# US 10,246,860 B1 · Shower clamp structure

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- Number: US 10,246,860 B1
- Document ID: US10246860B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 15/939,205
- Filed: 2018-03-28
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-28
- Applicants: Chin-Lung Wu; Wei-Sheng Wu
- Inventors: Chin-Lung Wu; Wei-Sheng Wu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246860B1

## CPC

- E03C 1/06: Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath {(showers per se A47K3/28)}
- A47K 3/281: {Accessories for showers or bathing douches, e.g. cleaning devices for walls or floors of showers (A47K3/30, A47K3/38, A47K3/40 take precedence)}
- B05B 1/182: {characterised by their outlet openings or elements; Mounting arrangements therefor}
- B05B 1/1823: {Concentric or coaxial groups}
- B05B 15/62: Arrangements for supporting spraying apparatus, e.g. suction cups
- B05B 15/654: using universal joints
- F16B 2/12: using sliding jaws
- B05B 1/185: {characterised by their outlet element; Mounting arrangements therefor}
- E03C 1/0409: {Shower handles}
- E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES
- B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D)
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

## Abstract

A shower clamp structure includes a gear with a pillar, a spiral spring, two clamping members, a cover, and a screw locking member. The adaptor has a recession formed at an end of the adaptor for receiving the spiral spring, and an end of the spiral spring is positioned in the recession, and a protrusion of the gear is disposed in the spiral spring, and the external periphery of the protrusion is provided for positioning a free end of the spiral spring, and the two clamping members have a protective plate each, and both opposite sides of two protective plates have a plate each and each plate has a rack facing the gear, and each rack is engaged with the gear, and the cover has a guide slot facing the adaptor and provided for receiving the plates of the two clamping members. The screw locking member is passed through the cover, gear, and spiral spring and screwed into the adaptor. The structure not just has very few components to facilitate users to assemble the structure only, but also improve the overall aesthetic decoration of the shower space.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shower clamp structure, comprising a water intake hose, an adaptor, a connecting hose and a shower head with a handle, and the adaptor being installed at an end of the water intake hose, and a water outlet formed at a predetermined position of an external periphery of the adaptor and provided for installing an end of the connecting hose, and an free end of the connecting hose being coupled to the handle of the shower head, characterized in that the adaptor has a clamping structure disposed at an end without the water intake hose for clamping the shower head, and the clamping structure comprises a spiral spring, a gear with a pillar, two clamping members, a cover, and a screw locking member; the adaptor has a recession formed at an end of the adaptor for receiving the spiral spring, and an end of the spiral spring is fixed in the recession, and the protrusion of the gear is installed in the spiral spring, and the external periphery of the protrusion is provided for positioning the free end of the spiral spring free end, and the two clamping members have a protective plate each, and both opposite sides of the two protective plates have a plate each, and each plate has a rack facing a side of the gear, and each rack is engaged with the gear, and the cover has a guide slot formed on a side of the cover and facing the adaptor and provided for receiving the plates of the two clamping members, and the screw locking member is passed through the cover, the gear, and the spiral spring and screwed into the adaptor.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The shower clamp structure of claim 1, wherein the recession of the adaptor has a latch slot for positioning an end of the spiral spring, and the protrusion of the gear has a latch slot formed at a predetermined position of the external periphery of the protrusion for positioning the free end of the spiral spring.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The shower clamp structure of claim 1, wherein the screw locking member is a screw.