US 12,240,008 B2
Sprinkler riser extension kit
Kody J. Ketterling, Twin Falls, ID (US)
Filed by Kody J. Ketterling, Twin Falls, ID (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/135,699.
Application 18/135,699 is a continuation of application No. 17/080,800, filed on Oct. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,654,447.
Application 17/080,800 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/377,199, filed on Apr. 6, 2019, granted, now 10,814,343, issued on Oct. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/725,970, filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249212 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B05B 15/656 (2018.01); B05B 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 15/656 (2018.02) [B05B 1/267 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A riser extension kit configured for installation on a pop-up sprinkler that is operational without such kit installed, the pop-up sprinkler having an enclosure having (i) an outlet end and an inlet end, (ii) a riser having an internal hollow channel installed within the enclosure and in fluid communication with the inlet end of the enclosure, and (iii) a cap having a top side and a bottom side, the riser configured to direct water entering the inlet end to flow through the riser and the cap and to exit a sprinkler head at the outlet end, the riser extension kit comprising:
a gripping head having an upper end and a lower end and configured to engage the enclosure of the pop-up sprinkler, the gripping head having an inner wall defining a channel therethrough, and an outer wall, separated from the inner wall, connecting the upper end to the lower end, wherein the outer wall extends beyond a bottom end of the channel to form an open space below the bottom end of the channel; and
a riser extension configured to engage the riser at a first end and the sprinkler head at an opposite second end, the riser extension aligned with the hollow channel and movable through the channel of the gripping head to extend the sprinkler head a distance past the upper end of the channel.