Shower head assembly

• US 7,077,342 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2004
• Issued: 07/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ching Shenger Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ching Shenger Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Chin-Tsai
• Primary Examiner(s): HWU, DAVIS D
• Application Number:
  US10/854,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20050263619A1
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• Field of Search: 239/589, 239/590.5, 239/596, 239/597, 239/525, 239/526, 239/530, 239/390, 239/391, 239/397
• US Class Current: 239/589
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/18 Roses; Shower heads with means for adding soap or the like E03C1/046; jet regulators E03C1/08
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/654 using universal joints

Abstract

A shower head assembly includes a main body, a water outlet panel, a mounting tube, a shade, and a locking nut. Thus, the mounting tube is indirectly combined with the water outlet pipe by the universal connector to form a pivotable shower head and is directly combined with the water outlet pipe to form a fixed shower head, thereby enhancing the versatility of the shower head assembly. In addition, the shower head assembly is provided with a shade having a variable shape to vary the pattern and profile of the shower head assembly, thereby enhancing the aesthetic quality and decreasing costs of the shower head assembly.

Claims

1. A shower head assembly, comprising:

a main body having a top formed with a planar portion having a center formed with a mounting hole;

a mounting tube mounted in the mounting hole of the main body and having an outer wall formed with an outer thread;

a shade mounted on a periphery of the main body and having a top formed with an abutting portion rested on the planar portion of the main body; and

a locking nut mounted on the mounting tube and urged on the shade, the locking nut having an inner wall formed with an inner thread screwed onto the outer thread of the mounting tube and having a bottom urged on the abutting portion of the shade, so that the shade is urged and clamped between the locking nut and the main body.

2. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the shade has a variable shape.

3. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the shade has an inner diameter greater than an outer diameter of the main body.

4. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the abutting portion of the shade has a center formed with a mounting hole mounted on the outer wall of the mounting tube.

5. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 4, wherein the mounting hole of the shade has a diameter greater than an outer diameter of the mounting tube.

6. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mounting tube has a stepped shape.

7. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mounting tube has a stepped portion fixed on the planar portion of the main body.

8. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mounting tube has and an inner wall formed with an inner thread.

9. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 8, wherein the inner wall of the mounting tube is formed with a recess located above the inner thread.

10. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 9, further comprising a sealing ring mounted in the recess of the mounting tube, a universal connector pivotally mounted in the mounting tube, and a positioning nut having a bottom formed with an inner thread screwed onto the outer thread of the mounting tube and a top formed with an urging flange urged on the universal connector to position the universal connector on the mounting tube.

11. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 8, wherein the inner thread of the mounting tube is directly screwed onto an outer thread of a water outlet pipe.

12. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the abutting portion of the shade has a planar shape.