US 11,951,344 B2
Fire simulator
Steven J. Williamson, Wayne, NJ (US)
Assigned to KFT Fire Trainer, LLC, Allendale, NJ (US)
Filed by KFT Fire Trainer, LLC, Allendale, NJ (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/334,154.
Application 17/334,154 is a continuation of application No. 15/491,840, filed on Apr. 19, 2017, granted, now 11,020,624.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/324,679, filed on Apr. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0016460 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A62C 99/00 (2010.01); G09B 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 99/0081 (2013.01) [G09B 9/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a housing having an external surface and an interior volume, the external surface of the housing including a port configured to fluidically couple at least a portion of the interior volume of the housing with an exterior of the housing;
a plurality of light emitters arranged on the external surface of the housing such that the port is positioned within the plurality of light emitters, the plurality of light emitters configured to collectively emit light;
a smoke generator at least partially disposed within the interior volume of the housing, the smoke generator configured to generate smoke, the port configured to permit at least a portion of the smoke to be discharged from the smoke generator to the exterior of the housing, the at least the portion of the smoke and the light collectively configured to simulate a flame or an electric arc above the external surface of the housing such that the simulated flame or the simulated electric arc is viewable above and from more than 180 degrees about the external surface of the housing; and
a sound system coupled to and at least partially disposed within the interior volume of housing, the sound system configured to produce a sound associated with at least one class of fire.