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US 11,074,834 B1Granted
Fire protection sprinkler concealment assembly having an external indicia
AssigneeMinimax Viking Research & Development GmbH
InventorsDarci Ann Flowers, Lindsay Marie Barker
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Abstract
Concealment assemblies for fire protection sprinklers. The concealment assembly includes a cover member having an external surface with a base coating of uniformly applied polymer. One or more different polymer coatings are disposed in a discontinuous manner over the base polymer to provide a visual contrast and form desired indicia.
Claims27
A concealment assembly for concealing a fire protection sprinkler assembly, the concealment assembly comprising:
- a tubular securement member having a first end and a second end spaced apart from one another along a central axis, the second end including an annular flange;
- a cover member;
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- a plurality of solder connections between the cover member and the annular flange to conceal the second end of the tubular securement member, the cover member including:
- a substrate having a first surface internal to the tubular securement member and a second surface external to the tubular securement member;
- a first continuous polymer layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate;
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- a second discontinuous polymer layer disposed on a portion on the first polymer layer.
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A system for concealing an installed fire protection sprinkler, the system comprising:
- a cover member having a first substrate surface defining at least one solder region and a second substrate surface defining an external surface of the concealment system that remains visible after concealing the installed sprinkler;
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- a base layer of a first polymer disposed over the second substrate surface, a portion of the second base layer defining at least one logo zone off-set from the at least one solder region for applying a second polymer different than the first polymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.