Patent Application
20240301713
This invention relates to a Hurricane Asset Protection System for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other tangible property from natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath. Simply stated it is related to high wind/hurricane storms and fire protection systems for real estate structures, expensive and difficult property objects to move when a calamity and storm arises, property like vehicles (cars, trucks, trailers, boats and jet ski units, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, statues, and the like). The embodiments herein are particularly related to hurricane, flood, and fire protection devices and accessories used for protecting building structures as well as expensive, difficult objects/personal property with short notice to the owners. The embodiments herein are more particularly related to protection sheets and insulating blankets with foam used for protecting the example assets. The protection is accomplished without direct modification and physical attachments to the assets-either the building structure or other personal property that is difficult to move. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system for a hurricane resistant covering that can be quickly deployed over buildings and other property objects when confronted with an approaching natural or manmade disaster. This can permit insurance companies and others to protect the loss of the asset and remove the wrap after the hurricane or calamity has passed.
Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a system and method of use for a system that protect real estate and other tangible property objects from damage or combustion when exposed to hurricanes or to a natural or manmade disaster like extremely high wind, uncontrolled floods, fires, rain, sleet, ice, and snow. It also can discourage looting and theft of property during the aftermath of a natural or manmade disaster. This is a design of a system for emergency deployment in the event of approaching hazardous conditions, especially rapidly moving disasters with short notice. The present invention relates generally to an asset protection isolation and covering system for free standing real estate structures and buildings, as well as vehicles which are difficult to prepare and move with short notice. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system for a storm-resistant building cover which can be employed as well for other structures, residential and commercial.
The disclosures made herein relate generally to a system and a combination of devices for protecting homes, buildings, and other assets from wind damage. It is related particularly to a system for protecting homes and other assets from the destructive forces of high winds from hurricanes, tornadoes, cyclones, and typhoons. The system is used to protect the underlying structure or asset during periods of high winds, as well as used as a means of deflecting flying debris from windows and doors and preventing damage and broken windows, etc. The threats to life, health, and property and the magnitude of damage that can be caused by high winds on buildings, homes, boats, automobiles and other high value, tangible assets are well understood by property owners and insurers, particularly in the aftermath of the hurricanes in Florida and Louisiana.
This is a hurricane protection system which is designed to prevent the destruction of tangible assets in high winds by securing the asset to the ground, making it trackable, and insulating the object or structure from high impact debris often accompanying the high winds. It is a hurricane protection system which provides a protection system that is configured to extend over the top and sides of a building, thereby anchoring the building to the ground, holding the building to its foundation, and preventing structural and sheathing members from detaching from the building in high winds. This is a hurricane protection system that provides a plurality of ground anchors for fixing the asset to the ground, a hurricane protection apparatus that provides a shield-like wrap and polymer/foam for deflecting flying debris away from windows, doors, and other sensitive areas. The hurricane protection system is anticipated to be quickly assembled and installed when needed then removed when the threat subsides. Such a hurricane protection system would be useful and novel.
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As far as known, there are no Hurricane Asset Protection System for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other tangible property from natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath. It is believed that this protection system and method of use are unique in their design and technologies. This is background is to one type of calamity—a fast moving brush fire. The principals discussed have similar impact for other storm related situations such as hurricanes and high velocity winds and debris. It is well known that a basic concern in protecting a building structure from an approaching fire, or other disaster such as high velocity hurricane winds, is the ability to deploy a resistant material or blanket quickly and effectively around the entire structure. This protection needs to be deployed before a hurricane or fire arrives. Often there is little warning of an approaching fire, particularly if the threatening fire spreads at night or while an occupant is away from his home. Even if a homeowner is present, the rapid movement of fire storms driven by high winds can still result in extensive property damage before conventional, precautionary measures, like shutters and plywood coverage, can be completed. Without the ability to quickly, completely, and sometimes automatically deploy a fire or wind protection system, the building structure may quickly succumb to the approaching fire or impact from high winds. Other storms may be more predictable. Hurricanes and floods (unlike fires and tornadoes) may have more of a warning period even though the exact path of the storm is not specifically known. It is deemed desirable to develop a hurricane and asset protection system protection system that does not expose a person or persons to the dangers of an approaching calamity such as hurricanes and floods. Thus, the ability to quickly deploy the Hurricane Asset Protection System for preparing real estate, vehicles, personal property and other tangible property (with high replacement costs or sentimental value) from natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath is a primary goal of this invented system which to date has been inadequately addressed by other prior art.
