Valve handle

A valve assembly comprising:

• a valve body, said valve body defining a body axis from a front side to a rear side, wherein said valve body includes a valve positioned within said valve body;
• a handle rotatably attached to said valve body, said handle including a base portion attached to said valve body and an elongated portion extending away from said base portion, wherein said handle is rotatable about a handle axis relative to said valve body and between an open position and a closed position;
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• an indicator positioned on an upper portion of said base portion of said handle, wherein said indicator is a color that is different than a color of said handle, wherein said indicator defines an arc that extends around said handle axis, wherein said indicator has a first end and a second end, and wherein said indicator defines a width in a direction transverse to said arc and that varies along said arc;
• wherein said base portion of said handle extends along a first plane oriented in a transverse direction to said handle axis, wherein said elongated portion of said handle extends along a second plane oriented in a transverse direction to said handle axis and in a parallel direction to said first plane, wherein said handle defines a height between said first plane and said second plane, and wherein said second plane is spaced from said first plane by said height in a direction away from said valve body;
• wherein rotating said handle to said open position opens said valve to allow fluid flow through said valve body, wherein said first end of said indicator is aligned with said body axis when said handle is in said open position;
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• wherein rotating said handle to said closed position closes said valve to obstruct fluid flow through said valve body, wherein said second end of said indicator is aligned with said body axis when said handle is in said closed position.

A valve assembly comprising:

• a valve body, said valve body defining a body axis extending through said valve body, wherein said valve body includes a valve positioned within said valve body;
• a handle rotatably attached to said valve body, said handle including a base portion attached to said valve body and an elongated portion extending away from said base portion, wherein said handle is rotatable about a handle axis relative to said valve body and between an open position and a closed position, wherein said handle axis is oriented in a transverse direction to said body axis;
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• an indicator positioned on said base portion of said handle, wherein said indicator is a color that is different than a color of said handle, wherein said indicator defines an arc that extends around said handle axis, wherein said indicator has a first end and a second end, wherein said indicator defines a width in a direction transverse to said arc and that varies along said arc, and wherein said indicator denotes a range for said handle to rotate between said open position and said closed position;
• wherein said valve body defines a first plane extending through said body axis and said handle axis;
• wherein rotating said handle to said open position opens said valve to allow fluid flow through said valve body, wherein said first end of said indicator intersects said first plane when said handle is in said open position;
• wherein rotating said handle to said closed position closes said valve to obstruct fluid flow through said valve body, wherein said second end of said indicator intersects said first plane when said handle is in said closed position;
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• wherein said width of said indicator is greater at said first end than at said second end, wherein said width at said first end corresponds to said open position of said handle, wherein said width at said second end corresponds to said closed position of said handle, and wherein said width gauges the position of said handle between said open and closed positions as said width varies along said arc.