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US 8,261,843 B2Granted
Portable wall-attachable fire fighting apparatus and method
AssigneeWillfire HC, LLC
InventorsDouglas A. Daspit, Dwight P. Williams
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Abstract
Portable wall-attachable firefighting monitor apparatus and method of use, including structure designed in combination to affix a monitor to a wall rim portion.
Claims24
Portable wall-attachable monitor apparatus, comprising:
- a base structure, a nozzle and a monitor attached between the nozzle and the base structure, the monitor providing at least one degree of freedom for the nozzle with respect to the base structure;
- the apparatus structured in combination to surround, and to adjustably yet fixedly attach to, a wall rim portion and having one or more fittings for attaching a hose to the apparatus;
- the monitor providing a positive angle of inclination above the horizon for the nozzle when the apparatus is oriented for attachment to the wall rim portion;
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- wherein the base structure includes at least one adjustable pressure fit element structured to fixedly secure the base element to a wall rim portion.
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A method for fighting tank fires, comprising:
- adjustably yet fixedly affixing to and over a rim portion of a tank wall a portable monitor apparatus having a nozzle attached;
- attaching a hose to a fitting of the apparatus;
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- adjusting at least one degree of freedom of the monitor to direct the nozzle toward an appropriate fire extinguishment target with a positive angle of inclination above the horizon when the apparatus is oriented for attachment to the tank wall portion;
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- wherein affixing includes affixing by fitting a saddle to a rim portion of a wall using an adjustable pressure fit element.
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Portable wall attachable monitor apparatus and wall rim portion in combination, comprising:
- a base structure, a nozzle and a monitor attached between the nozzle and the base structure, the monitor providing at least one degree of freedom for the nozzle with respect to the base structure;
- a portable wall rim portion;
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- the apparatus structured in combination to adjustably yet fixedly attach to and over the wall rim portion and having one or more fittings for attaching a hose to the apparatus;
- the monitor providing a positive angle of inclination above the horizon for the nozzle when the apparatus is oriented for attachment to the wall rim portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.