Christmas tree fire extinguisher

• US 20070199722A1
• Filed: 04/20/2007
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ronald Bridge
• Original Assignee: Ronald Bridge
• Inventors: Bridge, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US11/788,443
• Publication Number:
  US 20070199722A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 169/60
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 13/62 with a single permanently pressurised container
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 13/64 the extinguishing material being released by means of a valve
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 3/008 for decorations, e.g. Christmas trees Christmas tree decorations incorporating fire extinguishing or fire prevention means A47G33/0872; blowing or snuffing out candle-flames F23Q25/00

Abstract

A Christmas tree fire extinguisher includes a source of fire retardant, a fire retardant dispersal element coupled to the source, a valve movable between a closed position and an open position permitting fire retardant to move forcibly from the source to the fire retardant dispersal element, a combustion sensor coupled to the valve in signal communication, and the valve movable from its closed position to its open position in response a sensing of combustion by the sensor.

Claims

1. In a tree including a trunk having a lower extremity secured at a base and an opposed upper extremity and a first length extending from the lower extremity of the trunk to the upper extremity of the trunk, secondary branches supported on the trunk extending along substantially the entire first length of the trunk from adjacent to the lower extremity of the trunk to the upper extremity of the trunk, the branches forming a branched structure of the tree and having a lower end adjacent to the lower extremity of the trunk, an upper end at the upper extremity of the trunk, and a second length extending from the lower end of the branched structure to the upper end of the branched structure, improvements therein comprising:

a source of fire retardant;

an elongate tube having a proximal end coupled to the source of fire retardant, an opposed distal end, a third length extending from the proximal end of the elongate tube to the distal end of the elongate tube, and a pattern of formina formed through the elongate tube from the proximal end of the elongate tube to the distal end of the elongate tube;

the elongate tube juxtaposed along the trunk extending along generally the entire second length of the branched structure from the lower end of the branched structure to the upper end of the branched structure, the proximal end of the elongate tube located proximate to the lower end of the branched structure, and the distal extremity of the elongate tube located proximate to the upper end of the branched structure; and

a valve movable between a closed position and an open position permitting fire retardant to move forcibly from the source into the elongate tube through the proximal end thereof and outwardly from the foramina formed through the elongate tube along the entire length of the elongate tube from the proximal end thereof to the distal end thereof thereby applying the fire retardant outwardly from the elongate tube onto the trunk and into and through the branched structure from the lower end of the branched structure to the upper end of the branched structure thereby providing fire suppression along the trunk and the branched structure.

2. The improvements according to claim 1, further comprising:

a combustion sensor coupled to the valve in signal communication; and

the valve movable from the closed position to the open position in response a sensing of combustion by the sensor.

3. The improvements according to claim 2, further comprising:

a decorative housing coupled to the distal end of the elongate tube; and

the sensor carried by the decorative housing.

5. The improvements according to claim 2, wherein the combustion sensor is a heat detection sensor.

6. The improvements according to claim 2, wherein the combustion sensor is a smoke detection sensor.

7. The improvements according to claim 1, further comprising a conduit assembly coupling the source to the proximal end of the elongate tube.

8. The improvements according to claim 1, wherein the source comprises a canister of the fire retardant material located atop the base.