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US 10,245,610 B2Granted
On-wall shower system
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorBrian Wayne Johnson
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Abstract
An on-wall shower system that is configured to be retrofit to existing in-wall shower plumbing. To assist in installation, the on-wall shower system provides for adjustability of an upper amount, for adjustably of a lower mount, and/or for axial height adjustment.
Claims19
A shower mounting system comprising:
- a riser assembly including a riser tube extending between a lower end and an upper end, and a connector supported by the upper end of the riser tube;
- a lower mount operably coupled to the lower end of the riser tube;
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- an upper mount operably coupled to the connector of the riser assembly, the upper mount including a supply elbow having a rearwardly facing inlet tube configured to be fluidly coupled to a water supply pipe supported by a shower wall and defining a rotational axis, a forwardly facing outlet tube fluidly coupled to the connector of the riser assembly and defining an outlet axis, and a mounting flange including a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings configured to receive anchors, the plurality of circumferentially spaced openings including more than two elongated openings to provide for rotational adjustment of the mounting flange about the rotational axis relative to the anchors;
- wherein the rotational axis is spaced apart from the outlet axis such that the outlet tube is eccentrically mounted relative to the inlet tube, thereby providing for lateral adjustment of the outlet tube as the mount flange and the supply elbow are rotated about the rotational axis.
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A shower mounting system comprising:
- a riser assembly including a riser tube extending between a lower end and an upper end, and a connector supported by the upper end of the riser tube, the riser assembly further including a first fluid conduit received within the riser tube and extending between a lower fluid coupler and an upper fluid coupler, and a second fluid conduit received within the riser tube and extending parallel to the first fluid conduit between a lower fluid coupler and an upper fluid coupler;
- a lower mount operably coupled to the lower end of the riser tube;
- a main control valve operably coupled to the lower mount and fluidly coupled to the riser assembly;
- an upper mount operably coupled to the connector of the riser assembly, the upper mount configured to permit lateral adjustment of the upper end of the riser tube;
- a diverter valve positioned intermediate the lower mount and the upper mount, the diverter valve fluidly coupled to the riser assembly;
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- an extension tube including an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the extension tube operably coupled to the lower end of the riser tube, and fluidly sealed from the riser assembly, the lower end of the extension tube operably coupled to the lower mount, thereby allowing for axial adjustment of the distance between the lower mount and the upper mount.
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A shower mounting system comprising:
- a riser assembly including a riser tube extending between a lower end and an upper end, and a connector supported by the upper end of the riser tube, the riser assembly further including a first fluid conduit received within the riser tube and extending between a lower end and an upper end, and a second fluid conduit received within the riser tube and extending parallel to the first fluid conduit between a lower end and an upper end;
- an upper mount operably coupled to the connector of the riser assembly;
- a lower mount operably coupled to the lower end of the riser tube;
- a main control valve operably coupled to the lower mount and fluidly coupled to the riser assembly;
- a shower arm including an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end fluidly coupled to the connector of the riser assembly;
- a shower head fluidly coupled to the outlet end of the shower arm;
- a hand shower supported by the riser assembly;
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- a diverter valve supported by the lower end of the riser tube, the diverter valve configured to selectively divert water between the shower head and the hand shower;
- wherein the upper mount is configured to permit lateral adjustment of the upper end of the riser tube;
- the upper mount including a supply elbow having a rearwardly facing inlet tube configured to be fluidly coupled to a water supply pipe supported by a shower wall and defining a rotational axis, a forwardly facing outlet tube fluidly coupled to the connector of the riser assembly and defining an outlet axis, and a mounting flange including a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings to receive anchors;
- the rotational axis is spaced apart from the outlet axis such that the outlet tube is eccentrically mounted relative to the inlet tube, thereby providing for lateral adjustment of the outlet tube as the supply elbow is rotated about the rotational axis;
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- an extension tube including an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the extension tube operably coupled to the lower end of the riser tube, and fluidly sealed from the riser assembly, the lower end of the extension tube operably coupled to the lower mount, thereby allowing for axial adjustment of the distance between the lower mount and the upper mount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.