Patent ID: 7992647

Claim:
A fire extinguishing apparatus comprising at least one container, said container including a resealable inlet and at least one flange extending outwardly along an external surface of said container, said flange connected to a frangible portion, said container filled with water having dispersed therein particles of a polymeric material; said polymeric material is a dehydrated super absorbent polymer selected from the group consisting of cross-linked modified polyacrylamides, potassium acrylate, and polyacrylamides, said polymeric material being present in an amount sufficient to increase the viscosity of the water to enable the water to adhere to horizontal and vertical surfaces in an amount sufficient to suppress combustion on said horizontal and vertical surfaces wherein when falling a force of air resistance is adapted to exert a bending and breaking force on the flange and rupture the container at least one along the frangible portion.