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US 2016/0256887 A1Published application
Underground sprinkler system
OwnerDonald Ray Tezino, JR.inventor
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Abstract
An improved underground sprinkler system having pop-up sprinklers installed within specifically arranged underground trenches. The kit comprises a flow control member that attaches to the water faucet can be manually or automatically switched between water zones where the underground sprinkler are placed.
Claims13
An underground water kit for handling a large section of lawn forming a water zone, the kit comprising:
- a pop-up sprinkler with a riser that telescopes upward to emit water of at least 10 feet and is disposed within a vertical underground trench;
- a flow control member for switching between one or more water zones, the flow control member configured to be connected with an above ground outdoor water supply;
- an elongated pipe to support the water zone of the lawn and lying within an underground horizontal trench lying approximately 3 inches below ground level and extending laterally between the above ground water supply and the pop-up sprinkler;
- an elbow coupler situated below the pop-up sprinkler for interconnecting the pop-up sprinkler with the elongated pipe, the elbow coupler situated within the vertical underground trench extending between the underground horizontal trench and a lower end of the vertical trench disposed beneath the pop-up sprinkler;
- one end of the elongated pipe connected with the elbow coupler and an opposite end of the elongated pipe connected with the flow control member;
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- one or more piping couplers for interconnecting the elbow coupler to a lower end of the pop-up sprinkler wherein a constant water supply is maintained between the above ground water supply to the pop-up sprinkler through the elongated pipe.
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The horizontal trench is located 3 xx underground
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.