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US 2014/0151467 A1Published application
Hand tightened showerhead
AssigneeMasco Corporation of Indiana
InventorsTodd Andrew Huffington, Anthony G. Spangler
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Abstract
A showerhead including a fluid connector configured to be threadedly coupled to a shower arm, and an outer shell receiving the fluid connector. A rotational stop or drive member is operably coupled between the fluid connector and the outer shell and is configured to limit relative rotation between the fluid connector and the outer shell.
Claims18
A showerhead comprising:
- a fluid connector including a ball having an outlet and a stem having an inlet, a fluid passageway extending along a longitudinal axis between the inlet and the outlet;
- an inner housing defining a ball joint socket receiving the ball for pivoting movement about a pair of orthogonal axes;
- an outer shell including a side wall extending between an inlet end and an outlet end, and an opening defined at the inlet end, wherein the stem of the fluid connector is recessed within the opening of the outer shell;
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- a rotational stop operably coupled between the fluid connector and the outer shell, the rotational stop configured to limit relative rotation about the longitudinal axis between the fluid connector and the outer shell.
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A showerhead comprising:
- a fluid connector including a ball and a stem, the stem including threads to couple with threads on a shower arm;
- a ball joint socket receiving the ball for pivoting movement about a pair of orthogonal axes;
- an outer shell receiving the ball joint socket;
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- a rotational stop including an inner engagement member supported by the stem of the fluid connector, and an outer engagement member supported by the outer shell, the inner engagement member configured to contact the outer engagement member to limit relative rotation between the fluid connector and the outer shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.