Faucet installation assemblies and methods of installing the same
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorGabriel Maclean Niederlander
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Abstract
The faucet installation assemblies can include flexible stems that can be movably aligned with an aperture in order to install a faucet body onto a deck without the need to install the hardware under the deck. A faucet installation assembly can include an anchoring component including a crushable anchor with a plurality of flexible stems extending axially from the anchor, and a gasket, locator/locker washers, threaded washer, and a collar that are coupled to and movable along the plurality of flexible stems. Another faucet assembly can include at least a shank nut and a plurality of shank stems coupled at a first end forming a collar, each shank stem having a free end extending radially and axially from the collar.
Claims10
A faucet installation assembly for coupling a faucet body to a surface, the faucet installation assembly comprising:
- an anchoring component including an anchor and a plurality of elongated members extending axially from the anchor, the anchor including a plurality of annular flanges having different diameters to accommodate differently sized apertures in the surface, the anchor configured to be seated on an underside of the surface and fit at least partially within an aperture in the surface, and the elongated members configured to extend through the aperture;
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- a collar coupled to the elongated members configured to be secured to a top side of the surface for coupling the faucet body to the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.