US 12,259,062 B2
Shower system
Chad J. Cochart, Sheboygan, WI (US); Douglas J. Brouwer, Sheboygan, WI (US); and Jack Robert Warning, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to KOHLER CO., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/473,732.
Application 18/473,732 is a continuation of application No. 17/721,783, filed on Apr. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,767,930.
Application 17/721,783 is a continuation of application No. 16/534,087, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,306,846, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/716,740, filed on Aug. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0019047 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F16K 47/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/122 (2006.01); F16L 55/04 (2006.01); E03C 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 47/023 (2013.01) [E03C 1/02 (2013.01); E03C 1/021 (2013.01); E03C 1/025 (2013.01); E03C 1/1222 (2013.01); F16K 47/02 (2013.01); F16L 55/043 (2013.01); E03C 2001/1206 (2013.01); E03C 2201/60 (2013.01); Y10T 137/3118 (2015.04)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve damper assembly comprising:
a valve body defining:
an interior cavity including a chamber and a reservoir, the chamber including a compressible gas;
a flange extending radially away from the interior cavity and disposed at an intermediate position between opposing ends of the valve body, the flange configured to engage an external surface of a fluid control valve to position the valve body within a waterway of the fluid control valve; and
a piston disposed within the interior cavity and movable with respect to the valve body, the piston including at least one seal that fluidly separates the chamber from the reservoir, the piston configured to compress the compressible gas in response to a water pressure change in the reservoir.