US3669362A — Adjustably movable shower head supporting assembly

Claim 1

Independent Claim 349 words

In combination with a horizontal fluid outlet that occupies a fixed projecting position relative to a vertical wall and a shower head having a discharge outlet, a movable fluid conducting assembly connected to said shower head and fluid outlet to permit said shower head to be adjustably disposed at any desired position within the confines of an imaginary circle of a predetermined desired radius that extends about said fluid outlet and lies in a plane parallel to said wall, said assembly comprising: a. first and second laterally spaced, parallel rigid tubes, with said second tube at least as long as said first tube; b. first cylindrical, rotatable fluid conducting means connected to said fluid outlet and to a first end of said first tube to permit a second end of said first tube to be moved in an arc about said outlet; c. second cylindrical fluid conducting means that includes first and second portions that can rotate relative to one another about a horizontal longitudinal axis that extends therethrough, with said first portion connected to a second end of said first tube and said second portion to a second end of said second tube, and said first and second tubes normally disposed to said horizontal axis; d. a ball and socket fluid conducting assembly mounted on a first end of said second tube, said ball having a water conducting passage therein, with the center of said ball at all times lying in said plane and being at a fixed distance from said wall, and said assembly including a rigid tubular member that extends outwardly from said ball and is in communication with said passage, with said tubular member capable of occupying any one of a plurality of angular positions relative to the horizontal; and e. means for supporting said shower head on the free end of said tubular member, with said radius of said circle being the distance between the center of rotation of said first fluid conducting means and the center of said discharge outlet of said shower head when said first and second tubes are longitudinally aligned.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 349 words

In combination with a horizontal fluid outlet that occupies a fixed projecting position relative to a vertical wall and a shower head having a discharge outlet, a movable fluid conducting assembly connected to said shower head and fluid outlet to permit said shower head to be adjustably disposed at any desired position within the confines of an imaginary circle of a predetermined desired radius that extends about said fluid outlet and lies in a plane parallel to said wall, said assembly comprising: a. first and second laterally spaced, parallel rigid tubes, with said second tube at least as long as said first tube; b. first cylindrical, rotatable fluid conducting means connected to said fluid outlet and to a first end of said first tube to permit a second end of said first tube to be moved in an arc about said outlet; c. second cylindrical fluid conducting means that includes first and second portions that can rotate relative to one another about a horizontal longitudinal axis that extends therethrough, with said first portion connected to a second end of said first tube and said second portion to a second end of said second tube, and said first and second tubes normally disposed to said horizontal axis; d. a ball and socket fluid conducting assembly mounted on a first end of said second tube, said ball having a water conducting passage therein, with the center of said ball at all times lying in said plane and being at a fixed distance from said wall, and said assembly including a rigid tubular member that extends outwardly from said ball and is in communication with said passage, with said tubular member capable of occupying any one of a plurality of angular positions relative to the horizontal; and e. means for supporting said shower head on the free end of said tubular member, with said radius of said circle being the distance between the center of rotation of said first fluid conducting means and the center of said discharge outlet of said shower head when said first and second tubes are longitudinally aligned.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 241 words

A movable fluid conducting assembly as defined in claim 1 in which said first rotatable fluid conducting means includes; f. a tubular coupling connected to said fluid outlet, said coupling including a transversely disposed spider within the interior thereof in which a centrally disposed, longitudinal tapped bore is formed; g. a cylindrical resilient seal situated within the interior of said coupling and outwardly disposed from said spider, said seal including a ring-shaped flange that bears against an outer free end surface of said coupling; h. a rigid block that has a tubular shaft extending outwardly therefrom that rotatably and sealingly engages the interior surface of said seal, and said block having a fluid conducting passage therein that is in communication with a bore in said block that is longitudinally aligned with said tapped bore; i. means for connecting a first end of said first tube to said block with the interior of said tube in communication with said passage; j. a bolt that includes a head and has a threaded shank, said shank extending through said bore for said threaded portion thereof to engage said tapped bore; and k. a resilient washer engaged by said shank and disposed between said head and an outer end of said block to prevent discharge of fluid through said bore when said bolt is tightened to the extent that said cylindrical resilient seal and flange effect a water tight union between said coupling and block.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 83 words

A movable water conducting assembly as defined in claim 1 in which said second fluid conducting means includes: f. first and second rotatably engaging portions that have said second ends of said first and second tubes connected thereto, and the interiors of said first and second tubes in communication with aligned bores in said first and second portions; g. resilient means disposed between said engaging portions; and h. means for removably connecting said first and second portions in rotatable engagement with one another.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 127 words

A movable fluid conducting assembly as defined in claim 1 in which said ball and socket water conducting head support includes: f. a rigid block connected to a first end of said second tube, said block having a fluid conducting first passage therein that is in communication with a concavity formed in said block, said block havinG threads on the external surface thereof most adjacent said cavity; g. a ball rotatably supported in said cavity, said ball having a second fluid conducting passage extending therethrough; h. a tubular member secured to said ball and in communication with said first passage, sad member supporting said head on the end thereof most remote from said ball; and i. means for rotatably and sealingly supporting said ball in said concavity.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1975-06-13	1975-12-13	1976-06-13	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1979-06-13	1979-12-13	1980-06-13	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1983-06-13	1983-12-13	1984-06-13	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Adjustably movable shower head supporting assembly

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