Mobile home fire response system

A home fire extinguishing system is provided including a sprinkler system having a plurality of sprinkler heads adapted to dispense water in the rooms of a home upon the actuation thereof. Also provided is a manual switch for allowing the selective actuation of the sprinkler system.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to fire extinguisher systems and more 
particularly pertains to a new mobile home fire response system for 
extinguishing a fire within a mobile home and illuminating the same for 
facilitating a safe exit. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
The use of fire extinguisher systems is known in the prior art. More 
specifically, fire extinguisher systems heretofore devised and utilized 
are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious 
structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs 
encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the 
fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. 
Known prior art fire extinguisher systems include U.S. Pat. No. 3,993,139; 
U.S. Pat. No. 4,091,876; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 251,128; U.S. Pat. No. 
4,453,155; U.S. Pat. No. 5,263,543; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,083,618. 
In these respects, the mobile home fire response system according to the 
present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and 
designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily 
developed for the purpose of extinguishing a fire within a mobile home and 
illuminating the same for facilitating a safe exit. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of fire 
extinguisher systems now present in the prior art, the present invention 
provides a new mobile home fire response system construction wherein the 
same can be utilized for extinguishing a fire within a mobile home and 
illuminating the same for facilitating a safe exit. 
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described 
subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new mobile home fire 
response system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of 
the fire extinguisher systems mentioned heretofore and many novel features 
that result in a new mobile home fire response system which is not 
anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the 
prior art fire extinguisher systems, either alone or in any combination 
thereof. 
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a mobile home 
including an exterior wall having a generally rectangular configuration. A 
plurality of interior walls are mounted within the exterior wall for 
defining a plurality of rooms. Note FIG. 5. Also included is a sprinkler 
system having a longitudinal dispensing pipe of a first diameter mounted 
to an interior surface of a ceiling of the home. Such longitudinal 
dispensing pipe is connected to a supply pipe of a second diameter greater 
than the first diameter. A pump is coupled between the longitudinal 
dispensing pipe and supply pipe. Such pump is equipped with a first mode 
of operation for precluding the flow of water to the longitudinal 
dispensing pipe. In a second mode of operation, the pump is adapted for 
effecting the flow of water to the longitudinal dispensing pipe at a 
pressure greater than that at which the water is received from the supply 
pipe. The longitudinal dispensing pipe of the sprinkler system further 
includes a plurality of lateral pipes coupled thereto and extended 
therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith. Each lateral pipe 
terminates in a sprinkler head which resides in one of the rooms of the 
home. Each of such sprinkler heads includes a vertical mounting pipe 
mounted to an end of the associated lateral pipe. A cylindrical sleeve is 
rotatably mounted in coaxial relationship with a bottom end of the 
vertical mounting pipe by way of a plurality of bearings. Also included is 
an intermediate conduit including a vertically oriented upper extent with 
a cylindrical configuration. Note FIGS. 1 & 3. Such upper extent of the 
intermediate conduit is coupled to the sleeve for rotating coincidentally 
therewith. A slanted middle extent of the intermediate conduit is equipped 
with a diameter which tapers from top to bottom. A horizontally oriented 
lower extent with a cylindrical configuration is equipped with an open 
bottom and a diameter less than that of the upper extent. Each sprinkler 
head further includes a planar triangular plate coupled to a peripheral 
side edge of the open bottom of the intermediate conduit. This plate 
extends in front of the open bottom such that the plate resides in a 
vertical plane which forms an acute angle with an axis associated with the 
lower extent of the intermediate conduit. By this structure, upon the 
receipt of water by the sprinkler heads, the same are adapted to rotate 
about a vertical axis. Also provided is a plurality of lights each mounted 
within an upper corner of an associated one of the rooms of the mobile 
home. Note FIG. 5. Such lights serve to illuminate the associated room 
when actuated. A smoke detector is mounted within the mobile home and 
connected between the lights and pump and a power source. The smoke 
detector serves for actuating the lights and transferring the pump to its 
second mode operation upon the detection of smoke within the home. 
Associated therewith is a manual switch mounted within the mobile home and 
connected between the lights and pump and the power source. In use, the 
manual switch has a first orientation for maintaining the pump in its 
first mode operation and the light deactuated. Further, the manual switch 
has a second orientation for actuating the lights and transferring the 
pump to its second mode operation. 
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features 
of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that 
follows may be better understood, and in order that the present 
contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional 
features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which 
will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention 
in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its 
application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the 
components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the 
drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being 
practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood 
that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose 
of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon 
which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the 
designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the 
several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, 
that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions 
insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present 
invention. 
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent 
and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the 
scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar 
with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a 
cursory inspection the nature an essence of the technical disclosure of 
the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention 
of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to 
be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. 
