Patent ID: 7275604

Claim:
A camouflaged thermo-sensitive sprinkler system for protecting a building structure from wildfire damage, said thermo-sensitive sprinkler system comprising: a control panel comprising a processor, a memory including programmable software instructions that cause said sprinkler system to automatically toggle between operating and non-operating modes when a fire is detected at the building structure, and a plurality of controls electrically mated to said processor, said controls generating and transmitting a control signal to said processor based upon a user input, said processor executing a control algorithm embedded within said software instructions for enabling the user to manually override said sprinkler system as needed; a plurality of sensors sequentially spaced along a perimeter of the building structure, each said sensors being camouflaged and shaped as one of an outdoor insect and amphibian for blending into a surrounding environment; a plurality of lawn sprinkler assemblies selectively positioned at predetermined locations about the perimeter of the building structure; a plurality of fire sprinkler assemblies selectively positioned at predetermined locations about the perimeter of the building structure, said lawn sprinkler assemblies and said fire sprinkler assemblies being electrically mated to said control panel and further being independently operable during emergency and non-emergency situations; wherein each said sensors are in communication with said control panel such that said sensors can automatically instruct said control panel to activate and deactivate said lawn and fire sprinkler assemblies when an ambient temperate is detected to be higher than a maximum threshold temperature surrounding the building structure; at least one elongated and conductive cable including a plurality of female couplings electrically mated thereto and laterally extending away from said cable, said cable further including a male coupling electrically mated thereto; each said sensors comprising a housing provided with a linear threaded bore, an elongated and linear stake removably inserted below ground level and pivotally connected to said housing, said housing being adaptable along an arcuate path above the ground level while said stake remains statically positioned below ground level, a female receptacle directly mateable to said male coupling of said cable such that spaced ones of said sensors can be powered by associated ones of said cable, and a male receptacle electrically coupled to said threaded bore and removable mateable with one of said female couplings of said cable.