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US 12,010,776 B2Granted
Systems and methods for lighted showering
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsBrandon H. Miller, Connor McManus, Brian M. Kaule
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Abstract
A showerhead includes a plurality of water outlets for providing a flow of water. The showerhead includes one or more lighting elements and a light driver communicably coupled to the one or more lighting elements. The light driver is configured to control at least a subset of the lighting elements to output light based on various conditions corresponding to the showerhead.
Claims18
A showerhead comprising:
- a plurality of lighting elements;
- and
- a light reflector arranged to reflect the light from the lighting elements toward a light diffuser, the light reflector being concavely curved at an incident surface of the light reflector;
- wherein the light diffuser is positioned along an external surface of the showerhead and is arranged to diffuse the light from the light reflector along a surface of the light diffuser.
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A showerhead comprising:
- a housing;
- a light reflector arranged along an inner cavity of the housing;
- one or more lighting elements arranged to direct light toward the light reflector, the light reflector being concavely curved at an incident surface of the light reflector;
- and
- a light diffuser arranged along an external surface of the housing, the light diffuser configured to receive light reflected from the light reflector and to diffuse the light outwardly from the light diffuser.
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A method of assembling a showerhead, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of lighting elements in an orientation to output light;
- providing a light reflector in an interior cavity of a housing of the showerhead, the light reflector arranged to reflect the light from the plurality lighting elements towards a light diffuser, the light reflector being concavely curved at an incident surface of the light reflector;
- and
- providing the light diffuser along an external surface of the showerhead, the light diffuser receiving the light from the light reflector and diffusing the light along a surface of the light diffuser.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.