Abstract: An adjustable sprinkler system includes a plurality of sprinkler units disposed about an area to receive water. Each sprinkler unit includes a tapered base portion driven into the earth, and a pair of connector nipples to receive and retain flexible tubing which connects the sprinkler units and supplies water under pressure thereto. Each sprinkler unit includes a cylindrical member extending upwardly from the tapered base portion, with a cap threaded onto the exterior of the cylindrical portion. An arbor is received in a bore in the cylindrical member and is secured pivotally therein. The arbor is rotatable to adjust the rate of flow of water from the sprinkler, while the cap is rotatable independently to vary the spray pattern issuing from each sprinkler.

Abstract: A toy that makes use of conventional garden hose or similar flexible tubing to form a rolling track for marbles. The toy includes a number of supports that function to hold the hoses in longitudinal contact at desired height and angular relationships to the supporting surface, thereby defining the course along which a marble will roll. Height may be adjusted by adding or removing lengths of upright supports. Angular "banking" of the track is accomplished by angular positioning clamp members that mount the track to the supports.

Abstract: A two-piece stabilizer for holding a surface hose or fluid conduit in place on the ground to prevent twisting or turning normally caused by residual stresses is disclosed. A lower base member has a central saddle portion with outwardly extending arms. A clamp member connectable with the base member by irreversible integral pins secures the base in place and prevents it from turning. Modified forms of the clamp member include a spigot portion on its bottom side for penetrating the hose to form a fluid connection and a retaining sleeve portion on its upper side to hold a riser or sprinkler device.

Abstract: A mounting for a water irrigation device comprises a vertical post secured at one end to a ground stake and carrying at its opposite end a cylindrical horizontal socket for frictionally receiving the stem of a fitting adapted to mount the water irrigation device, the latter device being connected to a water supply conduit by a flexible tube having connectors at its opposite ends attachable to the water supply pipe and to the fitting.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing device includes a tank, a floating body, a U-shaped tubular capillary syphon mounted in the floating body for vertical adjustment with respect to the floating body with an inlet end extending beneath the floating body and a discharge end for delivering liquid from the tank. In a second embodiment, the discharge end of the capillary syphon discharges into a vertical hollow tube inside the tank open at its bottom and on which the float member is positioned for guided movement.

Abstract: An adjustable snow making tower wherein the placement of manufactured snow on ski slopes may be regulated. The tower comprises a support pole having the bottom end anchored in the ground and an elongated conduit having air and water supply lines connected to the bottom thereof and air and water discharge nozzle means at the top thereof which is provided to make snow in freezing ambient temperatures. The bottom of this conduit is pivotally connected to the support pole adjacent to the bottom thereof for pivoting the conduit in a vertical plane for adjustment of snow placement on the ground surface. A slide guide is secured to the support pole adjacent the top end and is slidably engageable with the conduit to guide the pivotal movements thereof and limit the extremes of pivotal movement thereof for proper placement of manufactured snow on the ski slope, particularly in response to wind conditions.

Abstract: Pivoted 180.degree. apart on the periphery of a sprinkler wheel, a pair of arms can be swung from folded position within the compass of the wheel to unfolded or operative position whenever it is necessary to immobilize the wheel. The distal end of the arms carries a foot plate with spikes, enabling the operator to force the spikes into the ground with foot pressure. In the operative position, the arm pivots are located on a horizontal diameter of the wheel and the arms are inclined downwardly at an angle of 45.degree. for effective holding effort.

Abstract: A retaining structure for gutter downspouts, particularly a laterally extending downspout, comprising an elongated ground-engaging supporting member which carries at its upper end a laterally extending downspout-receiving member having means for restricting lateral movement of a downspout and a retaining member which is provided with means for restricting both upward and longitudinal movement of a supported downspout.

Abstract: There is provided a guard ring for a lawn sprinkler head characterized by a sleeve dimensioned to surround at least the upper portion of a flush-type lawn sprinkler head. Extending outwardly and downwardly from the upper marginal edge of the sleeve is a frustoconical skirt. A plurality of ground engaging and stabilizing fins extending radially from the lower portion of the sleeve is also provided.

Abstract: A support assembly for a flat soaker hose comprising a spike insertable into the ground, said spike including mounting provisions at the top end thereof for receiving a clamp assembly at various angular dispositions. The clamp assembly is conformed to provide a plurality of cantilevered fingers disposed in staggered opposing alignment, the interior separation between fingers being dimensioned to provide a clamping fit about the soaker hose. One exterior surface of said clamp is furthermore joined to a mounting structure variously conformed for attachment to the upper end of said spike at various angular alignment. In a first embodiment the upper end of the spike is provided with a planar or rectangular cavity extending vertically downward along or parallel to the axis of the spike and the support structure is conformed as a planar member having a plurality of elongate, coplanar elements extending at various angular alignments therefrom each element being conformed for receipt in said cavity.

