Patent ID: 7644777

Claim:
A fire-fighting monitor comprising: a housing defining an internal passageway defining an inlet and an outlet; a nozzle coupler having an internal passageway defining an inlet and an outlet; a pivot joint coupler comprising a unitary body and a first pivot member, said unitary body having an internal passageway with a non-linear central axis, said passageway defining an inlet and an outlet, said first pivot member pivotally mounting said inlet of said pivot joint coupler at said outlet of said housing to define a first horizontal pivot axis, and said inlet of said nozzle coupler mounted at said outlet of said pivot joint coupler by a second pivot member to define a second horizontal pivot axis, wherein said internal passageway of said pivot joint coupler is in communication with said internal passageways of said housing and said nozzle coupler, said second horizontal pivot axis in a fixed, spaced relationship to said first horizontal pivot axis and offset above said first horizontal pivot axis and wherein the weight at the nozzle coupler generates a gravitational moment about said first horizontal pivot axis; and said nozzle coupler having a central axis extending along said internal passageway of said nozzle coupler from said outlet to said inlet of said nozzle coupler and defining a reference line, said reference line extending into said pivot coupler and through said second horizontal pivot axis offset from and above said first horizontal pivot axis when said monitor is placed on a horizontal surface.