Patent ID: 7191964

Claim:
A fire-fighting monitor for directing the flow of fluid from a fluid source, said monitor comprising: a base being adapted to be in fluid communication with a fluid source; a monitor housing having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet releasably mounted on said base and for receiving fluid through said base, said outlet in fluid communication with said inlet for discharging fluid from said housing; a rotatable connection (1) between said inlet and said base, wherein said inlet is rotatable about said base about a first axis or (2) at said outlet wherein said outlet is rotatable about a second axis; a drive mechanism associated with said rotatable connection for (1) rotating said inlet about said base about said first axis or (2) rotating said outlet about said second axis; and a control system for selectively actuating said drive mechanism, said control system including a receiver for receiving an input signal from a transmitter remote from said monitor, said control system actuating said drive mechanism in response to said receiver receiving an input signal and being capable of causing said inlet or said outlet to rotate back and forth in oscillation between predetermined positions established by said control system.