Storms such as hurricanes, floods, and fires, are fierce storms that can affect large acreages and result in destruction of households, businesses, buildings, industrial plants, or other structures. Storms can also devastate forests, pastures, or parks as well. They often result in great personal tragedies and natural disasters as well can result in immense economic losses. These storms can be caused by or connected with lightning, rain, ice and hailstorms, firestorms, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, natural causes, and causes from human negligence or arson. Many of these calamities spread quickly and become uncontrollable. Fires, for example, burn an average of 5 million acres of prairie and woodlands every year in the U.S. alone. Some fires start naturally from lightning, and some are the result of arson or of carelessness by hikers or campers. Once a wildfire starts, it can advance quickly at a velocity of about 6.8 mph in forests and up to 14 mph in grasslands. Additionally, the winds from these fires can carry embers far ahead of the fire line and start new fires elsewhere. The rate of spread depends on the availability of dry grass or wood, topography, wind speed, ambient temperature, and humidity. The direction of spread of a fire can be influenced not only by the distribution of fuel but by the wind. Accordingly, some fires change direction abruptly and threaten structures with little warning. Hurricane watches are similar, albeit hurricanes and tropical storms can have a longer period when the event is predicted. However, the size and movement are not predictable, and the path and severity of the storm can change often before the location of the landfall actually occurs.
Every year free standing structures are either destroyed or endangered by out-of-control forest fires, tropical storms, and hurricanes. Forest fires burn out of control usually because they are just too large for firefighting personnel to contain. Out of control forest fires can easily destroy any free-standing fire prone structure in their path. Hurricanes can cover a vast area and can have several “paths” of destruction. Therefore, there is a need for a Hurricane Asset Protection System for preparing and protecting real estate, vehicles, and other tangible property from natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath. There is a need for a protection system that can isolate free standing, disaster-prone structures such as single-family homes from out-of-control hurricanes as well as from forest fires. It is known that certain geographical areas, particularly the gulf regions as well as California, that are prone to hurricanes, wildfires and other calamities which can rage through inhabited areas destroying residential and commercial property worth millions of dollars.
Temperatures of wildfires, for example, can, at certain points, reach 1400 degrees Celsius (C.) and can easily extend and reach temperatures over 1600 degrees C. Moreover, such fires may be caused or accompanied by winds, or wind gusts reaching up to 150 miles/hour (MPH). Whatever their origin, these fires are extremely dangerous and very hard to bring under control. Additionally, some of the fires, for example, bush or forest fires may advance at a rate of from 0.5 km/hour to more than 6 km/hour. The speed and intensity of these fires depends on the type of terrain and on weather conditions. The flames of these fires may reach heights up to 50 meters. These kinds of fires often exceed temperatures above 1600 degrees C. and, under extreme conditions, can give off 10,000 kilowatts per meter of fire front. Additionally, many of the fires end up becoming firestorms.
Hurricanes are unpredictable. The path can change in short periods. This means even with the best evacuation plans and efforts, there may still be areas impacted that were not evacuated. Assets there will depend on the protection systems placed on the assets to resist the winds, debris and rain, ice, and hail. Clearly, hurricane disasters as well as uncontrollable fires and firestorms create very dangerous and economically unsustainable conditions and problems. There is a continuing need to provide solutions to these problems. Although throughout the years attempts were made to provide solutions to these problems, to date there is no reliable, practical, and economical way to protect houses, businesses, and other structures and objects from the destruction from the hurricanes and tropical storms, the uncontrollable fires and firestorms, and the aftermath looting that follows these storms. It would therefore be advantageous to provide means for protecting housing and other structures and objects from the destruction by the natural and manmade disasters, as well as from the fires and firestorms. In addition to the fires, hurricanes and tropical storms are accompanied by high winds or other extreme conditions that further cause destruction and loss of assets. It is likely that many of these assets—real estate and other tangible property—can be protected from loss if the Hurricane Asset Protection System for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other tangible property from a natural or manmade calamities and their aftermath is utilized in preparation.
