EP1033931A4 - ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR A SHOWER - Google Patents
ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR A SHOWERInfo
- Publication number
- EP1033931A4 EP1033931A4 EP98962868A EP98962868A EP1033931A4 EP 1033931 A4 EP1033931 A4 EP 1033931A4 EP 98962868 A EP98962868 A EP 98962868A EP 98962868 A EP98962868 A EP 98962868A EP 1033931 A4 EP1033931 A4 EP 1033931A4
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- rod
- shower
- support
- support bracket
- further characterized
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
- E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
- E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
- E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
- E03C1/06—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath
- E03C1/066—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath allowing height adjustment of shower head
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
- E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
- E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
- E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
- E03C1/06—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath
Definitions
- This invention relates to an adjustable support for a hand held shower, including a rod installed in a substantially vertical position, which allows a hand held shower supplied by a flexible hose to be mounted on the rod at an adjusted position.
- Two basic types of shower heads are found in residential indoor bath and shower stalls.
- One is referred to as a fixed showerhead that is screwed onto the end of a rigid pipe at the top end of a shower riser.
- the second is usually called a hand held shower or manual shower which is attached to the end of a flexible hose. It usually has an elongated handle for manual grasping.
- the hand held shower is popular because of the flexibility and manual grasping and freedom of position of the shower, there are many times when a person wants the hands free operation that is the feature of the fixed shower head.
- adjustable supports are mounted on the shower wall to mount the hand held shower.
- a rod is usually attached to a wall by means of brackets situated at the rod's two opposite ends.
- the rod usually has its bottom end close to the level of the flow adjustment handles and the rod extends upwardly therefrom.
- a single mounting bracket is slidably mounted along the rod and has a set screw or set knob that allows the securement of the mounting bracket.
- the mounting bracket has a clip or pin that mounts the hand held shower.
- an adjustable support for a shower where the rod is threaded into the body of a mixing valve assembly for vertical adjustment.
- the valve assembly has a securement device for affixing the rod in a desired position.
- a shower head supplied through a flexible hose emanating from the mixer valve is mounted in a removable manner at the upper end of the rod.
- the adjustment of the height of the shower head is accomplished by running the rod in the body of the mixer.
- All of these adjustable supports for a hand-held shower make it possible to adjust the height at which the hand held shower is installed but only at relatively high levels close to the stature of a person.
- a shower releases its jet at a lower level, for example, for washing confined to the feet or other lower parts of the body; or during a bath, one wishes to wash and rinse his/her hair. In these cases, the shower must be held manually during the washing operations with subsequent diminished comfort.
- an adjustable shower support includes a support bracket mountable on a wall that mounts a substantially vertically oriented rod between its upper and lower ends.
- the rod has an upper shower holder and a lower shower holder mounted to the vertically oriented rod respectively above and below said support bracket.
- At least one of the shower holders is slidably mounted along the rod and equipped with a fastener for releasably affixing the slidably mounted shower holder in a desired position along the vertically oriented rod.
- Each shower holder is constructed to releasably hold a hand held shower that is connected to a flexible hose that is operably connectable to a water supply.
- the support bracket is mounted on the wall at approximately the same height as a wall mounted valve device that controls the water supply to the flexible hose and hand held shower.
- the support bracket is integrally part of the valve device.
- the valve device may be a mixing valve, thermostatic mixing valve or a simple faucet tap.
- the rod is slidably mounted with respect to the support bracket and the support bracket has a fastener for releasably and longitudinally affixing the rod in a desired vertical height.
- one of shower holders is slidably mounted along the rod and one of the shower holders is permanently affixed to the rod.
- the shower holder that is slidably mounted on the rod is provided with a fastener to releasably affix the slidably mounted shower holder at a desired position along the rod.
- it is the upper shower holder that is slidably mounted along said rod and the lower shower holder that is permanently affixed to a lower end of the rod below the support bracket.
- the rod is non-adjustably affixed to the support bracket.
- both shower holders are slidably mounted along the rod and equipped with a fastener for releasably vertically affixing said slidably mounted shower holder in a desired position along the rod.
- a second support bracket is mountable to the wall and slidably mounts the rod at an upper section thereof.
- the shower holder intended for receiving and retaining a base of a hand held shower, can be shifted independently along the direction of the rod and can be affixed at desired heights.
- the one that is on the upper branch of the rod is suitable for receiving the hand held shower when the user desires to spray the body from a traditional high shower position:
- the holder on the lower branch of the rod is suitable for receiving and retaining the hand held shower when the user wishes to spray the lower parts of the body without bathing the upper parts or wishes to rinse hair when taking a bath.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an adjustable support for a hand held shower
- Figure 2 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1 illustrating a second embodiment
- Figure 3 is an illustrated variation of the embodiment shown in Figure 2 where the lower shower holder is non-adjustably affixed to the rod;
- Figure 4 illustrates another variation of the embodiment shown in Figure 2 where the shower rod is non-adjustably affixed to the support bracket;
- Figure 5 is a perspective view similar to Figure 2 illustrating a third embodiment;
- Figure 6 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1 illustrating a fourth embodiment.
