US 12,605,724 B2Granted

Shower system

AssigneeFortune Brands Water Innovations LLC

InventorsCharles J. Tromm, Christopher Douglas Dodd, Thomas Joseph Manion, Adam John Valco

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Abstract

The present invention provides a shower system that enables a shower device to be easily removed from a dock. The shower system comprises a dock, a shower device, and a locking mechanism. The dock includes a water supply connector, a dock housing, and a dock connector. The dock connector includes a dock fluidic connector. The dock fluidic connector includes a dock fluid passageway. The shower device includes a shower device housing and a shower device connector. The shower device connector includes a shower device fluidic connector. The shower device fluidic connector includes a shower device fluid passageway. The water supply connector is operable to sealingly engage a water supply pipe. The shower device fluidic connector is operable to sealingly engage the dock fluidic connector and enable fluid to flow from the dock fluid passageway to the shower device fluid passageway. The locking mechanism is operable to removably retain the shower device fluidic connector in sealing engagement with the dock fluidic connector.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A shower system, comprising:

a dock, the dock including a water supply connector, a dock housing, and a dock connector, the dock connector including a dock fluidic connector, the dock fluidic connector including a dock fluid passageway, the dock connector further including a dock magnetic mechanism and a dock align member;
a shower device, the shower device including a shower device housing and a shower device connector, the shower device connector including a shower device fluidic connector, the shower device fluidic connector including a shower device fluid passageway, the shower device connector further including a shower device magnetic mechanism and a shower device align member;
and
a lock;
wherein the water supply connector is operable to sealingly engage a water supply pipe;
wherein the shower device fluidic connector is operable to sealingly engage the dock fluidic connector and enable fluid to flow from the dock fluid passageway to the shower device fluid passageway;
wherein the lock is operable to removably retain the shower device fluidic connector in sealing engagement with the dock fluidic connector;
wherein the shower device magnetic mechanism is operable to interact with the dock magnetic mechanism;
wherein the shower device align member is operable to engage with the dock align member;
and
wherein the shower device magnetic mechanism interacts with the dock magnetic mechanism before the shower device fluidic connector sealingly engages the dock fluidic connector.

8 more elements

A shower system, comprising:

a dock, the dock including a water supply connector, a dock housing, and a dock connector, the dock connector including a dock fluidic connector, the dock fluidic connector including a dock fluid passageway, the dock connector further including a dock magnetic mechanism and a dock align member;
a shower device, the shower device including a shower device housing and a shower device connector, the shower device connector including a shower device fluidic connector, the shower device fluidic connector including a shower device fluid passageway, the shower device connector further including a shower device magnetic mechanism and a shower device align member;
and
a lock;
wherein the water supply connector is operable to sealingly engage a water supply pipe;
wherein the shower device fluidic connector is operable to sealingly engage the dock fluidic connector and enable fluid to flow from the dock fluid passageway to the shower device fluid passageway;
wherein the lock is operable to removably retain the shower device fluidic connector in sealing engagement with the dock fluidic connector;
wherein the shower device magnetic mechanism is operable to interact with the dock magnetic mechanism;
wherein the shower device align member is operable to engage with the dock align member;
and
wherein the shower device align member engages the dock align member before the shower device fluidic connector sealingly engages the dock fluidic connector.

8 more elements

A shower system, comprising:

a dock, the dock including a water supply connector, a dock housing, and a dock connector, the dock connector including a dock fluidic connector, the dock fluidic connector including a dock fluid passageway, the dock connector further including a dock magnetic mechanism and a dock align member;
a shower device, the shower device including a shower device housing and a shower device connector, the shower device connector including a shower device fluidic connector, the shower device fluidic connector including a shower device fluid passageway, the shower device connector further including a shower device magnetic mechanism and a shower device align member;
and
a lock;
wherein the water supply connector is operable to sealingly engage a water supply pipe;
wherein the shower device fluidic connector is operable to sealingly engage the dock fluidic connector and enable fluid to flow from the dock fluid passageway to the shower device fluid passageway;
wherein the lock is operable to removably retain the shower device fluidic connector in sealing engagement with the dock fluidic connector;
wherein the shower device magnetic mechanism is operable to interact with the dock magnetic mechanism;
wherein the shower device align member is operable to engage with the dock align member;
wherein the shower device magnetic mechanism interacts with the dock magnetic mechanism before the shower device fluidic connector sealingly engages the dock fluidic connector;
and
wherein the shower device align member engages the dock align member before the shower device fluidic connector sealingly engages the dock fluidic connector.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/175,161Filed 27 Feb 2023 · us provisional application
Priority: 2 Mar 2022
Published: US 2023/0285991 A114 Sep 2023
Granted: 21 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B05B 1/1823
The outlet openings arranged in plural groups or rows: concentric or coaxial groups
B05B 1/185
Roses; Shower heads: characterised by their outlet element; Mounting arrangements therefor
B05B 1/182
Roses; Shower heads: characterised by their outlet openings or elements; Mounting arrangements therefor
B05B 15/654
Whereby the jet can be oriented: using universal joints