In order to protect building structures, including homes, from these uncontrolled external fires as well as high winds and gusts from hurricanes and the like, there have been numerous attempts to develop fire protection devices which can isolate the building structures from these external fires. There are needed systems and methods for enclosing the building structures from surrounding external fires or high windstorms by placing fire and wind resistant materials over building structures. The prior art devices and methods that have been suggested to date generally involve impractical, complicated deployment mechanisms and/or require external power sources for deployment which are often unavailable. Prior approaches to deployable fire protection devices depended primarily on unfurling curtains or thin sheets made of fire-retardant material to protect buildings from “sparks and flame.” Such devices have several important drawbacks. Notably they are difficult and time-consuming to deploy and provide little or no temperature reduction to the structure being protected. Temperatures in a firestorm can reach in excess of the ignition point for wood and other combustibles. Therefore, maximizing the thermal barrier at the structure is essential. The time and effort required to deploy a fire-protection device is critical since in the face of an approaching firestorm, evacuation of people necessarily takes precedence over the protection of structures. The easier and faster the deployment, the higher the likelihood that the apparatus will be successfully used. Additionally, the faster such a device is in place, the quicker people can be evacuated, thereby increasing the safety margin. Therefore, the present invention represents a significant improvement over prior art.
As is known by one skilled in the art of protecting buildings and the like from damage caused by missile-like objects that are occasioned by the heavy winds of hurricanes or tornadoes, there are a few commercially available variations of hurricane protective devices, often called shutters, that fasten immediately over the frangible area to be protected. These devices are typically expensive to purchase, cumbersome to handle, made from stiff, heavy material such as steel and aircraft quality aluminum alloy or occasionally plastic with reinforcing. Many systems require the assembly to be manually connected and then later manually dis-assembled and removed and finally stored at each threat of inclement weather. Many prior art systems require unsightly and difficult-to-mount reinforcing bars at multiple locations. Further, these known shutters are usually opaque, preventing light from entering a shuttered area and preventing an inhabitant from seeing out. It is desirable that police be able to see into buildings to monitor and check for inhabitants and to prevent looting-which can be a problem in such circumstances. Missiles, even small not potentially damaging missiles, striking these heretofore known shutters create a loud, often frightening bang that is disturbing to inhabitants being protected.
There are standardized testing required for these protective devices to meet certain standards of strength and integrity. These standards are evolving and have been introduced for various utilizations and locales. To qualify for use where said testing requirements apply, the strength and integrity characteristics of these protective devices must be predictable and must be sufficient to meet said standards. Additionally, and as is obvious to one skilled in the art, it is beneficial to qualify for said standards even in situations in which standards do not apply. As a result of these standards, many undesirable aspects of prior art such as shutters and other systems have been acerbated. Shutters, for example, have become more cumbersome, more bulky, heavier, more expensive, more difficult to store, and remain generally opaque and noisy when impacted. To incorporate sufficient strength to meet said requirements, weight and bulk have emerged as a problem for structures with over six feet in span. The useable span (usually height) of the heretofore known shutters that meet said standards may be limited to eight feet or less. This makes protecting large windows, for example, or groupings of windows, with the heretofore known devices cumbersome, expensive, and impractical. Devices that are intended to be deployed in a roll down manner either manually, automatically, or simply by motor drive, have also been difficult to strengthen sufficiently to pass the test requirements and require unsightly reinforcing bars every few feet.
Prior to the introduction of said standards, an ordinary consumer had very little useful knowledge of the strength and integrity of said shutters. It is believed shutters of the pre-standard era were so weak that all these older systems would fail the present standardized testing. The current standards are not intended to provide a shutter that protects structures in all situations. As the hurricane conditions can be very violent and destructive, the standards are not intended to require strength and integrity sufficient to protect in all circumstances. The standards simply provide a benchmark as to strength and integrity. Said strength and integrity of the shutters can now be measured.
There are Standards/testing for hurricane resistant materials and systems. Properly testing hurricane proof building materials to make sure they meet the proper standards is crucial. The most common test for the hurricane market is the impact and cycling test, designed to simulate windborne debris striking a window or element of the building during a hurricane. Providing protection from flying debris and breaching the building envelope is critical. If a structure's envelope is breached, wind will enter the building, creating pressure changes that can lead to the destruction of both the contents of the building and the building structure itself. Additionally, a breached opening can allow water into the building causing water damage throughout. Impact and cycling tests are designed to simulate the hurricane act of flying debris and the rapid increase and decrease in pressure. The weakest links in a building envelope are windows, doors, and roofs. For windows and doors, the impact test consists of firing a 2×4 projectile at predetermined locations. The cycling portion of the test is conducted after the impact test with no penetrations and consists of 9,000 cycles of positive and negative pressures. Common hurricane tests are:
There are a sundry of patents that teach the utilization of knitted or woven fabric such as netting, tarpaulins, drop cloths, blankets, sheets wrapping and the like for anchoring down recreational vehicles, nurseries, loose soil and the like. But none of these are intended for, nor can withstand the forces of the missile-like objects that are carried by the wind in hurricanes.
