US 12,134,103 B2
Translucent shower head
David Downey, 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 Sep. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/025,015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/902,461, filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0086205 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B05B 1/18 (2006.01); B44F 99/00 (2013.01)
CPC B05B 1/185 (2013.01) [B44F 99/00 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cap attachable to a nozzle plate of a shower head, a front of the nozzle plate including a plurality of nozzles formed out of a flexible material, the plurality of nozzles including one or more central nozzles, one central nozzle of the one or more central nozzles centered on the nozzle plate, and a plurality of radially outer nozzles having at least one rectangular shaped nozzle and at least one circular shaped nozzle, the cap comprising:
a face portion and an opposite rear portion, wherein an outer perimeter of the cap defines the transition between the face portion and the rear portion, and wherein the outer perimeter of the cap includes a plurality of slots configured to receive corresponding tabs projecting from the nozzle plate;
a plurality of holes extending from the face portion to the rear portion, wherein each hole is configured to receive a nozzle of the plurality of nozzles; and
ornamental indicia positioned at the rear portion, wherein the ornamental indicia includes a central nozzle portion incorporating the one or more central nozzles and a pattern representative of flow channels radially extending from the central nozzle portion incorporating the plurality of radially outer nozzles, wherein the central nozzle portion indicia is different than the pattern representative of flow channel indicia and the pattern representative of flow channels starts at the at least one rectangular shaped nozzle, and wherein the ornamental indicia is formed within the rear portion of the cap and includes an opaque coating, and
wherein the cap is at least semi-translucent, thereby allowing the ornamental indicia to be visible from the face portion of the cap, and
wherein the cap is fastened directly to the nozzle plate with the rear portion directly facing the front of the nozzle plate to form a water tight seal such that water is prevented from entering a space between the rear portion of the cap and the front of the nozzle plate, the water tight seal formed between each hole of the plurality of holes and the respective nozzle of the plurality of nozzles and the outer perimeter of the cap and the nozzle plate.