Abstract: To protect sprinkler system risers and supply pipes from accidental or vandalistic damage, in an extremely simple and economical manner, a fork-shaped element is pounded down in straddling relationship around each riser and the associated pipe joint. The legs of the fork are thus on opposite sides of the riser and joint, whereas the hollow body of the fork element encompasses and restrains the riser. The fork element may be economically manufactured from a single sheet of metal, with a tubular body and diametrically-opposed parallel legs adapted to straddle the joint in the horizontal supply pipe.

Abstract: An aboveground sprinkling device for a spinkling system for lawns and gardens. The device has a sprinkler head at the center of its upper surface and has four sockets spaced at ninety-degree intervals around its side edge, all leading in to a central chamber immediately below the sprinkler head. An integral holding spike extends down from the bottom of the sprinkler head, preferably at the center, for holding the sprinkling device in a selected location. The spike is shaped to resist rotation. A set of plugs is provided to close the sockets that are not to be used. A hose or hoses can be secured to any one of the sockets or to several of them or to all of them to incorporate the device in a continuous sprinkler system employing a plurality of these sprinkling devices. The sockets not connected to hoses are plugged.

Abstract: A simple, two-part adjustable spray device is disclosed, the device consisting of a tubular member within which is a cylindrical insert member. At its inner end, the insert member includes a chamber in selective communication with both the inlet portion of the tubular member and a longitudinal channel formed in the internal wall of the outlet portion of the tubular member. The side wall of the insert member defining the chamber is sufficiently flexible to be distended by the pressure of liquid within the chamber into a sealing engagement with the interior side wall of the tubular member. By rotationally adjusting the insert member, the chamber may be brought into selective communication with the longitudinal channel to allow a varying volume of liquid to pass from the inlet to the outlet and a spray of liquid to be emitted through a profiled aperture.

Abstract: A remote control handle for use with a pressure sprayer cannister for mixing a concentrated spray solution with an external liquid under pressure. The handle comprises an elongated rigid tube of about an arm's length which is connected at one end to a garden hose and at the other end to the cannister. A normally closed valve on the handle adjacent the garden hose connection is used for regulation of the flow of liquid to the cannister. A rinse hose which is normally closed is provided for rinsing the hands of the user. A specially constructed pivotable stand is connected adjacent the cannister connection end and is adapted to support the unit on the ground for unattended spraying use. A stop is provided to limit the stand's position. The stand is specially constructed of two rod-like members and a spring so that it can be fastened in collapsed position to the tubular member.

Abstract: A spray nozzle adapted for attachment to a hose for spraying water on a garden or lawn has a neck which merges into an enlarged delivery region, at the front of which there is a spray plate containing holes through which the fluid sprays. A pin for insertion into the ground is formed in the shape of an open eye at one end, the eye being attached by forcing it between juxtaposed bosses protruding toward each other from lugs at the under side of the nozzle device. The part of the device comprising the neck and delivery region is made in one piece of molded material and the spray member containing the spray plate is made separately of a similar molded material, these two parts then being attached together. To permit the making of the spray member portion in a mold, the mold is constructed so that it parts at a plane passing through the parts of the protruding bosses which are closest to each other, so that the mold parts can be separated from the cast article.

Abstract: A sprinkler comprises a nozzle attached at one end of an elongated member, an earth-penetrating element attached at the other end of the member, and a foot-step. The nozzle is attached to a passage in the elongated member through a fluid communication means and receives fluid transmitted to it through the passage from a fluid source. The element is attached to the member by two element portions receiving a section at one end of the member therebetween and interengaging parts, such as a projection - recess combination, on each of the element portions and the member section. Adjacent to each member interengaging part is a groove running between, and bounded by the element portions. The foot-step is secured by securing it to those parts of the element portions bounding the groove, with the securing means being received within the groove.

Abstract: Adjustable soaker hose support assemblies that are driven or forced into the earth in spaced relationship adjacent an area that is to be watered. When the assemblies are so disposed a soaker hose having a number of longitudinally spaced water discharge openings therein is removably secured to the assemblies. The assemblies so support the soaker hose, that both the hose and discharge openings therein may be manually adjusted to permit a first desired area of the earth to be watered and then subsequently other areas likewise watered, upon completion of the watering operation the soaker hose is easily separated from the assemblies, and the assemblies pulled from the earth and stored with the soaker hose until again needed. The assemblies are preferably formed by conventional molding operations from a high impact polymercized resin. The assemblies are of such structure that they may be easily supported in hard packed earth by being driven therein by hammer blows applied to the tops of the assemblies.

Abstract: A fence structure is provided which is produced of a plurality of lengths of plastic or metal extrusions joined together to form a tandem array of interconnected sections. In one form, the joining means serves one or more functions in addition to that of connecting the fence sections together. A particular form of joining means for the fence sections is also operable to secure the fence to the ground.In a particular construction, the fence is formed with one or more tubular formations extending longitudinally thereof and the tubular formations of each section of fence are interconnected with those of the other sections by means of the joining means.