The improvement and problem solved as to hurricane and high wind gusts and fire protection systems naturally evolve from the background of the overall condition of hurricanes and wildfires as described above. Every year free standing structures, vehicles, boats, recreation vehicles, statues, cell towers, and many other physical assets are either destroyed or endangered by hurricane winds and the out-of-control fires. The hurricane damages as well as wildfires are out of control. Preparation in the past has been too complex or too expensive. Therefore, there is a need for a Hurricane Asset Protection System for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other tangible property from a natural calamity and to discourage looting and theft of property during a natural or manmade disaster like extremely high wind, uncontrolled floods, fires, rain, sleet, ice, and snow of a natural calamity and to discourage looting and theft of property.
There are also needs to provide hurricane and fire protection with a simple and reliable deployment system that does not rely on any external power source; and provide a fast and effective method of quickly enveloping a building structure from high winds or from an external fire. Hence, there is a need for improved and improved techniques for protecting structures (and, more generally, all objects that are high cost or high value objects) from hurricane destruction and damage as well as from fire. Numerous innovations for hurricane protection as well as fire protection systems and devices have been provided in the prior art and are addressed below. Even though these innovations may be suitable for the specific and narrow individual purposes to which they address, they differ from the present invention as hereinafter contrasted.
As far as known and believed, there is no S Hurricane Asset Protection System like the current proposition. It is believed that this system is unique in its design and technology. A novelty search revealed:
As can be observed, none of the prior art has anticipated or caused one skilled in the art of fire retardant and resistant devices and systems for protecting building systems to see this new system and configuration by Ramsey as obvious to a person skilled in the ordinary art of the industry. The Hurricane Asset Protection System for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other tangible property from Natural calamity and to discourage looting and theft of property during a natural or manmade disaster like extremely high wind, uncontrolled floods, fires, rain, sleet, ice, and snow of a natural calamity and to discourage looting and theft of property. This system provides an answer to the need for protecting building structures and other physical assets from hurricane winds and high gusts. This protection of the building structure and objects is provided by quickly layering the foam and mesh with a retention and anchoring system over the structures or objects that are difficult to move. The new Hurricane Asset Protection System prevents these high velocity winds and fire from damaging the structure as well as providing an economic advantage of preserving the covered structure rather than replacing a destroyed structure.
This invention is a Special Fire Protection System for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use and Hurricane Asset Protection System for structural buildings and high cost/value objects. The preferred embodiment of the Special Fire Protection System is a fire protection system for protecting residential, commercial and governmental structures from runaway grass and forest fires comprised of: (a) a heat reflective cover tarp, roll-out matting, or fold out matting with reflective surface on one or both sides, the tarp is configured to fully encase the structure; (b) a fire proof spray foam—approximately 2 to 12 inches, with fire retardant additive, normally closed cell and 800 to 1400 degrees Celsius minimum resistivity, the foam is applied to fully encase the tarp; (c) multiple hold down straps, ropes, cable, etc.; (d) a prodding/push pole to tuck sprayed tarp into windows, door frames, soffits and under hangs; (e) a series of anchors-straight, augers, etc.; (f) a pre spray release coating (optional); and (g) a set of corner bands (optional) wherein the system, broadly considered, can be individually installed into a position to completely isolate a free standing structure from an external fire. The heat reflective tarp may be manufactured in standard sizes that can be readily customized to fit varying size structures. The fire-resistant foam can be quickly installed over the tarp in depths of approximately 2 to 12 inches or more as desired if advantageous. When installed, this invention can prevent damage to a free-standing structure and its contents from external wildfire or firestorm. For a structural building, its contents, the preferred embodiment of the and Hurricane Asset Protection System is a hurricane protection system for protecting a free-standing structure that is a residential structure, a commercial structure, or a governmental structure from a hurricane and high velocity debris, the system can be fabricated and later removed after a hurricane ends, and is comprising of: (a) a cover with two surfaces, the cover is configured to fully encase an exterior of the free-standing structure with a water-resistant seal of the cover completed using a sealing tape; (b) at least one circumferential hold down strap placed vertically to the ground and externally to the polymer cover and at least one hold down strap placed horizontally to the ground, placed encircling the free-standing structure, and placed externally to the cover; (c) a series of anchors placed into the ground and one of the anchors attached to each end of the at least one hold down strap placed vertically; (d) a wind and debris resistant spray foam layered between 1.9 inches and 12.1 inches in thickness, the spray foam fully encasing the cover, the at least one hold down strap, the anchors, the corner bands, and the seal tape; and (e) a prodding/push pole to tuck the hurricane spray foam and the cover into a window, a door frame, a soffit, and an under-hangs of the free-standing structure wherein the system can be individually installed into a position to completely isolate the free-standing structure from an external fire; wherein the cover can be manufactured in sizes that can be customized to fit the free-standing structures; and wherein when installed, the system can mitigate and prevent hurricane and high velocity debris damage to the free-standing structure and its contents. Optional adds include corner bands, strengthening mesh for the cover, and a release flap/valve to equalize inside and outside pressure of a building structure during a hurricane.
