Enhanced Firefighter Door Chock

• US 20090072966A1
• Filed: 09/11/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John B. Delaney Jr
• Original Assignee: John B. Delaney Jr
• Inventors: Delaney, John B. JR.
• Granted Patent: US 7,907,052 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/539.110
• CPC Class Codes: A62C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/73 Portable

Abstract

This invention relates to safety equipment used by fire fighters and other emergency response workers. In one example, the invention includes a portable electronic fire fighter'"'"'s equipment, such as a door chock, that has electronic sensor and communication capabilities.

Claims

1. A portable electronic fire fighting device, comprising:

a housing;

a radio frequency transmitter;

a radio frequency receiver;

a microprocessor;

a communications interface;

electronic memory;

a power supply; and

one or more sensors;

wherein the power supply is operatively connected to the electronic memory and the microcontroller;

wherein the microcontroller is in operative communication with the receiver, the transmitter, the electronic memory, and the communications interface;

wherein the one or more sensors is selected from the group consisting of a temperature sensor, a carbon monoxide gas sensor, a hydrogen sulfide gas sensor, an oxygen gas sensor, and a radiation sensor; and

,

wherein the housing takes a shape selected from the group consisting of a door chock, an axe handle, a fire fighter'"'"'s hook handle, and a fire fighter'"'"'s helmet.

2. The portable electronic fire fighting device of claim 1, further comprising a switch electrically connected to said device for turning on and off said one or more sensors.

3. The portable electronic fire fighting device of claim 2, wherein said switch is manually activatable by a switch button provided on an outer surface of said housing.

4. The portable electronic fire fighting device of claim 2, wherein said switch is automatically activatable when said device is in its operation position.

5. The portable electronic fire fighting device of claim 1, wherein said housing is a wedge-shaped door chock having a hypotenuse surface, a vertical surface and a bottom surface.

6. The portable electronic fire fighting device of claim 5, further comprising a switch located within said housing and activatable to turn on said one or more sensors by application of a compressive force applied to said housing.

7. The door chock of claim 6, further comprising wherein the compressive force comprises an amount of force within the range of force caused when said door chock is used on a door.

9. The portable electronic fire fighting device of claim 1, further comprising wherein the transmitter of the device allows a radio relay between a person inside the building that is holding a radio and supervisors outside or in another part of the building controlling the operation.

10. The portable electronic fire fighting device of claim 1, further comprising wherein the transmitter of the device allows communication between other devices within a network.

8. The door chock of 1, further comprising a lamp disposed within said housing and electrically connected to said power supply and said microcontroller.