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US 9,850,642 B2Granted
Faucet with articulating arm
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsBrian Alan Enlow, Darrell Scott Crowe, Kurt Judson Thomas, Seth Fritz
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Abstract
A faucet includes a sprayhead removably supported by a positioning arm. The positioning arm is articulated to provide multiple degrees of freedom.
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A faucet comprising:
- a base including an interior and defining a longitudinal axis;
- a sprayer assembly including a fluid outlet;
- a waterway fluidly connecting a fluid source to the fluid outlet, the waterway at least partially passing through the interior of the base;
- a first arm supported by the base;
- a first pivot coupling defining a first pivot axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first arm pivotable about the first pivot axis to selectively position the first arm relative to the base;
- the waterway positioned in spaced relation to, and extending above, the first pivot coupling;
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- a sprayer nest supported by the first arm and releasably coupled to the sprayer assembly.
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A faucet comprising:
- a base including an interior and defining a longitudinal axis;
- a sprayer assembly including a fluid outlet;
- a waterway fluidly connecting a fluid source to the fluid outlet, the waterway at least partially passing through the interior of the base;
- a first arm supported by the base;
- a first pivot coupling defining a first pivot axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first arm pivotable about the first pivot axis to selectively position the first arm relative to the base;
- a second arm supported by the first arm;
- a sprayer nest supported by the second arm and coupled to the sprayer assembly;
- a second pivot coupling defining a second pivot axis extending parallel to the first pivot axis, the second arm pivotable about the second pivot axis to selectively position the second arm relative to the first arm;
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- a third pivot coupling defining a third pivot axis extending perpendicular to the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis, the sprayer nest rotatable about the third pivot axis to selectively position the sprayer nest relative to the second arm.
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A support assembly for a faucet comprising:
- a flexible waterway fluidly coupling a fluid source to a fluid outlet;
- a base defining a longitudinal axis and configured to be secured to a surface, the flexible waterway supported by the base;
- a first arm pivotably supported by the base at a first pivot coupling, the first arm selectively positioning the fluid outlet relative to the base;
- a second arm pivotably supported by the first arm at a second pivot coupling, the second arm selectively positioning the fluid outlet relative to the first arm;
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- wherein the flexible waterway is external to the first arm and the second arm, and the flexible waterway is positioned in spaced relation to, and extends above, the first pivot coupling and the second pivot coupling.
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A method of selectively positioning a fluid outlet of a faucet comprising:
- providing a faucet, the faucet including a waterway fluidly connecting a base to a sprayer assembly, the base defining a longitudinal axis;
- releasably coupling the sprayer assembly to an articulated support structure, wherein the articulated support structure comprises a first arm pivotably supported by the base at a first pivot coupling, and a second arm pivotably supported by the first arm at a second pivot coupling, the waterway positioned in spaced relation to, and extending above, the first pivot coupling and the second pivot coupling;
- pivoting the first arm about a first pivot axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and relative to the base to position the sprayer assembly relative to the base;
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- pivoting the second arm about a second pivot axis extending parallel to the first pivot axis and relative to the first arm to position the sprayer assembly relative to the base.
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A faucet comprising:
- a flexible waterway;
- a sprayer assembly including a fluid outlet fluidly coupled to the flexible waterway;
- a base defining a vertically extending longitudinal axis and configured to be secured to a mounting surface;
- a hub supported by the base for rotation about the longitudinal axis;
- a first arm extending between a first end and a second end, the first end of the first arm pivotably coupled to the hub at a first pivot coupling, the first pivot coupling defining a first pivot axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the first arm pivotable about the first pivot axis to selectively position the second end of the first arm relative to the base;
- a second arm extending between a first end and a second end, the first end of the second arm pivotably coupled to the second end of the first arm at a second pivot coupling, the second pivot coupling defining a second pivot axis extending parallel to the first pivot axis, the second arm pivotable about the second pivot axis to selectively position the second end of the second arm relative to the first arm;
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- a sprayer nest supported by the second end of the second arm, the sprayer assembly releasably coupled to the sprayer nest;
- wherein the flexible waterway extends through an interior of the base and an interior of the hub, and is external to the first arm and the second arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.