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US 2014/0166128 A1Published application
Hose management system for a plumbing fixture fitting
AssigneeMoen Incorporated
InventorChristopher Jon Gilbert
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Abstract
The present invention provides a hose management system for a plumbing fixture fitting.
Claims20
A hose management system for a plumbing fixture fitting, comprising:
- a housing configured to form a non-closed surface, the non-closed surface having a first end and a second end, at least one end of the non-closed surface having an opening, the non-closed surface having a first cross-section at or near the first end that is a first simple closed curve, the non-closed surface having a second cross-section at or near the second end that is a second simple closed curve;
- wherein the housing is operable to move with a plumbing hose;
- wherein, in an installed, non-deformed state, the non-closed surface has a straight line from each point on the first simple closed curve to at least one point on the second simple closed curve;
- and
- wherein, in an installed state, the housing is operable to deform upon contact with an obstruction.
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A hose management system for a plumbing fixture fitting, comprising:
- a housing configured to form a non-closed surface, the non-closed surface having a first end and a second end, at least one end of the non-closed surface having an opening, the non-closed surface having a first cross-section at or near the first end that is a first simple closed curve, the non-closed surface having a second cross-section at or near the second end that is a second simple closed curve;
- wherein the housing is operable to be attached to and move with a plumbing hose;
- wherein, in an installed, non-deformed state, the non-closed surface has a straight line from each point on the first simple closed curve to at least one point on the second simple closed curve;
- and
- wherein, in an installed state, the housing is operable to deform upon contact with an obstruction.
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A hose management system for a plumbing fixture fitting, comprising:
- a housing configured to form a non-closed surface, the non-closed surface having a first end and a second end, at least one end of the non-closed surface having an opening, the non-closed surface having a first cross-section at or near the first end that is a first simple closed curve, the non-closed surface having a second cross-section at or near the second end that is a second simple closed curve;
- wherein the housing is operable to move with a plumbing hose;
- wherein, in an installed, non-deformed state, the non-closed surface has a straight line from each point on the first simple closed curve to at least one point on the second simple closed curve;
- wherein, in an installed state, the housing is operable to deform upon contact with an obstruction;
- wherein, upon contact with an obstruction that causes deformation of the housing, the non-closed surface does not have the straight line from each point on the first simple closed curve to at least one point on the second simple closed curve;
- and
- wherein, upon discontinuation of contact with the obstruction that causes deformation of the housing, the non-closed surface returns to the non-deformed state and again has the straight line from each point on the first simple closed curve to at least one point on the second simple closed curve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.