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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2021
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Michael A. McAfee, Tucson, AZ (US);
Daniel Roger St. George, Vail, AZ (US);
Matthew Nugent Christensen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Rain Bird Corporation, Azusa, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a turf cup assembly that attaches to a buried pop-up type sprinkler to blend a top of sprinkler both cosmetically and functionally with turf surrounding the sprinkler. The turf cup assembly includes a turf cup and a sleeve. The turf cup mounts to a riser of the pop-up type sprinkler. The turf cup contains soil and root structure of turf. The sleeve surrounds the turf cup and attaches to a top of a housing of a pop-up sprinkler. The sleeve can be at or slightly below grade, and the cup extends out of the sleeve during an irrigation cycle and retracts into the sleeve at the end of the irrigation cycle.