Powered hygiene shower spray system

• US 9,399,860 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2011
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vega Innovations LLC
• Original Assignee: Vega Innovations LLC
• Inventors: Lev, Mordechai
• Primary Examiner(s): Hall, Arthur O
• Assistant Examiner(s): Barrera, Juan C
• Application Number:
  US13/522,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20120286070A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,017 Days
• Field of Search: 239/550, 239451-460
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/16 having selectively- effective outlets
• 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 3/04 driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet B05B3/023 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/025 Water supply lines as such, e.g. shower hoses
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/0408 Water installations especially for showers E03C1/06 takes precedence; shower heads B05B1/18
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/046 Adding soap, disinfectant, or the like in the supply line or at the water outletpreventing contamination of drinking-water pipes E03C1/10
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/055 Electrical control devices, e.g. with push buttons, control panels or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/063 with reciprocating mechanisms reciprocating mechanisms for massage, other than showers A61H2201/1669
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/066 allowing height adjustment of shower head
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 2001/0414 allowing different orientations of the spout or the outlet nozzle

Abstract

A powered hygiene shower spray system is provided. The system has a slide bar housing adapted for mounting to a shower chamber substrate. A moving head or spray nozzle is provided that is movable along said slide bar housing. A hose is in fluid communication between a water supply and the spray nozzle when the spray nozzle is moveably present. A control panel accepts user input as to a parameter of the spray nozzle. A drive mechanism is provided for moving the spray nozzle without user manual manipulation of the spray nozzle.

Claims

1. A powered hygiene shower spray system comprising:

a slide bar housing adapted for mounting to a substrate;

a moving head or spray nozzle having a plurality of nozzle apertures, said moving head or said spray nozzle movable along said slide bar housing on a carriage;

a hose in fluid communication between said spray nozzle and a water supply;

a control panel, having two or more buttons for providing a user input as to a parameter of at least one of said moving head or said spray nozzle, and said control panel being integral with said carriage or said slide bar housing; and

a drive mechanism for completing said parameter of the moving of said moving head or said spray nozzle without user manual manipulation subsequent to the user input.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said carriage has a gear train in mechanical communication with said slide bar housing, said spray nozzle moving in concert with said carriage.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the mechanical communication is between a gear coupled to said gear train and a rack gear on a surface of said slide bar housing.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein said control panel and said drive mechanism are within said carriage.

5. The system of claim 1 said drive mechanism further comprises a battery power supply.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the parameter is an extent of linear motion or dynamic linear motion.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said spray nozzle is in a body with a shower handle said shower handle selectively resting in a cutout in a holster, said holster secured to said carriage.