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Modular shower arm mounting system

  • US 6,464,265 B1
  • Filed: 10/22/1999
  • Issued: 10/15/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A modular shower arm mounting system, including:

  • (a) a rigid water conduit formed and adapted to mount to a water manifold located behind a shower wall, said conduit having an inner water passage and an exterior wall, said exterior wall having formed thereon a first threaded area for connection to the manifold and having formed thereon a second threaded area remote from the first threaded area and positioned on a visible side of the shower wall when the water conduit is mounted to the water manifold, a polygonally shaped drive force receiving area on said exterior wall near said second threaded area and being positioned on the visible side of the shower wall when the water conduit is mounted to the water manifold, the drive force receiving area providing for mounting of the water conduit to the water manifold from the visible side of the shower wall;

    (b) a replaceable shower arm assembly having an inner wall with a threaded portion for engagement with the second threaded area of the water conduit and a substantially smooth portion downstream of said threaded portion terminating in an outwardly projecting end thereof, said assembly extending over and masking said drive force receiving area when threadably attached to the water conduit, a seal ring adjacent the outlet end of the water conduit in sealing engagement with said assembly inner wall, an exterior wall of said assembly being threaded on an outlet end thereof for attachment of a shower head; and

    (c) said assembly covering and masking said conduit when attached thereto and having an end thereof directly adjacent the shower wall when attached to the conduit, said assembly being removable and replaceable to change the appearance thereof without disconnecting the conduit from the manifold.

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