US 12,320,104 B2
Modulated stream pattern spray head
Adam William Tracy, Irvine, CA (US); and Oscar Romero, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Filed by ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/714,330.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,515, filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325507 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B05B 1/16 (2006.01); B05B 1/12 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); E03C 1/084 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/0405 (2013.01) [B05B 1/12 (2013.01); B05B 1/169 (2013.01); E03C 1/084 (2013.01); B05B 1/1636 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spray head for connection to a faucet for expelling water, comprising:
a stream modulation control configured in a normally unactuated position;
a mode selection control configured in a normally unbiased position;
an aerator stream flow path configured to receive a water flow and produce an aerated stream as the water flow exits the spray head;
a cone stream flow path configured to receive the water flow in response to a first actuation force applied to the stream modulation control, and produce a cone stream as the water flow exits the spray head;
a straight beam stream flow path configured to receive the water flow in response to a second actuation force applied to the stream modulation control, wherein the second actuation force is greater than the first actuation force, and produce a straight beam stream as the water flow exits the spray head, and
a shower spray flow path configured to receive the water flow in response to the mode selection control being moved to a biased position when the stream modulation control is in the unactuated position, and produce a shower spray as the water flow exits the spray head.