# US 10,480,678 B2 · Ergonometric faucet handle with changeable shape body > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,678 B2 - Document ID: US10480678B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/807,534 - Filed: 2017-11-08 - Published: 2018-05-24 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-11-08 - Assignees: Newco Enterprises, Inc. - Applicants: Newco Enterprises, Inc. - Inventors: Jody G. Jacobsen; John David Santy, Jr.; Deborah L. Absalon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480678B2 ## CPC - B67D 1/1477: {Devices for assisting tap handling, e.g. levers} - F16K 31/602: {Pivoting levers, e.g. single-sided (F16K31/605 takes precedence)} - B67D 3/04: Liquid-dispensing taps or cocks adapted to seal and open tapping holes of casks, e.g. for beer {(closures with filling and discharging devices for containers B65D47/00)} - B67D 3/043: {with a closing element having a linear movement, in a direction perpendicular to the seat} - B67D 1/0877: {Advertising means (advertising in general G09F)} - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) - F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)} ## Abstract A handle for a beverage dispensing faucet, having an ergonometric size and shaped body that is easy to grasp and lightweight, the handle being configured to allow quickly and easily changing or selecting from different shape ergonometric bodies using specially shaped adapters having mounting elements shaped to the different shape bodies. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A handle for a beverage dispensing faucet, comprising: a base having a first surface comprising at least one cam extending in a first direction therefrom and having an aperture therethrough, and a second surface opposite the first surface and having at least one mounting element extending in a second direction opposite the first direction and having a predetermined first shape; a generally disk shape adapter having a first surface replicating the predetermined first shape, matingly engaged with the at least one mounting element of the base to mount the adapter to the base, the adapter having a second surface having at least one mounting element extending in the second direction and defining a predetermined second shape different from the predetermined first shape; and an annular body having an edge replicating the predetermined second shape, matingly engaged with the at least one mounting element of the second surface of the adapter to mount the annular body to the adapter extending in the second direction therefrom, and a fastener extending through and securing the annular body and the adapter to the base. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the predetermined first shape is circular. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the predetermined first shape is polygonal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The handle of claim 3, wherein the predetermined first shape is square. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The handle of claim 3, wherein the predetermined first shape is hexagonal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the at least one mounting element of the base comprises an annular groove about the second surface and facing in the second direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The handle of claim 6, wherein the second surface of the base comprises a receptacle surrounded by the annular groove. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the predetermined second shape is polygonal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the predetermined first shape is circular and the predetermined second shape is polygonal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the at least one mounting element of the second surface of the adapter comprises an annular groove facing in the second direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the base further comprises a centrally located raised element extending from the second surface thereof and the adapter is configured to fit thereabout. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, further comprising: a generally disk shape top including a surface having at least one mounting element having the predetermined first shape matingly engaged with a second disk including at least one mounting element having the predetermined second shape, matingly engaged with an opposite end of the annular body having the predetermined second shape. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, wherein the annular body comprises a tube. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, further comprising: a generally disk shape top including a surface having at least one element defining the predetermined second shape and configured to matingly engage an opposite end of the second annular element having the predetermined second shape. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The handle of claim 1, further comprising an element that extends from the second surface of the base to attach a tubular element thereto.