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US 2024/0183136 A1Published application
Pausing handshower cradle
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorMatthew J. Ball
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Abstract
A handshower cradle assembly includes a waterway body, a handshower cradle, and an actuator. The handshower cradle is coupled to the waterway body. The actuator is configured to reduce a flow rate of water through the waterway body in response to a handshower being received within the handshower cradle. In some embodiments, the handshower cradle is configured to engage with the actuator under the weight of the handshower to adjust a position of the actuator with respect to the waterway body.
Claims20
A handshower cradle assembly, comprising:
- a waterway body;
- a handshower cradle coupled to the waterway body;
- an actuator coupled to the waterway body and configured to control a flow rate of water through the waterway body;
- and
- an adjustment mechanism configured to allow a user to vary the flow rate of water through the waterway body when the actuator is actuated under the weight of a handshower.
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A handshower cradle assembly, comprising:
- a waterway body having an inlet port and an outlet port that is fluidly coupled to the inlet port by a waterway restriction zone that extends at least partially through the waterway body;
- an actuator coupled to the waterway body and configured to allow a user to vary a flow rate of water through the waterway restriction zone;
- and
- an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position of the actuator under the weight of a handshower without disassembling the actuator or the waterway body.
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A method comprising:
- reducing, by an actuator, a flow rate of water to a first flow rate through a waterway body under the weight of a handshower placed into a handshower cradle;
- adjusting the actuator in response to a user input;
- and
- reducing, by the actuator, the flow rate of water to a second flow rate through the waterway body that is different from the first flow rate under the weight of the handshower placed into the handshower cradle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.