Patent ID: 7066404
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A spray shield apparatus mounted atop a vertical riser that shields against spray from a sprinkler head and is attached to said riser to deflect fluid sprayed thereon, said spray shield apparatus comprising; (a) a semi-cylindrical body enclosed with a circular segmental top end and an opposing circular segmental bottom end, said circular segmental bottom end being configured to engage said riser via friction fit thereby maintaining said spray shield substantially around said sprinkler head whereby said semi-cylindrical body and said circular segmental top end limits a spray from said sprinkler head to a predetermined area; (b) friction fit means for attaching said spray shield apparatus to said riser without removing said sprinkler head, integrated within said circular segmental bottom end and disposed to receive and engage said riser laterally with respect to the axis of said riser and to maintain said semi-cylindrical body in a predetermined position relative to a spray pattern from said sprinkler head; (c) means for preventing said spray shield apparatus that is attached to said riser from being forcibly tilted into a forwardly oblique position, causing the leading vertical edges of said semi-cylindrical body to contact a radius of said spray pattern from said sprinkler head thereby interfering with said spray pattern; whereby said spray shield apparatus effectively captures and contains a misdirected spray from said sprinkler head.