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US 12,540,458 B2Granted
Water providing station
AssigneeAcorn Engineering Company
InventorDarryl M. Boeltl
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Abstract
A water providing station having two states of installation. The water providing station includes a housing, a basin supported by the housing, a water dispensing mechanism associated with the basin, an opening defined in the housing, a cover panel removably mounted over the opening in a first installation state and a filter kit removably mounted over the opening in a second installation state. The filter kit including a filter configured to be connected in fluid communication with the water dispensing mechanism.
Claims20
A water providing station having two states of installation, the station comprising:
- a housing;
- a basin supported by the housing;
- a water dispensing mechanism associated with the basin;
- a water supply line located within the housing and fluidly coupled to the water dispensing mechanism;
- an opening defined in the housing;
- a cover panel removably mounted over the opening in a first installation state, the water dispensing system having no filter associated therewith in the first installation state;
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- a filter kit, the filter kit including a door and filter assembly;
- wherein the filter kit is retrofittable with the cover panel and removably mounted over the opening in a second installation state thereby wholly replacing the cover panel, the filter assembly being coupled to the water supply line and being supported by and for movement with the door between open and closed positions of the door while remaining coupled to the water supply line and the water dispensing mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.