- Figure 1 illustrates an adjustable support for a shower, which comprises a vertical rod 10, which is supported by a supporting bracket 12. which in this case also incorporates a mixing valve with operating handle assembly 1 1 attached to a wall.
- a rod 10 is mounted in a slidable fashion through supporting bracket 12.
- the bracket 12 has a fastener screw 13 for fixing the rod 10 in the desired position.
- Other fastener mechanisms for example, a screw knob, a push button, a friction device, detent, or some other suitable device can also be used in place of fastener screw 13.
- Rod 10 extends in two branches, one branch 20 extended above the supporting bracket 12 and the other branch 30 extending below it. On each of these two branches 20, 30, of rod 10, there is mounted a respective shower holder, 14 and 17.
- a fastener screw 15 and 18 operates in respective shower holder 14 and 17, for releasably affixing the respective shower holder in a desired position.
- other fasteners such as a screw know, a push button, a friction device, detent, or some other suitable device can substitute for screws 15 and 18.
- each of the holders 14 and 17 has a holder mechanism respectively 16 and 19, for example, in the form of a fork suitable for releasably gripping a hand held shower 22, which is supplied from a flexible hose 24 in this case coming from mixer 12.
- the holders 16 and 19 may alternatively take the form an upright peg which is received in an aperture at the base of the hand held shower 22. Therefore, hand held shower 22 can be secured to upper holder 14 in order to shower the entire body of the user from above but it can also be affixed to the lower holder 17 as shown in phantom.
- This lower position is amenable to showering a lower part of the body without bathing higher parts of the body itself or rinsing a person's hair after shampooing when the user is taking a bath.
- This lower operation can be carried out without the user holding the shower in the hand and thus freeing up both hands.
- the height at which slidable holders 14 and 17 (and from which, therefore, the shower 22 releases its jet) can be adjusted is independent for the two holders 14 and 17.
- Each one can slide along rod 10 and be affixed in a desired position.
- rod 10 can slide in the supporting bracket 12 to have it placed in a more suitable position for vertically positioning holders 14 and 17.
- Figure 2 shows another embodiment, which differs from the one in Figure 1 , only by virtue of the fact that supporting bracket 2 for rod 1 does not incorporate a mixer valve but a simple faucet tap applied to a wall and from which emanates flexible hose 24 which supplies shower 22.
- support bracket 12 may be non-adjustably affixed with rod 10.
- the fastener screw 13 can then be omitted or need not be available to the user.
- the position of rod 10 is adjustable, one may omit the adjustment screw 18 on the lower holder 17 intended to receive the hand held shower 22.
- the holder 17 is alternately fixed at the lower end of the rod 10.
- FIG. 5 shows another embodiment that differs from the one according to Figure 2 only by virtue of the fact that rod 10 is supported, in addition to supporting bracket 12, in proximity to its upper end, by a bracket 21 applied to the wall 9 itself. Bracket 12 incorporates a tap from which starts flexible hose 24 that supplies shower 22. This embodiment makes it possible to render rod 10 more stable and possibly to lighten its construction. Everything that has been said with regard to the embodiments according to Figures 1 and 2 applies to this embodiment. In particular, if rod 10 is installed so that it can run in supporting bracket 12, it will also be capable of slidable adjustment with respect to the upper
- Figure 6 shows an embodiment that differs from the one according to Figure 5 only by the fact that supporting bracket 12 does not incorporate any hydraulic tap, valve, or other hydraulic fixture.
- the hand held shower 22 and flexible hose 24 are operably connected to a separate valve apparatus 31 , which can be a mixing valve, thermostatic mixing valve or a simple faucet tap.
- the invention allows the user to mount the shower in a low position useful for spraying the lower parts of the body without bathing the upper parts or for rinsing the user's head and hair while taking a bath in addition to the high position to use the shower in the traditional fashion.
