Thermal insulating unit for faucets

• US 2,985,552 A
• Filed: 08/10/1959
• Issued: 05/23/1961
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lucky Watanabe Shoji
• Original Assignee: Lucky Watanabe Shoji
• Inventors: LUCKY WATANABE SHOJI
• Application Number:
  US03/832,655
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• US Class Current: 150/156
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 59/161 Housings for valves, tee pieces, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 150/901 insulating flaccid cover
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 292/02 Auxiliary knob slip covers, guards
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7036 Jacketed
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7043 Guards and shields
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20876 Caps and covers

Claims

1. A FAUCET INSULATING UNIT, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION:

A FAUCET HOOD PROVIDING A SLIP-ON COVERING, SAID HOOD BEING OPEN AT ONE END AND ADAPTED TO ENCLOSE A FAUCET;

SAID COVERING HAVING AN INNER PLASTIC LINING OF LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL, A LAYER OF THERMAL INSULATING MATERIAL AND AN OUTER PLASTIC COVERING OF GREATER WEIGHT THAN SAID INNER LINING;

A FLATTENED TUBE OF PLASTIC SHEET MATERIAL HAVING A STRIP OF THERMAL INSULATING MATERIAL ENCLOSED WITHIN SAID TUBE;

SAID TUBE SECURED TO THE LOWER MARGIN OF SAID SLIP-ON COVERING ADJACENT THE OPEN END THEREOF AND AT AN ANGLE OF GREATER THAN 90* BETWEEN THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF SAID COVERING AND SAID TUBE;

SAID TUBE DISPOSED TO PROVIDE A SPIRAL, OVERLAPPING THERMAL PROTECTIVE COVER FOR THE WATER PIPE SUPPLYING THE FAUCET, BEING PROTECTED, MEANS ADAPTED TO HOLD THE TUBE IN PLACE ON SAID WATER PIPE AND SAID INNER PLASTIC LINING, SAID OUTER PLASTIC COVERING, AND SAID TUBE BEING FLEXIBLE AND DEFORMABLE.