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Showerhead

  • US 4,674,687 A
  • Filed: 08/09/1985
  • Issued: 06/23/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A showerhead comprising:

  • a housing defining at least one spray outlet and a water inlet;

    a mounting for said housing which defines a path of water flow to said inlet;

    means formed on a side of one said housing and said mounting that faces the other of said housing and said mounting and defines a plurality of circumferentially-spaced grooves;

    means formed on a side of the other of said housing and said mounting that faces the one of said housing and said mounting and defining a plurality of circumferentially-spaced resilient lugs insertable within respective different ones of said grooves, each groove having a predetermined length and receivable of corresponding ones of said lugs for movement along the length of the corresponding groove, and a plurality of lands disposed in circumferential succession between successive corresponding ones of said grooves, each of said lands including a cam surface which elevates in continuation toward the entrance of the next groove and then terminates in a step leading toward the bottom of said next groove, whereby assembly of said lugs atop said lands and subsequent movement of said lugs over said cam surface abruptly drops said lugs lockingly into corresponding ones of said grooves and in inhibition of subsequent disassembly of said housing from said mounting.

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