US 12,352,021 B2
Faucet having a plurality of spray patterns
Adam William Tracy, Irvine, CA (US); and Andy Ejung Kim, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Appl. No. 17/998,913
Filed by ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
PCT Filed May 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/031818
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/231458, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/025,386, filed on May 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0193606 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. E03C 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/0405 (2013.01) [E03C 1/0412 (2013.01); Y10T 137/9464 (2015.04)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A faucet comprising:
a faucet body including a faucet handle, the faucet handle movable with respect to the faucet body;
a faucet spout having a first end extending from and integral to the faucet body and a second end having a first outlet and a second outlet, the first and second outlets disposed on an underside of the faucet spout;
a spray pattern controller located along a side of the faucet spout and at the second end of the faucet spout, the spray pattern controller configured to move between a first configuration and a second configuration that actuates a push seal at the first outlet to adjust a spray pattern selected from a plurality of spray patterns being dispensed through the faucet spout through at least one of the first outlet or the second outlet, wherein in the first configuration, the spray pattern controller aligns with a shape of the faucet spout at the second end, and in the second configuration, the spray pattern controller pivots to a non-aligned position relative to the shape of the faucet spout at the second end.