Sprinkler head cover
OwnerGary Leavittinventor
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Abstract
A sprinkler head cover. Implementations may include an artificial turf portion including a backing, a stiffener coupled to the backing, and a bag coupled to the stiffener where the bag has at least one reclosable opening therein. The bag may be configured to receive a quantity of fill material when the at least one reclosable opening is opened and to retain the quantity of fill material within the bag when the at least one reclosable opening is closed. The bag may also be configured to rest on a top surface of a sprinkler head when the sprinkler head is in a retracted position in a grassy area.
Claims16
A sprinkler head cover comprising:
- an artificial turf portion comprising a backing;
- a stiffener coupled to the backing;
- and
- a bag coupled to the stiffener, the bag comprised of a flexible material, the bag having at least one reclosable opening therein configured to be closed by bringing two or more edges of the flexible material together;
- wherein the bag is configured to receive a quantity of fill material when the at least one reclosable opening is opened and to retain the quantity of fill material within the bag when the at least one reclosable opening is closed;
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- wherein the artificial turf portion comprises at least one curved edge, the curved edge curving in a plane that is substantially parallel with a longest length of the artificial turf portion.
A sprinkler head cover comprising:
- an artificial turf portion comprising a backing, the artificial turf portion configured to be substantially coextensive with an area of a hole in a grassy area;
- a stiffener coupled to the backing on a first side of the stiffener;
- and
- a bag coupled to the stiffener on a second side of the stiffener, the bag having at least one reclosable opening therein, the at least one reclosable opening formed by two or more edges in material comprised in the bag, the reclosable opening configured to be closed by bringing the two or more edges together;
- wherein the stiffener is located between the backing and the bag and comprises an outermost perimeter that is substantially the same as an outermost perimeter of the backing.
A method of covering a sprinkler head comprising:
- opening a reclosable opening in a bag comprising a flexible material by decoupling two or more edges of the flexible material, wherein the bag is included in a sprinkler head cover, the sprinkler head cover comprising a stiffener coupled to a backing of an artificial turf portion, the bag coupled to the stiffener;
- placing fill material within the bag;
- closing the reclosable opening by recoupling the two or more edges of the flexible material together;
- and
- placing the bag within a hole containing a sprinkler head in a retracted position where the hole is included in a grassy surface;
- wherein a perimeter of the artificial turf portion forms an elliptical shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.