Quick-release system for mounting a faucet assembly

A quick-release system for mounting and demounting a faucet assembly on a wall structure having an opening therein, said assembly including a valve positionable on and operable from one side of said wall structure adjacent said opening and being connected to a source of fluid located on the other side of said wall structure;

• said system comprising:
• an escutcheon mounted in fixed relation with said valve on said one side of said wall structure, said escutcheon being configured to prevent passage of it and, therefore, said valve through said opening;
• an elongate, substantially inextensible, tubular stem secured at one end in fixed relation to said valve and said escutcheon and providing fluid communication between said valve and said source of fluid, said stem being configured to extend through said opening with its free end, opposite said one end, spaced from the other side of said wall structure, said stem being formed with at least one annular groove intermediate said free end and said one end;
• a washer receivable in loose coaxial relation about said stem, matable in abutting relation with the surface of said other side of the wall structure adjacent said opening;
• a generally U-shaped spring retainer clip sized to be generally radially mounted and generally radially demounted from said groove, defining a reaction surface projecting generally radially from the axis of said stem;
• platform means secured to said stem forming a shoulder that projects generally radially from the axis of said stem and faces toward said one end of said stem;
• a helically coiled spring also received in loose coaxial relation about said stem and being compressible between said reaction surface and said washer to thereby confine said wall structure between said escutcheon and said washer and firmly hold the valve in its operable position;
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• a lever having a bifurcated end comprising two tines separated by a distance greater than the diameter of said stem but less than the diametric dimension of said shoulder, said lever being supportable on said shoulder and operable to compress said spring against said other side of said wall structure to permit mounting of said clip on said stem.

A quick-release system for mounting and demounting a faucet assembly on a wall structure having an opening therein, said assembly including a valve positionable on and operable from one side of said wall structure adjacent said opening and being connected to a source of fluid located on the other side of said wall structure;

• said system comprising:
• an escutcheon mounted in fixed relation with said valve to be located on said one side of said wall structure, said escutcheon being configured to prevent passage of it and, therefore, said valve through said opening;
• an elongate, substantially extensible, tubular stem, secured at one end in fixed relation to said valve and said escutcheon and providing fluid communication between said valve and said source of fluid, said stem being configured to extend through said opening with its free end, opposite said one end, spaced from said other side of said wall structure;
• retainer means, generally radially mountable on and generally radially demountable from said stem in a fixed axial position relative thereto intermediate said free end and said other side of said wall structure;
• spring means compressible between said retainer means and said other side of said wall structure;
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• a washer receivable in loose coaxial relation about said stem including a resilient washer section adapted to abut at least a portion of the surface of said other side of said wall structure adjacent the periphery of said opening, and a top cap, attached to said spring means, that supports said resilient washer section, whereby said spring means may urge said washer into abutting relation with said portion of said other side of said wall structure as aforesaid, thereby confining said wall structure between said escutcheon and said washer to hold the valve in its operable position.

A quick-release system for mounting and demounting a faucet assembly on a wall structure having an opening therein, said assembly including a valve positionable on and operable from one side of said wall structure adjacent said opening and being connected to a source of fluid located on the other side of said wall structure;

• said system comprising:
• an escutcheon mounted in fixed relation with said valve on said one side of said wall structure, said escutcheon being configured to prevent passage of it and, therefore, said valve through said opening;
• an elongate, substantially inextensible, tubular stem secured at one end in fixed relation to said valve and said escutcheon and providing fluid communication between said valve and said source of fluid, said stem being configured to extend through said opening with its free end, opposite said one end, spaced from said other side of said wall structure, said stem being formed with at least one annular groove intermediate said free end and said one end;
• a helical coil spring receivable in loose coaxial relation about said stem having an axial dimension in its relaxed condition greater than the distance from said groove to the other side of said wall structure;
• a generally U-shaped spring retainer clip sized to be generally radially mounted on and generally radially demounted from said groove, defining a reaction surface projecting generally radially from the axis of said stem;
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• a washer receivable in loose coaxial relation about said stem and including a resilient washer section that abuts at least a portion of said other side of said wall structure, and a top cap attached to said spring that supports said resilient washer section, whereby said spring is compressible between said reaction surface and said washer to thereby confine said wall structure between said escutcheon and said washer and firmly hold the valve in its operable position.