Spout mounting system

• US 5,458,154 A
• Filed: 11/02/1994
• Issued: 10/17/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Masco Corporation Of Indiana (Masco Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Masco Corporation Of Indiana (Masco Corporation)
• Inventors: Spangler, Anthony G., Niemann, James E.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAMBERS, A MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US08/333,447
• Time in Patent Office: 349 Days
• Field of Search: 137/801, 137/615, 137/315, 137/359, 285/278, 285/280, 285/282, 285/276, 285/277, 4/192
• US Class Current: 137/801
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/0401 Fixing a tap to the sanitary appliance or to an associated mounting surface, e.g. a countertop
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/0402 with mounting from only one side
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/6977 Escutcheon type support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/8807 Articulated or swinging flow conduit
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/9464 Faucets and spouts

Abstract

A spout mounting assembly which includes a centerbody having an annular groove, a spout having two slots extending through its wall fitted rotatably over said centerbody with said slots aligned with said annular groove, a retaining ring having radially inwardly extending lugs which extend through the slots and are positioned within the annular groove thereby preventing axial movement of the spout relative to the centerbody, and a bonnet slidably disposed over the retaining ring to keep the ring in position.

Claims

1. Spout assembly for mounting a spout comprising:

centerbody having an annular groove therein;

spout having at least one slot extending through the side wall thereof adjacent the bottom edge thereof, said spout being rotatably mounted over said centerbody with said slot aligned with said groove;

retaining member comprised of a split annular body portion having at least one radially inwardly extending lug including a downwardly projecting flange at the radially inner end thereof mounted over said spout, said lug extending through said slot and into said annular groove to prevent axial movement of said spout relative to said centerbody; and

bonnet slidably mounted on said spout disposed over said retaining member to secure said retaining member in place.

2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said spout has two circumferentially spaced apart slots.

3. The assembly of claim 2 wherein said annular body portion has two radially inwardly extending lugs including downwardly projecting flanges at the radially inner ends thereof.

4. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said retaining member is comprised of resilient plastic.

5. The assembly of claim 4 wherein said retaining member includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart axially extending fingers extending upwardly from said annular body portion.

6. The assembly of claim 5 wherein one of said fingers has a radially extending depression or aperture on its outer surface which is engaged by a corresponding radially inwardly extending protrusion in the interior wall of said bonnet to secure said bonnet to said retaining member against rotational and axial movement of said bonnet relative to said retaining member.

7. The assembly of claim 3 wherein said downwardly projecting flanges form substantially U-shaped grooves on the underside of said lugs adapted to engage the bottom edges of said slots in the side wall of said spout upon axially upward movement of said spout.

8. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said retaining member is comprised of resilient plastic.

9. The assembly of claim 8 wherein said annular body portion has a radially extending depression or aperture on its outer surface which is engaged by a corresponding radially inwardly extending projection on the interior wall of said bonnet to secure said bonnet to said retaining member against rotational and axial movement of said bonnet relative to said retaining member.

10. The assembly of claim 9 wherein said spout has two circumferentially spaced apart slots.

11. The assembly of claim 10 wherein said annular body portion has two radially inwardly extending lugs including downwardly projecting flanges at the radially inner ends thereof.

12. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said downwardly projecting flange forms a substantially U-shaped groove on the underside of the lug adapted to engage the bottom edge of said slot in the side wall of said spout upon axially upward movement of said spout.