Patent ID: 7673696

Claim:
A system for deployment on a roof of a structure to protect the structure from fire, the system comprising in combination: at least one sprinkler; a hose interface coupled to said sprinkler; a roof support base coupled to said sprinkler and adapted to support the sprinkler upon a roof of a structure, straddling a ridge of the roof; said base including at least two elongate rigid diagonal segments diverging from each other at an angle less than 180°; at least one hose extending from a water supply to said hose interface; wherein said base includes a center tube, said center tube oriented substantially perpendicular to said diagonal segments, said center tube adapted to be oriented substantially parallel with the ridge of the roof and adjacent the ridge of the roof; wherein said diagonal segments are provided in pairs coupled to said center tube near ends of said center tube with two of said diagonal segments in a first pair located adjacent a first end of said center tube and two of said diagonal segments in a second pair located adjacent a second end of said center tube, said sprinkler coupled to said center tube at a point on said center tube between said ends; wherein said diagonal segments within each said pair are joined together adjacent said center tube, said diagonal segments joined together through a bendable junction, such that said diagonal segments can be bent to a diverging angle matching a pitch of the roof; said diagonal segments formed of a material and with geometry which allows said diagonal segments to be bent by hand applied forces to a new angle matching a pitch of the roof and remain at said new angle after being bent; wherein two horizontal segments extend between lower ends of said diagonal segments with one of said horizontal segments adapted to be located on a first side of the ridge and a second one of said horizontal segments adapted to be located on a second side of the ridge; wherein said diagonal segments and said horizontal segments together form a full circuit, said circuit formed of a single piece of said material; said new angle of said diagonal segments allowing said center tube to be located adjacent the ridge of the roof when said diagonal segments are positioned straddling the ridge of the roof; and said horizontal segments each including at least one foot having a width greater than a width of said horizontal segments, each said foot formed of a resilient material adapted to contact the roof and minimize damage to the roof while inhibiting slippage of said horizontal segments relative to the roof.