There are several objects and advantages of the Special Fire Protection System for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use and Hurricane Asset Protection System. There is currently no known fire protective or hurricane resisting/protection, fast deploying structural buildings and high cost/value systems that are effective at providing the objects of this invention.
The Special Fire Protection System for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use and Hurricane Asset Protection System have various advantages and benefits:
Finally, other advantages and additional features of the present Special Fire Protection System for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use and the Hurricane Asset Protection System 35 for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other high cost/value objects and tangible property for natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the full description of the device. For one skilled in the art of fire protection systems for structures, it is readily understood that the features shown in the examples with this product are readily adapted to other types of fire and structural protection systems and methods.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the Special Fire Protection System for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use and Hurricane Asset Protection System for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other high cost/value objects and tangible property for natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath that are preferred. The drawings together with the summary description given above and a detailed description given below serve to explain the principles of the fire and hurricane protection systems and methods. It is understood, however, that the Special Fire Protection System for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use as well as the Hurricane protection system is not limited to only the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown.
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This invention relates to a Special Fire Protection System for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use and to a Hurricane Asset Protection System for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other tangible property from natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath. Simply stated it is related to high wind/hurricane storms and fire protection systems for real estate structures, expensive and difficult property objects to move when a calamity and storm arises, property like vehicles (cars, trucks, trailers, boats and jet ski units, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, statues, and the like). The embodiments herein are particularly related to hurricane, flood, and fire protection devices and accessories used for protecting building structures as well as expensive, difficult objects/personal property with short notice to the owners. The embodiments herein are more particularly related to protection sheets and insulating blankets with foam used for protecting the example assets. The protection is accomplished without direct modification and physical attachments to the assets-either the building structure or other personal property that is difficult to move. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system for a hurricane resistant covering that can be quickly deployed over buildings and other property objects when confronted with an approaching natural or manmade disaster. This can permit insurance companies and others to protect the loss of the asset and remove the wrap after the hurricane or calamity has passed. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a system and method of use for a system that protect real estate and other tangible property objects from damage or combustion when exposed to hurricanes or to a natural or manmade disaster like extremely high wind, uncontrolled floods, fires, rain, sleet, ice, and snow. It also can discourage looting and theft of property during the aftermath of a natural or manmade disaster. This is a design of a system for emergency deployment in the event of approaching hazardous conditions, especially rapidly moving disasters with short notice. The present invention relates generally to an asset protection isolation and covering system for free standing real estate structures and buildings, as well as vehicles which are difficult to prepare and move with short notice. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system for a storm-resistant building cover which can be employed as well for other structures, residential and commercial.
