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US 2023/0407612 A1Published application
Faucet handle assembly
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsBrian Wayne Johnson, Madeline Clare Ryals
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Abstract
A faucet handle assembly configured to properly align a faucet handle relative to a valve assembly. A handle bushing includes an alignment rib received within an alignment slot of the faucet handle. The handle and the handle bushing are operably coupled together by engagement of a flexible tab of the handle bushing with an inner surface of the handle.
Claims26
A faucet handle assembly comprising:
- a handle bushing including a lower body having a general rib supported by the lower body and having a first rib profile, an alignment rib supported by the lower body in spaced relation to the general rib and having a second rib profile, wherein the first rib profile is different from the second rib profile, and a flexible upper tab with a downwardly facing surface;
- a handle including a general slot having a first slot profile and an alignment slot having a second slot profile, wherein the first slot profile is different from the second slot profile;
- wherein the handle bushing and the handle are aligned in the proper rotational orientation when the general rib is received within the general slot, and the alignment rib is received within the alignment slot;
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- wherein the handle and the handle bushing are operably coupled together, the downwardly facing surface of the flexible upper tab of the handle bushing is biased against an upwardly facing surface of the handle.
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A faucet handle assembly comprising:
- a valve assembly including a valve stem;
- a handle bushing including an upper body, a lower body operably coupled to the valve stem, a first rib extending radially outwardly from the lower body and having a first rib profile, and a second rib extending radially outwardly from the lower body in spaced relation to the first rib and having a second rib profile, wherein the first rib profile is different from the second rib profile;
- a handle including a first slot having a first slot profile and a second slot having a second slot profile, wherein the first slot profile is different from the second slot profile;
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- a coupler defined between the upper body of the handle bushing and the handle extension of the handle, the coupler operably coupling the handle bushing to the handle.
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A faucet handle assembly comprising:
- a valve assembly including a valve stem;
- a handle bushing including an upper body, a lower body operably coupled to the valve stem, the lower body including a cylindrical sidewall having a general rib supported by the lower body and having a first rib profile, an alignment rib supported by the lower body in circumferentially spaced relation to the general rib and having a second rib profile, wherein the first rib profile is different from the second rib profile, and the upper body having a plurality of circumferentially spaced flexible upper tabs, each of the upper tabs having a radially outwardly extending protrusion with a downwardly facing surface;
- a handle including a handle extension having a cylindrical sidewall with an inner surface defining an internal chamber, a radially outwardly extending recess formed within the inner surface of the cylindrical sidewall and having an upwardly facing surface, a general slot with a first slot profile formed within the cylindrical sidewall, and an alignment slot with a second slot profile formed within the cylindrical sidewall, wherein the first slot profile is different from the second slot profile;
- wherein the handle bushing and the handle are aligned in the proper orientation when the general rib is received within the general slot, and the alignment rib is received within the alignment slot;
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- wherein the handle and the handle bushing are operably coupled together, the protrusions of the upper tabs of the handle bushing received within the recess of the handle extension, such that the downwardly facing surface of each flexible upper tab of the handle bushing is biased against the upwardly facing surface of the handle extension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.