US 11,731,155 B2
Method and apparatus for stabilizing a loose showerhead assembly
Dennis Barker, Evansville, IN (US)
Assigned to Loura Holdings, LLC, Evansville, IN (US)
Filed by LOURA HOLDINGS, LLC, Evansville, IN (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,280.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/141,567, filed on Jan. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234067 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. E03C 1/04 (2006.01); B05B 15/14 (2018.01); E03C 1/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 15/14 (2018.02) [E03C 1/021 (2013.01); E03C 1/0408 (2013.01); E03C 1/06 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for repairing a loose showerhead assembly using a showerhead stabilizer assembly comprising the steps of:
a. removing a showerhead from a first end of a shower pipe arm of the showerhead assembly to expose the shower pipe arm at a point where it projects through an opening in a shower wall;
b. installing a cylindrically shaped spacer having a length and an interior sized to receive said shower pipe arm therein about the shower pipe arm until a first end of the spacer comes into contact with an elbow fitting attached to a second end of the shower pipe arm;
c. installing a stabilizer plate, said stabilizer plate comprising a cylindrically shaped spacer contact nipple having a first end affixed to a flange and a second free end, about the shower pipe arm until the second free end of the stabilizer plate comes into contact with a second free end of the spacer and a rear surface of the flange comes into contact with the shower wall; and
d. securing the stabilizer plate to a structural surface behind the shower wall with a plurality of fasteners.