US 12,065,813 B2
Faucet with cantilevered support arm
David Downey, Lake Forest, CA (US); and Selia Ke, Xiamen (CN)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Filed by ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,483.
Claims priority of application No. 202210115874.6 (CN), filed on Feb. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0250618 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. E03C 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/0412 (2013.01) [E03C 2001/0415 (2013.01); Y10T 137/9464 (2015.04)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A faucet comprising:
a faucet body including:
a base having a bottom inlet opening and a top outlet opening;
a support arm cantilevered from the base and having a free end; and
a bracket formed on the free end of the support arm, wherein the base, the support arm, and the bracket are of unitary construction;
a flexible hose having a first end and an opposite second end, the second end coupled to the top outlet opening of the base; and
a spray head having a top end and an opposite bottom end, the top end coupled to the first end of the flexible hose such that the flexible hose has a fixed length between the faucet body and the spray head, the spray head having an outer surface with a recess formed therein and configured to receive the bracket such that the spray head is releasably coupled to the faucet body, wherein the recess extends from the bottom end towards the top end such that a height of the recess extends over half of a height of the spray head.