US 11,779,788 B2
Fire protection sprinkler assemblies and installations with adjustable push-to-connect fittings
George B. Coletta, West Warwick, RI (US); Robert Kyle Fullerton, Matthews, NC (US); Scott Alan Going, Lubbock, TX (US); Michael W. Horgan, East Greenwich, RI (US); Alaine Christine Liotta, Conshohocken, PA (US); Gary James Luiz, Warwick, RI (US); Todd F. Orsini, Sterling, MA (US); Darren Palmieri, Chalfont, PA (US); Dennis Michael Phillips, Mount Juliet, TN (US); Kevin Wade Pressnell, Athens, AL (US); and Manuel R. Silva, Jr., Cranston, RI (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire Products LP, Cranston, RI (US)
Filed by Tyco Fire Products LP, Cranston, RI (US)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/355,497.
Application 17/355,497 is a continuation of application No. 16/470,799, granted, now 11,065,489, previously published as PCT/US2017/068210, filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/439,665, filed on Dec. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/439,744, filed on Dec. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/439,689, filed on Dec. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/439,632, filed on Dec. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/439,725, filed on Dec. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/439,701, filed on Dec. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/439,617, filed on Dec. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0316179 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A62C 37/09 (2006.01); F16L 37/091 (2006.01); A62C 35/68 (2006.01)
CPC A62C 37/09 (2013.01) [F16L 37/0915 (2016.05); A62C 35/68 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sprinkler fitting assembly, comprising:
a sprinkler;
a fitting comprising an inner surface to receive the sprinkler;
a retaining ring to be received between the inner surface and the sprinkler to engage the sprinkler; and
a releasing member to be received between the inner surface and the sprinkler, the releasing member having an inner wall, an outer wall outward from the inner wall, and a traversing portion connecting the inner wall with the outer wall, the inner wall and outer wall defining an annular channel between the inner wall and the outer wall, the releasing member to disengage the retaining ring from the sprinkler.