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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2012
Applicant:
The Viking Corporation, Hastings, MI (US);
Inventor:
Michael J. Oldham, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Viking Corporation, Hastings, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62C 31/28 (2006.01); B05B 15/00 (2006.01); B65D 25/00 (2006.01); A62C 37/08 (2006.01); B05B 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A62C 37/08 (2013.01); B65D 25/005 (2013.01); B05B 15/001 (2013.01); A62C 31/28 (2013.01); B05B 1/265 (2013.01); B05B 1/267 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shipping cap for a sprinkler includes a main body having a hollow annular wall portion having a closed upper end. A first pair of side legs extend laterally and axially from a first side of the cylindrical wall portion and a second pair of side legs extend laterally from a second side of the cylindrical wall portion. A first side curtain extends from one of the first pair of side legs and one of the second pair of side legs and a second side curtain extends from the other of the first pair of side legs and the other of the second pair of side legs.