Patent ID: 6820373
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: E04H,Y02A,Y10S

Abstract:
A fire protection system for a structure comprising:a flexible fire retardant cover of sufficient length and breadth to cover a structure to be protected; a cover reel located on one side of the structure, the cover reel being of sufficient size that the flexible fire retardant cover may be rolled and stored upon the cover reel; a housing in which said flexible fire retardant cover is stored to protect the flexible fire retardant cover when not in use; at least one cable reel located on an opposite side of the structure from the cover reel; a pair of cables, each of said cables positioned on an opposite side of the structure, and each of said cables communicating at one end with said at least one cable reel and at the other end with said flexible fire retardant cover that is present on the cover reel; at least two extendable poles, with each of said at least two extendable poles located at opposite sides of the structure, wherein said at least two extendable poles are extendable above the structure, and wherein one said pair of cables is pulled across one of said at least two extendable poles and wherein a remaining cable of said pair of cables is pulled across a remaining pole of said at least two extendable poles, wherein said pair of cables are transported above said structure and said cover is transported by said pair of cables to cover said structure.