The advantages for the Special Fire Protection System 30 for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use and the Hurricane Asset Protection System 35 are listed above in the introduction. Succinctly the benefits are that the device:
The preferred embodiment of the Special Fire Protection System 30 is a fire protection system 30 for protecting residential, commercial and governmental structures from runaway grass and forest fires comprised of: (a) a heat reflective cover 56 tarp, roll-out matting, or fold out matting with reflective surface on one or both sides, the tarp is configured to fully encase the structure; (b) a fire proof spray foam 57—approximately 2 to 12 inches, with fire retardant additive, normally closed cell and 800 to 1400 degrees Celsius minimum resistivity, the foam is applied to fully encase the tarp; (c) multiple hold down straps 58, ropes, cable, etc.; (d) a Prodding/push pole 59A to tuck sprayed tarp into windows, door frames, soffits and under hangs; (e) a series of anchors 59—straight, augers, etc.; (f) a pre spray release coating 55 (optional); and (g) a set of corner bands 54 (optional) wherein the system, broadly considered, can be individually installed into a position to completely isolate a free-standing structure from an external fire. The heat reflective tarp may be manufactured in standard sizes that can be readily customized to fit varying size structures. The fire-resistant foam can be quickly installed over the tarp in depths of approximately 2 to 12 inches or more as desired if advantageous. When installed, this invention can prevent damage to a free-standing structure and its contents from external wildfire or firestorm. The preferred embodiment of the and Hurricane Asset Protection System 35 is a hurricane protection system 35 for protecting a free-standing structure that is a residential structure, a commercial structure, or a governmental structure from a hurricane and high velocity debris, the system can be fabricated and later removed after a hurricane ends, and is comprising of: (a) a cover 56A with two surfaces, the cover is configured to fully encase an exterior of the free-standing structure with a water-resistant seal of the cover 56A completed using a sealing tape 54A; (b) at least one circumferential hold down strap 58 placed vertically to the ground and externally to the polymer cover 56A and at least one hold down strap placed horizontally to the ground, placed encircling the free-standing structure, and placed externally to the cover 56A; (c) a series of anchors 59 placed into the ground and one of the anchors attached to each end of the at least one hold down strap 58 placed vertically; (d) a wind and debris resistant spray foam 57A layered between 1.9 inches and 12.1 inches in thickness, the spray foam 57A fully encasing the cover 56A, the at least one hold down strap, the anchors, the corner bands 54, and the seal tape 54A; and (e) a prodding/push pole 59A to tuck the hurricane spray foam 57A and the cover 56A into a window, a door frame, a soffit, and an under-hangs of the free-standing structure wherein the system 35 can be individually installed into a position to completely isolate the free-standing structure from an external fire; wherein the cover can be manufactured in sizes that can be customized to fit the free-standing structures; and wherein when installed, the system 35 can mitigate and prevent hurricane and high velocity debris damage to the free-standing structure and its contents. Optional adds include corner bands, strengthening mesh for the cover, and a release flap/valve to equalize inside and outside pressure of a building structure during a hurricane.
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate a preferred embodiments of the Special Fire Protection System 30 for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Hurricane Asset Protection System 35. The drawings together with the summary description given above and a detailed description given below serve to explain the principles of the Special System 30 and the method is described in the section below. It is understood, however, that the special systems 30, 31 are not limited to only the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown. Other examples of fire and hurricane protection systems and uses are still understood by one skilled in the art of fire and storm protection systems to be within the scope and spirit shown here.
When connecting the heat reflective cover 56 tarp, roll-out matting, foldout matting with reflective surface on one or both sides, the pieces can be rapidly fabricated by well-known methods, usually involving a combination of sewing, gluing, heat sealing, welding, taping or otherwise attaching a multiplicity of pre-cut shapes of the fire-resistant tarp/fabric 56 to form the desired shape upon deployment.
As can be seen, the Special Fire Protection System 30 for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method 60 for Use and the Hurricane Asset Protection System 35 for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other high cost/value objects and tangible property for natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath are unique combinations and uses as described herein. Above are seen numerous innovations for fire isolation devices and storm damage reduction ideas that have been provided in the prior art that are adapted to be used. Even though these innovations may be suitable for the specific individual purposes to which they address, they would not be suitable for the purposes of the present invention as heretofore described.
The details mentioned here are exemplary and not limiting. Other specific components and manners specific to describing a Special Fire Protection System 30 for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use and the Hurricane Asset Protection System 35 for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other high cost/value objects and tangible property for natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath can be added as a person having ordinary skill in the field of the art of fire protection and hurricane systems and methods 62, 64 for their uses well appreciates.
