Patent ID: 8469111

Claim:
A sprinkler head cover for a sprinkler head, the sprinkler head having a deflector and arms, the arms supporting the deflector, said cover comprising: a cup-shaped body having an open first end and a closed second end; said closed second end having an end wall and said cup-shaped body including a side wall extending from and around said end wall to form said open first end and a cavity extending from said closed second end and said open first end, said cavity sized and adapted for receiving the deflector and arms of the sprinkler head, said side wall having an inner surface and including a pair of grooves extending radially outward into said inner surface from said open first end toward said end wall and adapted for receiving the arms of the sprinkler head when the sprinkler head is inserted into said cavity for releasably mounting said cover to the sprinkler head, at least one annular rib projecting inwardly from said inner surface of said side wall, and said rib spaced from said end wall and forming a space between said rib and said end wall for receiving the deflector of the sprinkler head when the sprinkler head is inserted into the cavity; wherein said at least one annular rib includes a plurality of annular ribs, said ribs projecting inwardly into said cavity from an inner surface of said side wall and being spaced from said end wall for capturing the deflector between said ribs and said end wall; wherein said end wall includes a gripping surface for disengaging said cover from a sprinkler head.