Sprinkler elevating apparatus and method

A support apparatus for holding a sprinkler hose drop of an irrigation device at an elevated position, comprising:

• a sprinkler support body having a contact surface configured to support a sprinkler at an elevated position;
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• a hose holder body carried by the sprinkler support body and having an arcuate groove and a contact surface section configured to grasp a midline segment of the hose, the groove configured to receive an adjacent portion of the hose to support the hose and impart a bend curvature that inhibits kinking of the hose when carried in an elevated position by the sprinkler support body;
• wherein the sprinkler support body comprises a cylindrical puck provided atop a post, the post having a clamp collar along a male member provided at a bottom end, and the hose holder body comprises an arcuate saddle having a female member configured to mate with the male member.

A sprinkler elevating apparatus for an irrigation device, comprising:

• a sprinkler support body configured to support the sprinkler at an elevated position relative to the irrigation device;
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• a midline hose coupling body carried by the sprinkler support body and having a contact portion configured to affix to a midline section of a flexible hose drop of the irrigation device;
• wherein the sprinkler support body comprises a post and a puck affixed atop the post, and the midline hose coupling body comprises a hose saddle having a convex arcuate groove, wherein the contact portion is formed in a medial section of the groove.

A method for elevating a sprinkler apparatus on a flexible hose drop of an irrigation device, comprising:

• providing a flexible hose drop, a sprinkler affixed to the flexible hose drop, a sprinkler support body carried by a midline hose coupling body having an arcuate groove including a contact surface section configured to grasp a midline segment of the hose at the contact surface section and to removably receive an adjacent portion of the midline segment within the arcuate groove;
• affixing the coupling body to a midline segment of the flexible hose drop with the hose coupling body such that the midline segment adjacent to the contact surface section withdraws from the groove when the flexible hose drop is suspended in a lowered position;
• lifting the sprinkler support body to elevate the sprinkler through the coupling body such that the midline segment adjacent the contact surface section seats within the groove as the flexible hose drop is raised to an elevated position;
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• coupling the coupling body with an elevated support structure to hold the sprinkler at an elevated position relative to the irrigation device.

A method for elevating a sprinkler apparatus on a flexible hose drop of an irrigation device, comprising:

• providing a flexible hose drop, a sprinkler affixed to the flexible hose drop, a sprinkler support body carried by a midline hose coupling body having a contact surface section configured to grasp a midline segment of the hose;
• affixing the coupling body to a midline segment of the flexible hose drop with the hose coupling body by mating the contact surface section with the midline segment of the flexible hose drop and securing a clamp about the hose drop and the coupling body to engage the contact surface section with the midline segment of the flexible hose drop;
• lifting the sprinkler support body to elevate the sprinkler through the coupling body;
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• coupling the coupling body with an elevated support structure to hold the sprinkler at an elevated position relative to the irrigation device.