# US 2017/0283237 A1 · Quick Connect Connection for Handles for Faucets

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- Number: US 2017/0283237 A1
- Document ID: US20170283237A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/478,180
- Filed: 2017-04-03
- Published: 2017-10-05
- Earliest claimed: 2016-04-01
- Inventors: Lonnie Pound
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170283237A1

## CPC

- B67D 1/1477: {Devices for assisting tap handling, e.g. levers}
- B67D 1/0877: {Advertising means (advertising in general G09F)}
- B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F)

## Abstract

A handle mounting assembly for a faucet comprises a quick connect coupling and an adapter. The quick connect coupling has a female threaded end and a female coupling end. The female threaded end fits on the handle mount of a faucet. The adapter has a male coupling end and a male threaded end. The male coupling end is mountable to the female coupling end of the quick connect coupling. The male threaded end is sized to accept the female end of a faucet handle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A handle mounting assembly for a faucet that comprises
a quick connect coupling have a female threaded end and a female coupling end, said female threaded end fits on the handle mount of a faucet; and
an adapter having a male coupling end and a male threaded end, said male coupling end is mountable to said female coupling end of said quick connect coupling, and said male threaded end is sized to accept the female end of a faucet handle.

### Claim 2

An adapter for a faucet handle that comprises:
a male coupling end and a male threaded end;
said male coupling end is mountable to the female coupling end of a quick connect coupling;
and said male threaded end is sized to accept the female end of a faucet handle

### Claim 3

A quick connect coupling for a faucet comprising:
a female threaded end and a female coupling end;
said female threaded end fits on the handle mount of a faucet; and
said female coupling end is configured to receive the male coupling end of an adapter for a faucet handle.