US 11,833,538 B2
Rotary sprinkler riser extension kit
Kody J. Ketterling, Twin Falls, ID (US)
Filed by Kody J. Ketterling, Twin Falls, ID (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/982,373.
Application 17/982,373 is a continuation of application No. 16/748,769, filed on Jan. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,491,499.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/794,911, filed on Jan. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0065523 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B05B 3/04 (2006.01); B05B 15/74 (2018.01)
CPC B05B 3/0422 (2013.01) [B05B 15/74 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A riser extension kit configured for installation on a rotary sprinkler that is operational without such kit installed, the rotary sprinkler having an enclosure having (i) an outlet end and an inlet end, (ii) a rotatable hollow stem installed within the enclosure and having a lower end, and (iii) a cap having means for removable attachment to the outlet end of the enclosure, the stem configured to direct water entering the inlet end to flow through the stem and the cap and to exit the outlet end, the riser extension kit comprising:
an external riser extension having means for removable attachment to the rotary sprinkler between the cap of the rotary sprinkler and the enclosure of the rotary sprinkler, a channel defined through the external riser extension, the channel configured to receive the stem of the rotary sprinkler; and
an internal riser extension having a width less than inner width of the enclosure of the rotary sprinkler, means for removable attachment to a lower end of the stem of the rotary sprinkler, a lower gear configured to rotate the rotary sprinkler, and a means for arresting rotation of the rotary sprinkler.