Offset filtered showerhead
OwnerDavid Aaron Farleyinventor
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Abstract
A multi-mode showerhead has a housing with a front and a back and an offset integrated water filter system incorporated into the showerhead so that the showerhead with the integrated water filter system may be easily mounted to a normal shower arm without the need of special tools. A water filter cartridge is easily added to or removed from a hollow filter chamber formed in the showerhead by the removal of a front facing filter chamber cap. A multi-mode switch thats electively changes the spray pattern is mounted on the front between the water filter system and a plurality of nozzles. The entire showerhead and integrated offset water filter system is mounted on a shower arm by means of a swivel joint forming an inlet on the back of the housing and fluidly connected to the hollow filter chamber.
Claims12
A combination showerhead and water filter system, comprising;
- a housing having a front portion and a rear portion with a water inlet in the rear portion and a water outlet in the front portion;
- an integrated hollow water filter cartridge chamber in the housing and fluidly connected with the water inlet,
- a multimode selector element held on the front portion and fluidly connected between the hollow water filter cartridge chamber and a plurality of spray nozzles held in the front portion for selectively directing water exiting the multi-mode selector element out of the water outlet.
A combination showerhead and water filter system, comprising;
- a housing having a front portion and a rear portion with a water inlet in the rear portion and a water outlet in the front portion;
- an integrated hollow water filter cartridge chamber formed in the housing and fluidly connected with the water inlet;
- a cap removably mounted in an opening in the front portion over the integrated hollow water filter cartridge chamber;
- a removable water filter cartridge held in the water filter cartridge chamber and selectively inserted and removed from the chamber through the opening in the front portion;
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- a multimode selector element held on the front portion and fluidly connected between the water filter cartridge chamber and a plurality of spray nozzles held in the water outlet in the front portion for selectively directing water exiting the multi-mode selector element out of the spry nozzles.
A combination multimode showerhead and integrated offset water filter system comprising:
- a housing having a front portion and a rear portion with a water inlet in the rear portion and a water outlet having a plurality of spray nozzles in the front portion;
- the water inlet including a swivel joint fluidly connected to a holding element held in a hollow filter cartridge holding chamber integrated with the housing;
- a cap removably mounted in an opening in the front portion over the integrated hollow water filter cartridge chamber;
- a removable water filter cartridge held in the holding element in the water filter cartridge chamber and selectively inserted and removed from the holding element through the opening in the front portion when the cap is removed;
- a multimode selector element held on the front portion and fluidly connected between the integrated hollow water filter cartridge chamber and the plurality of spray nozzles for selectively directing water exiting the multi-mode selector element out of the spray nozzles in the water outlet;
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- the combination multimode showerhead and water filter system extending a minimum distance into a shower area when mounted on a shower arm by the swivel joint, to thereby increase showerhead height in the shower area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.