US 12,065,812 B2
Dual handle center mounted faucet
Don Currey, Chagrin Falls, OH (US); Scott Gardner, Chagrin Falls, OH (US); Kyle Meehan, Fishers, IN (US); and Alisha Buescher, Jamestown, IN (US)
Assigned to Delta Faucet Company, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed by Delta Faucet Company, Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,463.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/160,360, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0290417 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. E03C 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/0402 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A faucet assembly, comprising:
an escutcheon;
a first handle rotatably supported above the escutcheon;
a second handle rotatably supported above the escutcheon in spaced relation to the first handle;
a spout extending above the escutcheon intermediate the first handle and the second handle;
a mounting fastener including a proximal fastener head and a distal fastener shaft, the fastener head received within an interior space of the escutcheon, and the fastener shaft being a threaded shaft extending below the escutcheon;
a retainer defined by the faucet assembly and coupled to the fastener head to prevent rotation between the escutcheon and the threaded shaft of the mounting fastener; and
a waterway assembly received within the escutcheon, the waterway assembly configured to deliver fluid from a first valve operably coupled to the first handle to the spout, and from a second valve operably coupled to the second handle to the spout;
wherein the threaded shaft of the mounting fastener is configured to couple to a mounting nut to secure the faucet assembly to a mounting deck during installation.