Escutcheon for recessed plumbing fixture

• US 5,161,567 A
• Filed: 11/01/1991
• Issued: 11/10/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Friedrich Grohe AG (LIXIL Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Friedrich Grohe Armaturenfabrik GmbH & Company (LIXIL Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Humpert, Jurgen
• Primary Examiner(s): Schwadron, Martin P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Kevin L.
• Application Number:
  US07/786,391
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 137/359, 137/801, 4/192, 4/195
• US Class Current: 137/359
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/042 Arrangements on taps for wash-basins or baths for connecting to the wall
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 2201/50 Constructional features of escutcheons for domestic plumbing installations
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 5/00 Devices for use where pipes, cables or protective tubing pass through walls or partitions passing insulated pipes through walls F16L59/121; arrangements for leading electric cables or lines through walls, floors or ceilings H02G3/22
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/6977 Escutcheon type support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/9464 Faucets and spouts

Abstract

A plumbing fixture that is recessed in a wall and that has a part projecting through a hole in the wall is provided with an escutcheon having a main plate shaped to fit around the part flatly against the wall and to cover the hole, at least one fastener engageable through the main plate with the fixture to press the plate against the wall, a cover plate fittable on the main plate over the fastener, and formations integrally formed with the plates and securing the plates together. The main plate has an outer periphery provided with a soft seal ring engaging the wall. In addition the main plate has inward of its outer periphery a central recess in which the cover plate is received. The formations include pins unitarily formed on the cover plate and complementary seats unitarily formed in the main plate.

Claims

1. In combination with a plumbing fixture that is recessed in a wall and that has a part projecting through a hole in the wall, an escutcheon comprising:

a main plate shaped to fit around the part flatly against the wall and to cover the hole;

at least one fastener engageable through the main plate with the fixture to press the plate against the wall;

a cover plate formed with an inner face and an outer face and fittable on the main plate over the fastener with the inner face confronting the main plate, the cover plate being formed with at least one opening through which the part of the fixture projects; and

formations integrally formed with the plates for securing the plates together, the formations including

a plurality of pins formed unitarily with the inner face of the cover plate and projecting inwardly therefrom, and

respective complementary seats receiving the pins and unitarily formed in the main plate, the outer face having a continuous surface except for the opening.

2. The escutcheon defined in claim 1 wherein the main plate has an outer periphery provided with a soft seal ring engaging the wall.

3. The escutcheon defined in claim 1 wherein the main plate is formed with an outwardly projecting outer periphery and inward thereof a central recess in which the cover plate is received.

4. The escutcheon defined in claim 1 wherein the main plate is formed with an aperture through which the fixture projects and is provided around the aperture with a seal ring engaging the fixture.

5. In combination with a plumbing fixture that is recessed in a wall and that has a part projecting through a hole in the wall, an escutcheon comprising:

inner and outer main plates juxtaposed with each other and of similar shape, the inner plate fitting around the part flatly against the wall for covering the hole and formed with

an outer periphery provided with a soft seal ring engaging the wall, and

a central region broken out for use of the inner main plate as a spacer ring between the outer main plate and the wall;

at least one fastener engageable through the main plates with the fixture to press the plates against the wall;

a cover plate fittable on the main plate over the fastener; and

formations integrally formed with the cover and main plates for securing the plates together.

6. The escutcheon defined in claim 5 wherein the main plates are made of a synthetic resin.