US 11,746,511 B2
Configurable faucet apparatus and methods of implementing and operating same
Matthew A. Schmitt, Kenosha, WI (US); Gregory Chesack, Kenosha, WI (US); and Mauricio Medaets, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to INSINKERATOR LLC, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by INSINKERATOR LLC, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/532,498.
Application 17/532,498 is a continuation of application No. 17/061,214, filed on Oct. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,203,857.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/950,711, filed on Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0081884 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E03C 1/04 (2006.01); E03C 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/0404 (2013.01) [E03C 1/057 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A faucet apparatus comprising:
a base having a mounting surface;
a body integrated or coupled to the base, wherein the body includes first and second surfaces, respectively, within which are formed first and second orifices, respectively,
wherein the first and second orifices respectively extend inward into the body along a first axis and a second axis, respectively, and the first axis is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular relative to the second axis, and
wherein a first cross-section of the first orifice taken perpendicular to the first axis has a first size and a first shape that are, respectively, substantially identical to a second size and a second shape of a second cross-section of the second orifice taken perpendicular to the second axis;
a spout having a first end that is configured to fit complementarily within either of the first and second orifices, and that is supported within the first orifice;
a first structure having an external cross-sectional surface that also is configured to fit complementarily within either of the first and second orifices, and that is supported within the second orifice.