Patent ID: 9657866
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: F16K

Claim:
1. A water valve rotational brake comprising: a convex C-shaped base having a top surface, a bottom surface, a right edge, a left edge, a front edge, and a back edge; a plurality of suction cups continuously disposed on the base bottom surface from the base right edge to the base left edge; a pair of pin height adjustable legs comprising a right pin height adjustable leg and a left pin height adjustable leg, each of the right pin height adjustable leg and the left pin height adjustable leg having a top end and a bottom end, wherein the bottom end of each of the right pin height adjustable leg and the left pin height adjustable leg is attached to the base top surface proximal the base right edge and the base left edge, respectively; and an angled locking arm having a medially disposed apex, a right end, a left end, a top area, and a bottom area, wherein the locking arm bottom area proximal the locking arm right end and the locking arm bottom area proximal the locking arm left end is attached to the top end of the right pin height adjustable leg and the left pin height adjustable leg, respectively; wherein the locking arm apex is forwardly disposed at an obtuse angle from the base right edge and the base left edge; wherein a curvature of the base front edge substantially conforms to a curvature of an exterior edge of a water valve; wherein the plurality of suction cups is configured to removably attach to a surface proximal the water valve in order to simultaneously dispose the base front edge adjacent to the exterior edge of the water valve and the locking arm above a rotatable handle on the water valve; wherein the locking arm is configured to prevent the handle from rotating in a right direction and alternately in a left direction beyond the locking arm disposed atop the water valve.