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new mobile 
home fire response system apparatus and method which has many of the 
advantages of the fire extinguisher systems mentioned heretofore and many 
novel features that result in a new mobile home fire response system which 
is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of 
the prior art fire extinguisher systems, either alone or in any 
combination thereof. 
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new mobile home 
fire response system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and 
marketed. 
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new mobile 
home fire response system which is of a durable and reliable construction. 
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new mobile 
home fire response system which is susceptible of a low cost of 
manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly 
is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby 
making such mobile home fire response system economically available to the 
buying public. 
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new 
mobile home fire response system which provides in the apparatuses and 
methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while 
simultaneously overcoming some of the 
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new mobile 
home fire response system for extinguishing a fire within a mobile home 
and illuminating the same for facilitating a safe exit therefrom. 
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new 
mobile home fire response system that includes a sprinkler system having a 
plurality of sprinkler heads adapted to dispense water in the rooms of a 
home upon the actuation thereof. 
Also provided is a manual switch for allowing the selective actuation of 
the sprinkler system. 
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various 
features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with 
particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this 
disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating 
advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should 
be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there 
is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 5 
thereof, a new mobile home fire response system embodying the principles 
and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the 
reference numeral 10 will be described. 
The present invention, designated as numeral 10, includes a mobile home 12 
including an exterior wall having a generally rectangular configuration. A 
plurality of interior walls are mounted within the exterior wall for 
defining a plurality of rooms. Note FIG. 5. 
Also included is a sprinkler system 14 having a longitudinal dispensing 
pipe 16 of a first diameter mounted to an interior surface of a ceiling of 
the home. Such longitudinal dispensing pipe is connected to a supply pipe 
of a second diameter greater than the first diameter. A pump 18 is coupled 
between the longitudinal dispensing pipe and supply pipe. Such pump is 
equipped with a first mode of operation for precluding the flow of water 
to the longitudinal dispensing pipe. In a second mode of operation, the 
pump is adapted for effecting the flow of water to the longitudinal 
dispensing pipe at a pressure greater than that at which the water is 
received from the supply pipe. 
The longitudinal dispensing pipe of the sprinkler system further includes a 
plurality of lateral pipes 20 coupled thereto and extended therefrom in 
perpendicular relationship therewith. Each lateral pipe terminates in a 
sprinkler head which resides in one of the rooms of the home. To 
accomplish this, the lateral pipes extend from both sides of the 
longitudinal dispensing pipe. 
Each of such sprinkler heads includes a vertical mounting pipe 22 mounted 
to an end of the associated lateral pipe. A cylindrical sleeve 24 is 
rotatably mounted in coaxial relationship with a bottom end of the 
vertical mounting pipe by way of a plurality of bearings 26. Also included 
is an intermediate conduit 28 including a vertically oriented upper extent 
with a cylindrical configuration. Note FIGS. 1 & 3. Such upper extent of 
the intermediate conduit is coupled to the sleeve for rotating 
coincidentally therewith. A slanted middle extent of the intermediate 
conduit is equipped with a diameter which tapers from top to bottom. A 
horizontally oriented lower extent with a cylindrical configuration is 
equipped with an open bottom and a diameter less than that of the upper 
extent. As shown in FIGS. 1-3, the lower extent of the intermediate 
conduit is situated directly below the upper extent. 
Each sprinkler head further includes a planar triangular plate 30 coupled 
to a peripheral side edge of the open bottom of the intermediate conduit. 
This plate extends in front of the open bottom such that the plate resides 
in a vertical plane which forms an acute angle with an axis associated 
with the lower extent of the intermediate conduit. By this structure, upon 
the receipt of water by the sprinkler heads, the same are adapted to 
rotate about a vertical axis. 
Also provided is a plurality of lights 32 each mounted within an upper 
corner of an associated one of the rooms of the mobile home. Note FIG. 5. 
The lights may also be situated along an interior surface of the exterior 
wall in larger rooms. Such lights serve to illuminate the associated room 
when actuated. 
A smoke detector is mounted within the mobile home and connected between 
the lights, pump and a power source. Such power source preferably includes 
not only a conventional alternating current receptacle, but also a back up 
power generator 36. The smoke detector serves for actuating the lights and 
transferring the pump to its second mode operation upon the detection of 
smoke within the home. Associated therewith is a manual switch 38 mounted 
within the mobile home and connected between the lights, pump and the 
power source. In use, the manual switch has a first orientation for 
maintaining the pump in its first mode operation and the light deactuated. 
Further, the manual switch has a second orientation for actuating the 
lights and transferring the pump to its second mode operation. As such, 
the present invention may be manually activated independent of the 
operation of the smoke detector. 
As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the 
present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. 
Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and 
operation will be provided. 
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the 
optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to 
include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of 
operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to 
one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those 
illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are 
intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the 
principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and 
changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired 
to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and 
described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may 
be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.