The Special Fire Protection System 30 for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use and Hurricane Asset Protection System 35 for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other high cost/value objects and tangible property for natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath have been described in the above embodiment. The manner of how the device operates is described below. One notes well that the description above and the operation described here must be taken together to fully illustrate the concept of Special Fire Protection System for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use and Hurricane Asset Protection System 35. The preferred embodiments of the Special Fire Protection System 31 for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Hurricane Asset Protection Systems 35 were described above. The methods of use is described here.
wherein the method when used can prevent damage to the free-standing structure and its contents from a hurricane and accompanying high velocity debris.
wherein the method when used can prevent damage to high cost/value objects from a hurricane and accompanying high velocity debris.
Many uses are anticipated for the Special Fire Protection System 30 for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use as well as the Hurricane Protection System 35. Some examples, and not limitations, are shown in the following Table.
With this description it is to be understood that the Special Fire Protection System 30 for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use 60 and Hurricane Asset Protection System 35 for preparing real estate, vehicles, and other high cost/value objects and tangible property for natural and manmade calamities and their aftermath is not to be limited to only the disclosed embodiment of product. The features of the Special Systems 30 and 35 are intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the description.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention. Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which these inventions belong. Although any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can also be used in the practice or testing of the present inventions, the preferred methods and materials are now described above in the foregoing paragraphs.
Other embodiments of the invention are possible. Although the description above contains much specificity, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, but as merely providing illustrations of some of the presently preferred embodiments of this invention. It is also contemplated that various combinations or sub-combinations of the specific features and aspects of the embodiments may be made and still fall within the scope of the inventions. It should be understood that various features and aspects of the disclosed embodiments can be combined with or substituted for one another in order to form varying modes of the disclosed inventions. Thus, it is intended that the scope of at least some of the present inventions herein disclosed should not be limited by the particular disclosed embodiments described above.
The terms recited in the claims should be given their ordinary and customary meaning as determined by reference to relevant entries (e.g., definition of “plane” as a carpenter's tool would not be relevant to the use of the term “plane” when used to refer to an airplane, etc.) in dictionaries (e.g., widely used general reference dictionaries and/or relevant technical dictionaries), commonly understood meanings by those in the art, etc., with the understanding that the broadest meaning imparted by any one or combination of these sources should be given to the claim terms (e.g., two or more relevant dictionary entries should be combined to provide the broadest meaning of the combination of entries, etc.) subject only to the following exceptions: (a) if a term is used herein in a manner more expansive than its ordinary and customary meaning, the term should be given its ordinary and customary meaning plus the additional expansive meaning, or (b) if a term has been explicitly defined to have a different meaning by reciting the term followed by the phrase “as used herein shall mean” or similar language (e.g., “herein this term means,” “as defined herein,” “for the purposes of this disclosure [the term] shall mean,” etc.). References to specific examples, use of “i.e.,” use of the word “invention,” etc., are not meant to invoke exception (b) or otherwise restrict the scope of the recited claim terms. Other than situations where exception (b) applies, nothing contained herein should be considered a disclaimer or disavowal of claim scope. Accordingly, the subject matter recited in the claims is not coextensive with and should not be interpreted to be coextensive with any particular embodiment, feature, or combination of features shown herein. This is true even if only a single embodiment of the particular feature or combination of features is illustrated and described herein. Thus, the appended claims should be read to be given their broadest interpretation in view of the prior art and the ordinary meaning of the claim terms.
Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers or expressions, such as those expressing dimensions, physical characteristics, etc. used in the specification (other than the claims) are understood as modified in all instances by the term “approximately.” At the very least, and not as an attempt to limit the application of the doctrine of equivalents to the claims, each numerical parameter recited in the specification or claims which is modified by the term “approximately” should at least be construed considering the number of recited significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques.
The present invention contemplates modifications as would occur to those skilled in the art. While the disclosure has been illustrated and described in detail in the figures and the foregoing description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only selected embodiments have been shown and described and that all changes, modifications and equivalents that come within the spirit of the disclosures described heretofore and or/defined by the following claims are desired to be protected.
This Continuation-In-Part (CIP) application that is filed under 37 CFR 1.53 (b) and claims the benefit of United States Non-Provisional patent application with Ser. No. 16/679,232 which was filed Nov. 10, 2019, by Lee D. Paull and Marcus S. Ramsey. The application was originally entitled a “Special Fire Protection System for Runaway Grass and Forest Fires and Method for Use.” The parent application is an allowed application but is not issued as a patent. Marcos Ramsey is the common inventor, and he is now joined by O. Johnson and J. Ritchison as the three inventors for this application.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | 16679232 | Nov 2019 | US |
| Child | 18372070 | US |
