Patent ID: 8451132

Claim:
A portable smoke detection system for use in detecting a fire event in a recreational vehicle being towed behind a truck and for communicating detection thereof to occupant of the truck, comprising: a plurality of detecting means, each detecting means including a housing situated in the recreational vehicle; an alarming means remote from said detecting means, the alarming means including a receiver and an alarm; wherein each detecting means includes: a central processing unit; a transmitter electrically connected to the central processing unit, the transmitter configured to transmit a signal into the air; a powering means electrically connected to the central processing unit; a smoke sensor, a heat sensor, and a carbon monoxide sensor situated in the detecting means housing and electrically connected to the central processing unit; a light electrically connected to the central processing unit; wherein: the housing includes a plurality of vents configured to enable operation of the smoke, heat, and carbon monoxide sensors; the detecting means central processing unit is configured to activate the transmitter to transmit a signal when one of the smoke, heat, and carbon monoxide sensors detects a predetermined condition; and the alarming means receiver is configured to actuate said alarming means alarm when a signal from the transmitter is received.