Handle assembly for shower nozzle assembly

• US 5,220,697 A
• Filed: 11/04/1991
• Issued: 06/22/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: William T. Birchfield
• Original Assignee: William T. Birchfield
• Inventors: Birchfield, William T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fetsuga, Robert M.
• Application Number:
  US07/787,018
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 4/559, 4/567, 4/568, 4/570, 4/604, 4/605, 16/114 R, 16/115, 16/121, 16/DIG. 24, 16/DIG. 25, 16/DIG. 30, 239/280, 239/282, 239/578, 292/336.3, 292/347, 292/DIG. 2, 251/291, 251/292, 251/293, 74/523, 74/544
• US Class Current: 4/559
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 3/281 Accessories for showers or bathing douches, e.g. cleaning devices for walls or floors of showers A47K3/30, A47K3/38, A47K3/40 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/62 Arrangements for supporting spraying apparatus, e.g. suction cups
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/066 allowing height adjustment of shower head
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 292/02 Auxiliary knob slip covers, guards
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20738 Extension

Abstract

A handle assembly for a shower nozzle assembly having a slide bar for being vertically mounted on the wall in a bath, a shower nozzle slidably mounted on the slide bar and a clamp for releasably clamping the shower nozzle in a predetermined adjustment position along the length of the slide bar. The handle assembly includes an elongated handle positioned on the clamp. The handle assembly makes it easy for the shower nozzle to be adjusted by a person seated in a position where the clamp itself cannot be grasped by the person to loosen the shower nozzle and permit adjustment of the height of the shower nozzle.

Claims

1. In a shower nozzle assembly having an elongate slide bar for being vertically mounted on the wall in a bath, a shower nozzle slidably mounted on said slide bar and a clamp mounted on said shower nozzle and cooperating with said slide bar for releasably clamping said shower nozzle in a predetermined vertical adjustment position along the length of the slide bar,

the improvement comprising a handle assembly including an elongated handle positioned on said clamp for being grasped by a person seated in a position where the clamp itself cannot be grasped by the person to loosen the shower nozzle and permit adjustment of the height of the shower nozzle and to tighten the shower nozzle in the desired position, wherein said handle assembly includes a cover fitted over and secured to the clamp for movement with the clamp as it loosens and tightens the shower nozzle.

2. In a shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein said handle is curved to permit being easily grasped by the person by placing the hand behind the handle while the handle is in all positions including a position where the end of the handle is in a position to adjacent the wall.

3. In a shower nozzle according to claim 1, wherein said handle includes an enlarged knob on one end thereof.

4. In a shower nozzle assembly having an elongate slide bar for being vertically mounted on the wall in a bath, a shower nozzle slidably mounted on said slide bar and a clamp mounted on said shower nozzle and cooperating with said slide bar for releasably clamping said shower nozzle in a predetermined vertical adjustment position along the length of the slide bar, said clamp including a rotatable knob for being grasped and turned in one direction to loosen the shower nozzle on the vertical slide for vertical adjustment, and rotated in the other direction to tighten the shower nozzle on the vertical slide at the desired location, the improvement comprising a handle assembly including an elongated handle positioned on said rotatable knob for unison movement therewith, said elongated handle extending outwardly and downwardly in a direction for being grasped by a person seated in a position where the knob itself cannot e grasped by the person to loosen the shower nozzle and permit adjustment of the height of the shower nozzle and to tighten the shower nozzle in the desired position.

5. In a shower nozzle according to claim 4, wherein said handle assembly includes a cover fitted over and secured to the knob of the clamp for movement with the clamp as it loosens and tightens the shower nozzle.

6. In a shower nozzle according to claim 4, wherein said handle is curved to permit being easily grasped by the person by placing the hand behind the handle while the handle is in all positions including a position where the end of the handle is in a position to adjacent the wall.

7. In a shower nozzle according to claim 4, wherein said handle includes an enlarged knob on one end thereof for being grasped by the person as the handle is manipulated.