Patent ID: 6859146

Claim:
A smoke detecting apparatus releasably securable to a support surface from a distance, comprising: a smoke detector; a support plate securable to the support surface; a longitudinal member having a proximate end graspable by a user and a distal end releasably securable to said smoke detector; a first releasable connection requiring a force of R on said smoke detector to connect said support plate and said smoke detector; a second releasable connection between said smoke detector and said longitudinal member distal end; wherein both said first and second releasable connections are releasable by manipulation of said longitudinal member by a user grasping said longitudinal member proximate end; and wherein said first releasable connection and said second releasable connection are threaded engagements and said second releasable connection is releasable by a force of S, where R and S are torques and S>R.