# US 11,441,720 B2 · Shower hose silencing pad apparatus

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- Number: US 11,441,720 B2
- Document ID: US11441720B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/924,290
- Filed: 2020-07-09
- Published: 2022-01-13
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-09
- Applicants: Daniel Nowotarski
- Inventors: Daniel Nowotarski
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441720B2

## CPC

- F16L 55/0335: {by means of external rings}
- E03C 1/025: {Water supply lines as such, e.g. shower hoses}
- F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- 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

## Abstract

A shower hose silencing pad apparatus for silencing noise of a shower hose against the wall includes at least two segment bodies. Each segment body has a pair of outer edges and a sidewall extending therebetween. The sidewall has an inner face, an outer face, and a channel extending from the outer face through the inner face and between the pair of outer edges. Each segment body attaches to a shower hose. A plurality of dampeners is coupled to the outer face of each segment body. A plurality of connector straps is coupled to the segment bodies. Each connector strap is coupled between the outer edges of adjacent segment bodies of the at least two segment bodies.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shower hose silencing pad apparatus comprising:
at least two segment bodies, each segment body having a pair of outer edges and a sidewall extending therebetween, the sidewall having an inner face, an outer face, and a channel extending from the outer face through the inner face and between the pair of outer edges, each segment body being configured to attach to a shower hose;
a plurality of dampeners coupled to each segment body, the plurality of dampeners being coupled to the outer face of each segment body; and
a plurality of connector straps coupled to the segment bodies, each connector strap being coupled between the outer edges of adjacent segment bodies of the at least two segment bodies.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The shower hose silencing pad apparatus of claim 1 further comprising each connector strap being flexible.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The shower hose silencing pad apparatus of claim 1 further comprising each segment body being padded and elastically flexible to allow the channel to expand and contract.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The shower hose silencing pad apparatus of claim 1 further comprising each of the plurality of dampeners being hemispherical.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The shower hose silencing pad apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the plurality of dampeners being arranged in a plurality of linear arrays.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The shower hose silencing pad apparatus of claim 5 further comprising the plurality of arrays comprising three parallel arrays.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The shower hose silencing pad apparatus of claim 6 further comprising each array being spaced 90° apart around the outer face.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The shower hose silencing pad apparatus of claim 5 further comprising each array comprising four dampeners.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The shower hose silencing pad apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a pair of inner edges of the channel of each segment body being rounded.

### Claim 10

A shower hose silencing pad apparatus comprising:
at least two segment bodies, each segment body having a pair of outer edges and a sidewall extending therebetween, the sidewall having an inner face, an outer face, and a channel extending from the outer face through the inner face and between the pair of outer edges, a pair of inner edges of the channel of each segment body being rounded, each segment body being padded and elastically flexible to allow the channel to expand and contract, each segment body being configured to attach to a shower hose;
a plurality of hemispherical dampeners coupled to each segment body, the plurality of dampeners being coupled to the outer face of each segment body and arranged in a set of three parallel linear arrays, each array being spaced 90° apart around the outer face, each array comprising four dampeners; and
a plurality of connector straps coupled to the segment bodies, each connector strap being coupled between the outer edges of adjacent segment bodies of the at least two segment bodies, each connector strap being flexible.