US 12,129,633 B2
Handheld showerhead with push-button release mechanism
Rob Shade, Aurora, OH (US); and Viorel Berlovan, Jr., Medina, OH (US)
Assigned to HOMEWERKS WORLDWIDE, LLC, Lake Bluff, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/635,431
Filed by HOMEWERKS WORLDWIDE, LLC, Lake Bluff, IL (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/058792
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/096735, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/031,728, filed on May 29, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,072, filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0364342 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E03C 1/06 (2006.01); B05B 1/18 (2006.01); B05B 15/62 (2018.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC E03C 1/06 (2013.01) [B05B 1/18 (2013.01); B05B 15/62 (2018.02); E03C 1/0409 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld shower assembly comprising:
a handheld showerhead;
a receiver mountable to an outlet pipe; and
a coupling mechanism for releasably coupling the handheld showerhead with the receiver, the coupling mechanism having cooperating magnetic components for attracting the handheld showerhead to the receiver, a male component and a female component, the male component adapted to be received in a female component, the male component being associated with the receiver and the female component being associated with the handheld showerhead;
wherein the handheld showerhead includes a release mechanism operative to permit separation of the coupling mechanism to allow separation of the handheld showerhead from the receiver, the release mechanism includes,
a pair of jaws configured to engage a surface of the male component to restrict separation of the handheld showerhead from the receiver, the jaws being movable between a closed position and an open position,
a first linkage having a pair of pivoting spaced-apart bars at least partially forming an opening, and
a user-actuated release supported by a handle portion of the handheld showerhead;
wherein a flow tube is supported in the handheld showerhead and passes through the opening in the release mechanism.