Showerhead assembly with integrated soap-shampoo reservoir
AssigneeEtl, LLC
InventorDavid Hofman
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Abstract
An improved showerhead assembly is provided for facilitating the application of soap or shampoo upon a bather. The showerhead assembly is preferably handheld and includes an elongate handle, and a showerhead including a face having one or more nozzles for spraying water. In addition, the showerhead assembly includes a detachable reservoir for storing soap or shampoo. Preferably, the reservoir is detachable from the showerhead by a threaded coupling in which the reservoir includes male threads which can be capped. Preferably, the showerhead assembly includes a controller for allowing one to selectively dispense shampoo or soap from within the reservoir into the stream of water which is ejected from the showerhead nozzles.
Claims16
The showerhead assembly comprising:
- a hollow handle having a primary water conduit configured to receive water from a water source;
- a showerhead affixed to a distal end of said hollow handle, said showerhead having a housing, a face, one or more nozzles which extend from said face, and a cavity wall within said housing which forms a cavity between said face and said cavity wall, said cavity wall includes a water supply hole in fluid communication with said primary water conduit, an inlet hole in fluid connection with an inlet conduit, and an outlet hole in fluid connection with an outlet conduit;
- a transition section including said inlet conduit connected to said cavity wall's inlet hole and said outlet conduit connected to said cavity wall's outlet hole;
- a reservoir connected to said transition section, said reservoir including a central chamber wherein soap or shampoo can be stored, wherein said reservoir is connected to said cavity by said inlet conduit and said outlet conduit;
- wherein water is capable of flowing through said central channel to fill said showerhead cavity before being expelled through said nozzles or flowing through said cavity wall inlet hole and said transition section inlet conduit into said reservoir and then flowing through said transition section outlet conduit and said cavity wall outlet hole into said showerhead cavity and then being expelled through said nozzles;
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- a controller assembly configured to selectively allow or block said water to enter said reservoir through said inlet conduit and mix with said soap or shampoo in said reservoir, wherein said controller assembly is further configured to selectively allow or block said mix of water and soap or shampoo to enter said cavity through said outlet conduit for expellation through said one or more nozzles.
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