Patent ID: 10449401

Abstract:
The present application discloses a ground-deployable, rooftop-situated wildfire defense sprinkler system, which may be safely and quickly installed onto peaks of the roof by one or two people working from the ground, and which may also be safely and quickly removed from the roof once the equipment is no longer required; the sprinkler comprising a clam shell frame having an upper surface and a lower surface, at least one front skid pivotally coupled at a pivotal coupling to at least one rear skid so that the front and rear skids rotate relative to one another about an axis of rotation at the pivotal coupling, a translation means mounted to the frame, at least one connection point mounted to the frame and positioned adjacent the axis of rotation, a sprinkler mast mounted to the frame and adapted to extend upwardly therefrom and adapted for mounting a sprinkler head thereon.