Adjustable shower and massage apparatus

• US 4,282,612 A
• Filed: 04/28/1980
• Issued: 08/11/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1980
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph L. King
• Original Assignee: Joseph L. King
• Inventors: King, Joseph L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Artis, Henry K.
• Application Number:
  US06/144,774
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 4/596, 4/597, 4/601, 4/605, 4/612, 4/615, 4/616, 4/619, 4/598, 239/587
• US Class Current: 4/601
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/60 Arrangements for mounting, supporting or holding spraying apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/06 Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath showers per se A47K3/28

Abstract

An adjustable shower and massage apparatus adapted to be connected to water systems generally associated with bathtubs and stall showers. The apparatus is formed with a plurality of interconnected pipe members, the leading pipe member being attached to the water system and the trailing or end pipe being affixed to a stationary member such as a wall. The pipe members are interconnected by a plurality of universal joints which allow the contiguous pipe members and a connected shower-spray head to be positioned at any selected angular position, whereby water can be directed to any part of an individual'"'"'s body, the apparatus including a handle for positioning the pipe members.

Claims

1. In combination, an adjustable shower and massage apparatus adapted to be attached to a suitable water system having a discharge end, the apparatus comprising:

a plurality of pipe members adapted to be flexibly interconnected, and wherein there is a leading pipe member connected to the discharge end of said water system and a trailing pipe member affixed to a stationary structure such as a wall;

geniculating means provided for interconnecting said pipe members to allow each respective pipe member to be individually positioned with respect to its adjoining pipe member;

a water-spray means mounted to at least one of said pipe members; and

means secured to at least one of said pipe members to position and arrange said pipe members and said water-spray means, in order to provide a selective angular discharge of water through said water-spray means.

2. An adjustable shower and massage apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein said water-spray means comprises a shower head having means therein to provide pulsating water jets therefrom.

3. An adjustable shower and massage apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein one of said pipe members includes a projecting tee member to allow mounting of said shower head thereon.

4. An adjustable shower and massage apparatus as recited in claim 3, wherein said geniculating means comprises a universal joint having a ball-and-socket arrangement to allow water to flow between the contiguously disposed pipe members when said pipe members are angularly positioned from each other.

5. An adjustable shower and massage apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein said shower head includes a universal connecting means, whereby said shower head can be individually adjusted to a selected position.

6. An adjustable shower and massage apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein said positioning means comprises a handle member secured to at least one of said pipe members.