US 12,239,865 B2
Firewater monitor brake system and method
Eric LaVergne, Port Arthur, TX (US); and James Morgan, Port Arthur, TX (US)
Filed by Williams Fire & Hazard, LLC, Port Arthur, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/345,081.
Application 18/345,081 is a continuation of application No. 17/886,970, filed on Aug. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,724,139.
Application 17/886,970 is a continuation of application No. 17/293,212, granted, now 11,446,528, issued on Sep. 20, 2022, previously published as PCT/IB2019/059721, filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,675, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338763 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A62C 31/24 (2006.01); A62C 31/28 (2006.01); B60T 1/00 (2006.01); F16L 27/08 (2006.01); B60T 13/74 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 31/24 (2013.01) [A62C 31/28 (2013.01); B60T 1/00 (2013.01); F16L 27/08 (2013.01); B60T 13/745 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A firewater monitor brake system, comprising:
a vertical brake system comprising:
a vertical brake, wherein the vertical brake is adapted to be affixed externally or internally to a vertical swivel of the firewater monitor brake system; and
a vertical brake lever movably attached to a tiller bar of the firewater monitor brake system, wherein the vertical brake lever is coupled to the vertical brake via a vertical actuation system such that, when the vertical brake lever is released by an operator of the firewater monitor brake system, the vertical brake locks the vertical swivel.