Wall-mount bracket for hand shower

• US 5,340,064 A
• Filed: 08/27/1992
• Issued: 08/23/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Friedrich Grohe AG & Co. KG (LIXIL Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Friedrich Grohe AG (LIXIL Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Heimann, Bruno, Frankholz, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAN, HIEN HUY
• Application Number:
  US07/936,613
• Time in Patent Office: 726 Days
• Field of Search: 248/75, 4/615, 239/283, 239/588
• US Class Current: 248/75
• 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: F16B 21/04 with bayonet catch

Abstract

A bracket for supporting a hand shower adjacent a wall has a base part adapted to be fixed to the wall, formed with a throughgoing passage extending along a horizontal axis generally parallel to the wall, and having axially oppositely directed sides. A holder part pivotal on the base part about the axis on one of the axial sides of the base part is formed on the axis with an upwardly open seat adapted to receive the hand shower. A bolt extending axially through the passage has to the other axial side of the base part a threaded end and to the one axial side of the base part a radially projecting flange bearing axially toward the base part on the holder part. Interengaging formations on the bolt and base part rotationally fix the bolt in the base part while permitting it to move axially therein. A nut threaded on the threaded end of the bolt and bears axially on the other axial side of the base part.

Claims

1. A bracket for supporting a hand shower adjacent a wall, the bracket comprising:

a base part adapted to be fixed to the wall, formed with a throughgoing passage extending along a horizontal axis generally parallel to the wall, and having axially oppositely directed sides;

a holder part pivotally mounted on the base part about the axis on one of the axial sides of the base part and with an upwardly open seat centered on the axis and adapted to receive the hand shower, one of the parts being formed centered on the axis with an angularly limited arcuate slot open axially toward the other part, the other part being formed with a lug projecting axially toward the one part and fitting in the slot, whereby the slot and lug limit the relative angular displaceability of the parts;

a bolt extending axially through the passage and having on the other axial side of the base part a threaded end and on the one axial side of the base part a radially projecting flange that bears axially toward the base part on the holder part;

interengaging formations on the bolt and on the base part fixing the bolt in the base part against rotation relative to the base part; and

a nut threaded on the threaded end of the bolt and bearing axially on the other axial side of the base part.

2. The hand-shower bracket defined in claim 1 wherein the holder part is formed on its other side centered on the axis with an axially outwardly open recess, the bracket further comprising:

a spring element seated in the recess and compressed between the base part and the nut.

3. The hand-shower bracket defined in claim 1 wherein the holder part includes a ring forming a surface against which the flange bears and a molded part forming the seat and permanently fixed to the ring.

4. The hand-shower bracket defined in claim 1 wherein the parts and bolt are made of a synthetic resin.

5. A bracket for supporting a hand shower adjacent a wall, the bracket comprising:

a base part adapted to be fixed to the wall, formed with a throughgoing passage extending along a horizontal axis generally parallel to the wall, and having axially oppositely directed sides;

a holder part pivotally mounted on the base part about the axis on one of the axial sides of the base part and with an upwardly open seat centered on the axis and adapted to receive the hand shower, one of the parts being formed centered on the axis with an angularly limited arcuate slot open axially toward the other part, the other part being formed with a lug projecting axially toward the one part and fitting in the slot, whereby the slot and lug limit the relative angular displaceability of the parts;

a bolt extending axially through the passage and having on the other axial side of the base part a threaded end and on the one axial side of the base part a radially projecting flange that bears axially toward the base part on the holder part;

at least one axially throughgoing cutout formed on the base part and opening radially into the passage and a radially projecting tab formed on the bolt and engaged in the cutout, the cutout and tab together fixing the bolt in the base part against rotation relative to the base part; and

a nut threaded on the threaded end of the bolt and bearing axially on the other axial side of the base part.

6. A bracket for supporting a hand shower adjacent a wall, the bracket comprising:

a base part adapted to be fixed to the wall, formed with a throughgoing passage extending along a horizontal axis generally parallel to the wall, and having axially oppositely directed sides;

a holder part pivotally mounted on the base part about the axis on one of the axial sides of the base part and with an upwardly open seat centered on the axis and adapted to receive the hand shower, one of the parts being formed centered on the axis with an angularly limited arcuate slot open axially toward the other part, the other part being formed with a lug projecting axially toward the one part and fitting in the slot, whereby the slot and lug limit the relative angular displaceability of the parts;

a bolt extending axially through the passage and having on the other axial side of the base part a threaded end and on the one axial side of the base part a radially projecting flange that bears axially toward the base part on the holder part, the flange formed with at least two angularly equispaced and radially outwardly projecting retaining lugs, the holder part being formed in part as a ring normally axially traversed by the bolt and having radially inwardly open notches at least as big as the respective retaining lugs, the notches being dimensioned and positioned such that the lugs can pass through the notches to engage the flange behind the ring;

interengaging formations on the bolt and on the base part fixing the bolt in the base part against rotation relative to the base part; and

a nut threaded on the threaded end of the bolt and bearing axially on the other axial side of the base part.

7. A bracket for supporting a hand shower adjacent a wall, the bracket comprising:

a base part adapted to be fixed to the wall, formed with a throughgoing passage extending along a horizontal axis generally parallel to the wall, and having axially oppositely directed end faces;

a holder part pivotally mounted on the base part about the axis at one of the end faces of the base part and formed with an upwardly open seat centered on the axis and adapted to receive the hand shower;

a bolt extending axially through the passage and having at the other end face of the base part a threaded end and a radially projecting flange that bears axially on the one base-part end face toward the base part on the holder part;

interengaging formations on the bolt and on the base part fixing the bolt in the base part against rotation relative to the base part;

a nut threaded on the threaded end of the bolt; and

an axially compressible spring ring engaged between the nut and the other face of the base part.