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US 2014/0230144 A1Published application
Mounting system for plumbing fixture fitting
AssigneeMoen Incorporated
InventorsMark S. Bors, Jeremy S. Culmer
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Abstract
The present invention provides a mounting system for a plumbing fixture fitting that provides a secure mounting even when the mounting conditions are not optimal.
Claims20
A plumbing fixture fitting, comprising:
- a housing, the housing including a top end and a bottom end, the top end being operable to connect to a plumbing fixture fitting component, the bottom end being operable to connect to a water line, the housing including an outer surface and an inner surface;
- a bracket, the bracket including a base portion and a protrusion, the base portion having a top side and a bottom side, the base portion having an opening extending from the top side through the bottom side, the opening having a perimeter, the protrusion extending upwardly from the top side of the base portion around at least a portion of the perimeter of the opening in the base portion, the protrusion having a top side and a bottom side, the protrusion having an outer surface and an inner surface, at least a portion of the inner surface of the protrusion tapering inwardly toward the top side;
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- a bushing, the bushing having a top side and a bottom side, the bushing having an outer surface and an inner surface, at least a portion of the outer surface of the bushing tapering inwardly toward the top side;
- wherein the bracket is operable to be slid on the housing until at least a portion of the bracket abuts an underside of a mounting surface;
- wherein the bushing is operable to be slid on the housing and into the protrusion on the bracket;
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- wherein the interaction of the tapered protrusion on the bracket with the tapered bushing enables the bracket to pivot about the bushing.
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A mounting system for a plumbing fixture fitting, the mounting system comprising:
- a bracket, the bracket including a base portion and a protrusion, the base portion having a top side and a bottom side, the base portion having an opening extending from the top side through the bottom side, the opening having a perimeter, the protrusion extending upwardly from the top side of the base portion around at least a portion of the perimeter of the opening in the base portion, the protrusion having a top side and a bottom side, the protrusion having an outer surface and an inner surface, at least a portion of the inner surface of the protrusion tapering inwardly toward the top side;
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- a bushing, the bushing having a top side and a bottom side, the bushing having an outer surface and an inner surface, at least a portion of the outer surface of the bushing tapering inwardly toward the top side;
- wherein the bracket is operable to be slid on a housing for a plumbing fixture fitting until at least a portion of the bracket abuts an underside of a mounting surface;
- wherein the bushing is operable to be slid on the housing and into the protrusion on the bracket;
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- wherein the interaction of the tapered protrusion on the bracket with the tapered bushing enables the bracket to pivot about the bushing.
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A mounting system for a plumbing fixture fitting, the mounting system comprising:
- a bracket, the bracket including a base portion and a protrusion, the base portion having a top side and a bottom side, the base portion having an opening extending from the top side through the bottom side, the opening having a perimeter, the protrusion extending upwardly from the top side of the base portion around at least a portion of the perimeter of the opening in the base portion, the protrusion having a top side and a bottom side, the protrusion having an outer surface and an inner surface, at least a portion of the inner surface of the protrusion tapering inwardly toward the top side, the inner surface of the protrusion being generally non-circular;
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- a bushing, the bushing having a top side and a bottom side, the bushing having an outer surface and an inner surface, at least a portion of the outer surface of the bushing tapering inwardly toward the top side, the outer surface of the bushing being generally non-circular, the bushing having a split;
- wherein the bracket is operable to be slid on a housing for a plumbing fixture fitting until at least a portion of the bracket abuts an underside of a mounting surface;
- wherein the bushing is operable to be slid on the housing and into the protrusion on the bracket;
- wherein the split in the bushing enables the bushing to be compressed and move further into the protrusion;
- wherein the interaction of the tapered protrusion on the bracket with the tapered bushing enables the bracket to pivot about the bushing;
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- wherein the interaction of the non-circular protrusion on the bracket with the non-circular bushing resists rotation between the bracket and the bushing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.