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US 12,042,807 B2Granted
Handheld showerhead with push-button release mechanism
AssigneeHomewerks Worldwide, LLC
InventorsRob Shade, Viorel Berlovan, Jr.
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Abstract
A handheld showerhead assembly including a handheld showerhead and a receiver to which the handheld showerhead is releasably securable. The handheld showerhead includes a push-button on a handle portion thereof for releasing the handheld showerhead from the receiver. The handheld showerhead is maintained securely engaged with the receiver until the push-button is depressed to permit removal of the handheld showerhead from the receiver. Cooperating magnetic components attract the handheld showerhead to the receiver.
Claims7
A handheld shower assembly comprising:
- a handheld showerhead;
- a receiver mountable to an outlet pipe;
- and a coupling mechanism for releasably coupling the handheld shower 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 showerhead;
- wherein the handheld showerhead includes a user-actuated release mechanism;
- and wherein the coupling mechanism includes cooperating magnetic components for attracting the male component to the female component;
- wherein the user-actuated release mechanism includes a biasing member and a pair of jaws, the pair of jaws configured to engage a surface of the male component to restrict separation of the handheld showerhead from the receiver, the jaws being movable between a closed position and an open position, and the biasing member biases the pair of jaws towards the closed position;
- wherein a flow tube passes through an opening in the user-actuated release mechanism;
- and
- wherein the user-actuated release mechanism includes a first linkage having a pair of pivotably spaced-apart bars at least partially forming the opening through which the flow tube passes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.