Shower head holder

• US 6,502,796 B1
• Filed: 04/03/2000
• Issued: 01/07/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Resources Connection Incorporated (Masco Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Resources Connection Incorporated (Masco Corporation)
• Inventors: Wales, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): King, Anita
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le, Tan
• Application Number:
  US09/541,279
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• Field of Search: 248/75, 248/76, 248/229.16, 248/229.26, 248/229.13, 248/316.1, 248/316.4, 248/316.5, 461/5, 460/5, 459/7, 239/547, 239/576, 239/579, 239/588
• US Class Current: 248/316.1
• 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

Abstract

An adjustable mount for removable attaching a showerhead to a water supply pipe includes a mounting bracket made of resilient material and having a mounting flange which is sized and shaped to clamp the water supply pipe upon applying an external force. The adjustable mount further includes a holder for the showerhead and an attaching assembly for releasably attaching the holder to the mounting bracket. The attaching assembly has a knob formed on either the holder or the mounting bracket frictionally engaging a recess formed on the other element. Upon inserting the knob in the recess, the bracket and the holder are displaceable relative to one another between a release position, wherein they are freely detachable, and a series of locking positions, wherein their displacement is arrested upon ceasing an external torque.

Claims

1. An adjustable mount assembly for removably attaching a showerhead to a water supply pipe, comprising:

a mounting bracket having a bowed mounting flange with two ends spaced from each other by a gap and sized to receive the pipe;

said two ends of said bowed mounting flange being flexible for radially sliding over a periphery of the pipe;

a holder for the showerhead;

an attaching assembly rotatably connecting the holder to the mounting bracket; and

said mounting bracket further includes a bearing surface extending from the bowed mounting flange and the holder further includes a support plate having a peripheral rim pressing against the bearing surface.

2. The adjustable mount defined in claim 1 wherein the support plate and the bearing surface have substantially the same radius.

3. The adjustable mount defined in claim 1, wherein said support plate includes a surface having an edge formed with a beveled surface, said mounting bracket further comprising a collar having an inner surface which forms a pocket extending complementary to and receiving said edge of said support plate during angular displacement.

4. The adjustable mount defined in claim 1 wherein said mounting bracket further has a stopper controllably displaceable toward and away from said support plate to engage a blind slot in an inner side of said support plate.

5. The adjustable mount defined in claim 1 wherein the bearing surface further includes a friction pad to provide friction between the mounting bracket and the holder.

6. An adjustable mount for attaching a shower head to a water supply pipe, comprising:

a bracket having a U-shaped mounting flange for releasably engaging the water supply pipe;

a holder for the shower head;

an attachment assembly rotatably connecting the mounting flange to the holder; and

a universal fitting having an outer surface connectable with the holder and an inner surface adaptable to receive the shower head.