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US 7,789,326 B2Granted
Handheld showerhead with mode control and method of selecting a handheld showerhead mode
AssigneeWater Pik, Inc.
InventorsHarold A. Luettgen, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
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Abstract
A handheld showerhead with a showerhead portion and a handle portion. The showerhead portion may include at least two fluid channels. The handle portion may be operatively associated with the shower portion. The handle portion may include at least one fluid inlet or fluid passage. The handle portion may further include a movable mode selector. Movement of the mode selector may selectively place the fluid inlet or fluid passage in fluid communication with at least one of the two fluid channels in the showerhead portion.
Claims27
A handheld showerhead comprising
- a body composed of a showerhead portion and a handle portion;
- the showerhead portion including a plurality of first fluid channels;
- the handle portion operatively associated with the showerhead portion, the handle portion including a fluid inlet, a fluid passage, and a movable mode selector;
- and
- a plurality of second fluid channels within the body defined by a plurality of substantially parallel walls extending between respective pairs of displaced positions along an interior surface of a wall forming an exterior housing of the body such that the parallel walls are in contact with the interior surface;
- wherein
- at least two of the plurality of second fluid channels are positioned between the mode selector and the plurality of first fluid channels and are in fluid communication with at least one of the plurality of first fluid channels;
- and
- movement of the mode selector selectively places the fluid inlet or the fluid passage in fluid communication with one or more of the plurality of second fluid channels.
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A handheld showerhead comprising
- a body composed of a showerhead portion and a handle portion;
- the showerhead portion including at least two first fluid channels;
- the handle portion operatively associated with the showerhead portion, the handle portion further comprising
- at least one of a fluid inlet or a fluid passage;
- and
- a movable mode selector;
- and
- at least two second fluid channels within the body;
- wherein
- the at least two second fluid channels are bounded by a curved wall surface of the body and substantially parallel interior walls within and spanning between the curved wall surface of the body that form parallel, laterally adjacent sections within the body;
- the at least two second fluid channels are positioned between the mode selector and the at least two first fluid channels;
- at least two of the at least two second fluid channels are in fluid communication with at least one of the at least two first fluid channels;
- and
- movement of the mode selector selectively places the fluid inlet or the fluid passage in fluid communication with one of the at least two second fluid channels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.