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Celebrating
record sales in
milestone year
Pioneering safety company, Jackloc, has celebrated
its 10th anniversary with record sales.
The British family-run
firm launched the
Jackloc, the original
universal cable window
restrictor, in 2003.
It has since gone from
strength to strength, selling
more than half a million of
its unique, award-winning
locks all over the world,
from Russia to Australia,
Mexico to Arabia.
The Jackloc is a simple but
exceedingly strong window
and door restrictor, aimed
at reducing the risk of falls
from open windows.
A new ‘push-and-turn’ variation was recently unveiled,
which can be secured with-
out the need for a key.
The Jackloc was originally designed by technical
building consultant, Derek
Horne, after he heard a
young child hanging out
of a hotel window, screaming for help. The incident
prompted him to invent the
metal cable restrictor and
name it after his grandson
Jack.
Derek’s daughters Emma
Wells and the late Deborah Jennings took up their
father’s idea and turned
Jackloc into a global success
story, on course for record
sales this year. The Leicestershire-based company is
now run by Emma and her
sister Judith Burrows.
As well as building up the
business to become a leader
in its field, the family are
passionate safety campaigners, crusading to save lives
by raising awareness of
the dangers of unrestricted windows and restricted
windows.
According to the Royal
Society for the Prevention of
Accidents (RoSPA), around
4,000 children (aged 0-15)
are injured, some fatally,
falling from windows in the
UK each year.
Emma, Director of Jackloc,
believes window restrictors
should be compulsory on
all windows, from ground
floor windows to top floor
windows. She said that,
as well as young children,
vulnerable adults, such as
the UK’s growing number
of dementia sufferers, were
also at risk of falls from
open windows.
“It is our mission to save
lives and reduce injuries.
Without window restrictors,
it can be all too easy for an
adventurous toddler or a
confused elderly person to
open a window, with tragic
consequences,” she said.
Jacklocs are fitted in care
homes, hospitals, schools,
student accommodation,
high-rise flats and hotels all
over the globe, including
the Ritz hotel in London and
20,000 Travelodge rooms
across the UK.
Easily fitted to any type
of window frame, new or
old, the Jackloc works by
connecting a window or
door to its frame with a
metal cable, which restricts
its opening to 10cm.
Find out more at
www.jackloc.com or call
01455 220616.
It is simple, strong, exceeds the most rigorous safety standards
and can be fitted easily to any window or door.
Available in various colours, it allows windows to be opened
safely and securely, reducing the risk of injury and fatality from
falls from windows.
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