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US 11,628,462 B2Granted
Handheld shower assembly
AssigneeHomewerks Worldwide, LLC
InventorsViorel Berlovan, Jr., Michael J. Cugini, David M. Flowers, John C. Holzheimer, Andrew B. Logar
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Abstract
A water dispensing assembly including a handheld dispenser, a receiver mountable to an outlet pipe, a coupling mechanism for releasably coupling the handheld dispenser with the receiver. The coupling mechanism can include a male component adapted to be received in a female component, and a retention flange adapted to engage the receiver to assist in retaining the dispenser in a coupled state.
Claims14
A water dispensing assembly comprising:
- a handheld dispenser;
- a receiver mountable to an outlet pipe;
- a coupling mechanism for releasably coupling the handheld dispenser with the receiver;
- wherein the coupling mechanism includes a male component adapted to be received in a female component, the male component being associated with the receiver and the female component being associated with the handheld dispenser;
- wherein the male component extends from a front surface of the receiver opposite an inlet of the receiver;
- wherein the female component includes a recess in a surface of the handheld dispenser opposite a surface of the handheld dispenser having a water outlet;
- wherein the female component further includes at least one pin supported for radial movement within the recess between a first radially inner position extending at least partially into the recess, and a second radially outer position;
- wherein the male component includes a circumferential recess on a radially outer side thereof, the circumferential recess configured to receive the at least one pin when the male component is received in the female component thereby restricting separation of the handheld dispenser from the receiver;
- and
- wherein the at least one pin includes a compound profile having a first angled surface extending at a first non-perpendicular angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the at least one pin and a second angled surface extending at a second non-perpendicular angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the at least one pin, the first angle and second angle being different angles, the first and second angled surfaces converging radially inwardly towards the longitudinal axis of the at least one pin and meeting a connecting surface of the at least one pin;
- and
- wherein the circumferential recess includes a compound profile having at least two angled surfaces corresponding to the first angle and the second angle of the first angled surface and the second angled surface of the at least one pin.
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