Faucet Assemblies
OwnerRandy F. Wilkerson, Ricky D. Smithinventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In an illustrative embodiment, a faucet assembly includes a faucet housing; a faucet spout carried by the faucet housing; at least one water valve disposed in fluid communication with the faucet spout; at least one delivery conduit disposed in fluid communication with the at least one water valve; and at least one magnetic faucet mount assembly including at least one faucet housing connector element carried by the faucet housing and at least one sink connector element adapted for engaging the sink, the at least one faucet housing connector element and the at least one sink connector element magnetically engaging each other.
Claims20
A faucet assembly for attachment to a sink, comprising:
- a faucet housing;
- a faucet spout carried by the faucet housing;
- at least one water valve disposed in fluid communication with the faucet spout;
- at least one delivery conduit disposed in fluid communication with the at least one water valve;
- and
- at least one magnetic faucet mount assembly including;
- at least one faucet housing connector element carried by the faucet housing;
- and
- at least one sink connector element adapted for engaging the sink, the at least one faucet housing connector element and the at least one sink connector element magnetically engaging each other.
A faucet assembly for attachment to a sink, comprising:
- a faucet housing;
- a faucet spout carried by the faucet housing;
- at least one water valve disposed in fluid communication with the faucet spout;
- at least one delivery conduit disposed in fluid communication with the at least one water valve;
- and
- at least one magnetic faucet mount assembly including:
- at least one faucet housing connector element carried by the at least one water valve;
- an assembly base having an assembly base housing with a housing interior and a sink connector element carried by the assembly base housing, the assembly base housing adapted for insertion through at least one water opening in the sink and the sink connector element adapted for engaging the sink;
- and
- the at least one faucet housing connector element and the at least one sink connector element magnetically engaging each other.
A faucet assembly for attachment to a sink, comprising:
- a faucet housing;
- a faucet spout carried by the faucet housing;
- at least one water valve disposed in fluid communication with the faucet spout;
- at least one water valve conduit disposed in fluid communication with the at least one water valve;
- at least one delivery conduit disposed in fluid communication with the at least one water valve conduit;
- and
- at least one magnetic faucet mount assembly each including:
- a faucet housing connector element carried by the at least one water valve;
- an assembly base having a generally cylindrical assembly base housing with a first housing end, a second housing end, a housing interior extending from the first housing end to the second housing end, at least one of pair of spaced-apart pin openings in the assembly base housing and a sink connector element carried by the first housing end of the assembly base housing, the assembly base housing adapted for insertion through a water opening in the sink and the sink connector element adapted for engaging the sink;
- a plurality of assembly base retainer pins pivotally mounted in the spaced-apart pin openings, respectively, each of the plurality of assembly base retainer pins having an inside pin arm disposed in the housing interior of the assembly base housing, an outside pin arm disposed outside the housing interior of the assembly base housing and a pin arm junction connecting the inside pin arm to the outside pin arm;
- each of the plurality of assembly base retainer pins pivotal between a release position and a locking position;
- a pin locking mechanism engaging and securing the assembly base retainer pins in the locking position with the outside pin arm of each of the plurality of assembly base retainer pins positioned to engage the sink;
- and
- the faucet housing connector element and the sink connector element adapted to secure the faucet housing to the sink by magnetic attraction between the faucet housing connector element and the sink connector element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.