transcribed for accessibility and search; the scan above is the document of record.
Permanent file address (unchanged since the original Exit Traveler website): /images/1988-11-27-ManilaStandard-NewspaperExit Traveler.pdf