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- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Hydrology & Water Resources (AREA)
- Public Health (AREA)
- Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
- Bathtubs, Showers, And Their Attachments (AREA)
- Domestic Plumbing Installations (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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IT97TO001046A IT1296599B1 (it) | 1997-12-02 | 1997-12-02 | Sopporto regolabile per doccia. |
ITTO971046 | 1997-12-02 | ||
PCT/US1998/025484 WO1999027832A1 (en) | 1997-12-02 | 1998-12-02 | Adjustable support for a shower |
Publications (2)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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EP1033931A1 EP1033931A1 (en) | 2000-09-13 |
EP1033931A4 true EP1033931A4 (en) | 2004-03-24 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP98962868A Withdrawn EP1033931A4 (en) | 1997-12-02 | 1998-12-02 | ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR A SHOWER |
Country Status (7)
Country | Link |
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EP (1) | EP1033931A4 (ja) |
JP (1) | JP3519685B2 (ja) |
CN (1) | CN1108134C (ja) |
AU (1) | AU740204B2 (ja) |
CA (1) | CA2313018C (ja) |
IT (1) | IT1296599B1 (ja) |
WO (1) | WO1999027832A1 (ja) |
Families Citing this family (9)
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ITRE20020030U1 (it) * | 2002-10-02 | 2004-04-03 | American Standard Italia S R L | Gruppo d'erogazione dell'acqua in impianti sanitari |
DE10260206A1 (de) * | 2002-12-13 | 2004-06-24 | Hansgrohe Ag | Brausehalter |
US7766291B2 (en) * | 2006-04-19 | 2010-08-03 | Kohler Co. | Handshower slide bar |
CN106061454A (zh) | 2014-03-06 | 2016-10-26 | 宝洁公司 | 三维基底 |
CN107920938B (zh) | 2015-08-26 | 2021-07-30 | 宝洁公司 | 具有三维基底和标记的吸收制品 |
CN108185871A (zh) * | 2016-04-17 | 2018-06-22 | 俞祖林 | 改良的淋浴装置 |
CN109310532A (zh) | 2016-07-01 | 2019-02-05 | 宝洁公司 | 具有改善的顶片干燥度的吸收制品 |
US11951500B2 (en) | 2021-09-21 | 2024-04-09 | Water Pik, Inc. | Showerhead with feedback assembly |
USD1014697S1 (en) | 2021-09-21 | 2024-02-13 | Water Pik, Inc. | Showerhead |
Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR1117158A (fr) * | 1954-09-08 | 1956-05-18 | Douche coulissante à hauteur d'aspersion variable | |
DE2720507A1 (de) * | 1977-05-06 | 1978-11-09 | Alfons Dr Knapp | Halterung fuer die tragstange einer ueber einen schlauch gespeisten dusche |
EP0559997A1 (en) * | 1992-03-11 | 1993-09-15 | SOL S.p.A. | Shower unit for sanitary systems |
GB2288731A (en) * | 1994-04-19 | 1995-11-01 | Quentin John Griffiths | Detachable shower arm |
EP0786561A1 (en) * | 1996-01-25 | 1997-07-30 | FORNARA & MAULINI S.P.A. | Shower head support with adjustable arm |
Family Cites Families (4)
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US5339469A (en) * | 1993-10-04 | 1994-08-23 | Gilles Gregory S | Shower apparatus |
JP3565369B2 (ja) * | 1995-02-14 | 2004-09-15 | 東陶機器株式会社 | スライド式シャワーハンガー |
US5632049A (en) * | 1996-01-25 | 1997-05-27 | Chen; Te-Sen | Holder assembly for a shower head |
US5833192A (en) * | 1996-10-01 | 1998-11-10 | Buhrman; Scott E. | Adjustable mount for shower head |
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1997
- 1997-12-02 IT IT97TO001046A patent/IT1296599B1/it active IP Right Grant
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1998
- 1998-12-02 CA CA002313018A patent/CA2313018C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1998-12-02 CN CN98811780.0A patent/CN1108134C/zh not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1998-12-02 WO PCT/US1998/025484 patent/WO1999027832A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1998-12-02 AU AU18015/99A patent/AU740204B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1998-12-02 EP EP98962868A patent/EP1033931A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1998-12-02 JP JP2000522824A patent/JP3519685B2/ja not_active Expired - Fee Related
Patent Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR1117158A (fr) * | 1954-09-08 | 1956-05-18 | Douche coulissante à hauteur d'aspersion variable | |
DE2720507A1 (de) * | 1977-05-06 | 1978-11-09 | Alfons Dr Knapp | Halterung fuer die tragstange einer ueber einen schlauch gespeisten dusche |
EP0559997A1 (en) * | 1992-03-11 | 1993-09-15 | SOL S.p.A. | Shower unit for sanitary systems |
GB2288731A (en) * | 1994-04-19 | 1995-11-01 | Quentin John Griffiths | Detachable shower arm |
EP0786561A1 (en) * | 1996-01-25 | 1997-07-30 | FORNARA & MAULINI S.P.A. | Shower head support with adjustable arm |
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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See also references of WO9927832A1 * |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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ITTO971046A0 (it) | 1997-12-02 |
WO1999027832A1 (en) | 1999-06-10 |
CA2313018A1 (en) | 1999-06-10 |
AU1801599A (en) | 1999-06-16 |
AU740204B2 (en) | 2001-11-01 |
JP2001524631A (ja) | 2001-12-04 |
IT1296599B1 (it) | 1999-07-14 |
WO1999027832A9 (en) | 1999-09-10 |
CN1108134C (zh) | 2003-05-14 |
EP1033931A1 (en) | 2000-09-13 |
CA2313018C (en) | 2005-07-12 |
ITTO971046A1 (it) | 1999-06-02 |
JP3519685B2 (ja) | 2004-04-19 |
CN1280470A (zh) | 2001-01-17 |
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