US 12,220,715 B2
Dual-head shower assemblies
Jack E. Davies, Sheboygan, WI (US); and Brandon H. Miller, Sheboygan, WI (US)
Assigned to KOHLER CO., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/112,946.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/947,777, filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0178410 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. B05B 1/18 (2006.01); B05B 15/652 (2018.01)
CPC B05B 1/185 (2013.01) [B05B 15/652 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shower assembly comprising:
a stationary base;
an inlet assembly coupled with the stationary base at an inlet end;
a pivot rotatably coupled to the inlet assembly at an end opposite the inlet end and configured to rotate around a first axis of the pivot relative to the inlet assembly;
a hose connection positioned on the inlet assembly upstream of the pivot;
a first arm extending radially from the pivot in a first direction along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis;
a second arm extending radially from the pivot in a second direction along the second axis, opposite the first direction, wherein the first arm and the second arm are configured to rotate around the first axis of the pivot relative to the inlet assembly;
a showerhead disposed on an end of the first arm, wherein a first ball joint is disposed between the showerhead and the end of the first arm;
a docking member disposed on an end of the second arm, wherein a second ball joint is disposed between the docking member and the end of the second arm, the docking member comprising a magnet disposed therein; and
a removable hand shower comprising:
a ferromagnetic element configured to magnetically couple to the magnet of the docking member, and
a hose coupled to the hose connection of the inlet assembly.