US 12,146,603 B2
Articulating faucet with progressive magnetic joint
Chanseol Chung, Shanghai (CN); and Linghua Chen, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/353,847.
Application 18/353,847 is a continuation of application No. 17/112,939, filed on Dec. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,703,156.
Application 17/112,939 is a continuation of application No. 15/982,719, filed on May 17, 2018, granted, now 10,890,277, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201820281337.8 (CN), filed on Feb. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0052955 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F16L 9/22 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); F16L 27/08 (2006.01); F16L 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 9/22 (2013.01) [E03C 1/0404 (2013.01); F16L 27/0849 (2013.01); F16L 37/004 (2013.01); E03C 2001/0414 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A faucet comprising:
a base configured to be coupled to a mounting surface; and
a spout rotatably coupled to the base, the spout comprising:
a plurality of conduit sections rotatably coupled to each other, wherein an end of each conduit section of the plurality of conduit sections includes a plurality of magnetic members arranged with alternating polarities,
wherein magnetic members on an end of a first conduit section are attracted to magnetic members having opposite polarity on a second, adjacent conduit section to thereby set a relative rotational position of the adjacent conduit sections, and wherein the first plurality of magnetic members on the first conduit section repel magnetic members having a same polarity on the second, adjacent conduit section to thereby set a different relative rotational position of the adjacent conduit sections.