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US 5,211,338 AGranted
Sprinkler shield
OwnerDiva C. Leite, Tony C. Leiteinventors
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Abstract
A sprinkler shield is arranged to receive a sprinkler head in a surrounding relationship to minimize vegetation growth thereabout. The shield is arranged with frangible portions to permit geometric tailoring of the shield relative to a sprinkler head environment. The shield structure further includes spike members mounted to a bottom surface of the shield for projection into an underlying ground surface.
Claims2
A sprinkler shield, comprising,
- a cylindrical plate, the cylindrical plate including a central bore coaxially directed through the central plate, with the cylindrical plate including a top surface spaced from and parallel to a bottom surface, and
- a plurality of mounting spikes secured relative to the bottom surface projecting orthogonally downwardly therefrom, and
- including a plurality of radial slots directed from the central bore, wherein the central slots are spaced ninety degrees apart relative to the central bore to accommodate a sprinkler head directed through the central bore, and
- including plural pairs of frangible grooves radially directed from the central bore extending to a periphery of the cylindrical plate, with each pair of frangible grooves arranged in a coextensive aligned relationship, wherein one of the grooves of the pair of grooves is directed through the top surface, and a further of said grooves of the pair of grooves directed through the bottom surface.
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