Patent ID: 7509970

Claim:
A cover and portable fire hydrant comprising: a flanged base configured for mounting on an existing fire hydrant flange; the flanged base further having an inner ring wherein the inner ring has a plurality of engagable slots for engagement with a removable fire hydrant and a valve closure on one side of the inner ring; the removable fire hydrant has a plurality of mating flanges for engagement into the engagable slots whereby insertion of the mating flanges in combination with rotation of the removable fire hydrant in the inner ring secures the removable fire hydrant onto the inner ring, and further rotation of the removable fire hydrant in the inner ring opens the valve closure with a first worm pinion gear that turns a second worm gear located at the end of the valve closure with a rack that engages with a pinion configured on one end of the first worm pinion gear.