US 11,931,755 B2
Sprinkler shield technology
Hector Placencia, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Marcus Mario Moreno, Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by Hector Placencia, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Marcus Mario Moreno, Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/300,723.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,277, filed on Oct. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105532 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B05B 15/16 (2018.01)
CPC B05B 15/16 (2018.02) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sprinkler shield for placement proximate to a separate and independent sprinkler head to direct spray from the sprinkler head towards a desired area such as a lawn and away from an undesired area such as a sidewalk, driveway or the like, comprising:
at least one deflector for directing spray from the sprinkler head towards the desired area and away from the undesired area;
a stalk comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the stalk is coupled to the at least one deflector at the first end, the stalk being adapted to be placed in ground proximate the sprinkler head; and
a spring configured to pivot the deflector, by contact of the sprinkler head with the deflector, from a first substantially horizontal position over the sprinkler head to a second substantially vertical position adjacent to the sprinkler head when compressed by action of the sprinkler head coming into contact with the sprinkler head.