Holder assembly for a shower head

• US 5,632,049 A
• Filed: 01/25/1996
• Issued: 05/27/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Te-Sen Chen
• Original Assignee: Te-Sen Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Te-Sen
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eloshway, Charles R.
• Application Number:
  US08/591,017
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: 4/567, 4/570, 4/605, 4/615, 248/124.2, 248/125.9, 239/282, 239/283
• US Class Current: 4/570
• 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

Abstract

A holder assembly for a shower arm of a shower head includes a positioning body defining a vertical bore therein through which a vertical rod extends, which, in turn, is mounted to a wall of a bathroom. The positioning body includes an opening defined in an outer periphery thereof and communicated with the vertical bore, a pair of lugs formed on the outer periphery thereof and between which the opening is defined, and a lever pivotally connected to the lugs and including an operative end with an eccentric operative edge. A connecting part extends from the outer periphery of the positioning body. A shower arm holder includes a holder ring for removably holding a shower arm and is attached to the shower arm holder to the connecting part of the positioning body. The positioning body is frictionally held in position on the vertical rod when the lever is in a first, secured position. The positioning body is movable relative to the vertical rod when the lever is in a second, released position.

Claims

1. A holder assembly for a shower arm of a shower head, comprising:

a positioning body defining a vertical bore therein through which a vertical rod is adapted to extend, which, in turn, is mounted to a wall of a bathroom, the positioning body comprising an opening defined in an outer periphery thereof and in communication with the vertical bore, a pair of lugs being formed on the outer periphery of the positioning body and between which the opening is defined, a lever being pivotally connected to the lugs and including an operative end with an eccentric operative edge, the opening being substantially U-shaped, thereby forming a flexible piece therein;

the eccentric operative edge exerts a force on the flexible piece so as to be frictionally held in position on the vertical rod when the lever is in a first, secured position, and the positioning body is movable relative to the vertical rod both in a longitudinal direction of the vertical rod and in an angular direction with respect to the vertical rod when the eccentric operative edge is in a second, released position in which the eccentric operative edge disengages from the flexible piece;

a connecting part extending from the outer periphery of the positioning body and including a ball-like structure;

a shower arm holder comprising a stub having a threaded outer periphery and a holder ring for removably holding a shower arm; and

a means for attaching the shower arm holder to the connecting part of the positioning body, the attaching means including a sleeve having an inwardly-projecting annular edge formed on a first end thereof and an open second end with internal threading and a retainer ring having a diameter slightly smaller than a diameter of the ball-like structure and made of resilient material, said ball-like structure being partially received in the first end of the sleeve and having the retainer ring mounted adjacent to the inwardly-projecting annular edge of said sleeve to prevent the ball-like structure from disengaging from the sleeve, said stub of said shower arm holder being in threaded engagement with the open second end of the sleeve, thereby being attached to the ball-like structure and being universally adjustable relative to the ball-like structure.