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Hand shower

  • US 9,566,593 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2012
  • Issued: 02/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hand shower comprising:

  • a handle including a first waterway including an inlet portion defining a longitudinal inlet axis and an outlet portion defining a longitudinal outlet axis angled relative to the longitudinal inlet axis, the inlet portion configured to be fluidly coupled to a water supply;

    a shower head including a second waterway including an inlet portion and an outlet portion extending along a longitudinal outlet axis in a generally vertical direction, the inlet portion of the shower head fluidly coupled to the outlet portion of the first waterway, and the outlet portion of the shower head including a plurality of outlets defining a water flow axis for delivering water at an oblique angle relative to the longitudinal inlet axis of the handle;

    wherein the inlet portion of the second waterway is rotatably coupled to the outlet portion of the first waterway, such that the shower head rotates about the longitudinal outlet axis of the handle between a first position and a second position angularly spaced by 180 degrees from the first position; and

    wherein the plurality of outlets of the shower head define the water flow axis at a first oblique angle relative to the handle toward a front side of the longitudinal inlet axis of the hand shower and the water flow axis extends toward the inlet portion of the shower head when the shower head is in the first position, and the plurality of outlets of the shower head define the water flow axis at a second oblique angle relative to the handle toward a rear side of the longitudinal inlet axis of the hand shower and the water flow axis extends toward the inlet portion of the shower head when the shower head is in the second position, the first oblique angle being different from the second oblique angle.

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