Handheld showerhead with mode control and method of selecting a handheld showerhead mode
AssigneeWater Pik, Inc.
InventorsHarold A. Luettgen, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
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Abstract
A handheld showerhead with a showerhead portion and a handle portion. The showerhead portion may include at least two fluid channels. The handle portion may be operatively associated with the shower portion. The handle portion may include at least one fluid inlet or fluid passage. The handle portion may further include a movable mode selector. Movement of the mode selector may selectively place the fluid inlet or fluid passage in fluid communication with at least one of the two fluid channels in the showerhead portion.
Claims21
A handheld showerhead, comprising:
- a showerhead portion including at least two fluid channels;
- a handle portion operatively associated with the showerhead portion, the handle portion including at least one of a fluid inlet and a fluid passage, a movable mode selector, and at least two second fluid channels;
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- at least two of the at least two second fluid channels positioned between the mode selector and the at least two fluid channels and in fluid communication with at least one of the at least two fluid channels:
- wherein movement of the mode selector selectively places the fluid inlet or the fluid passage in fluid communication with one of the at least two second fluid channels.
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A method of selecting a mode using a handheld showerhead, comprising:
- obtaining a handheld showerhead comprising a showerhead portion including at least two fluid channels and a handle portion operatively associated with the showerhead portion, the handle portion including at least one of a fluid inlet and a fluid passage, a movable mode selector, and at least two second fluid channels, at least two of the at least two second fluid channels positioned between the mode selector and the at least two fluid channels and in fluid communication with at least one of the at least two fluid channels;
- moving the mode selector to selectively place the fluid inlet or the fluid passage in fluid communication with one of the at least two second fluid channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.