Fluid handling – Faucets and spouts
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-12
2001-08-14
Rivell, John (Department: 3753)
Fluid handling
Faucets and spouts
C134S067000, C004S678000, C004S675000, C004S567000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06273138
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to height-adjustable spigot for a faucet and more particularly pertains to a new adjustable faucet assembly for allowing easy access to the spigot to fill certain containers.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of height-adjustable spigot for a faucet is known in the prior art. More specifically, height-adjustable spigot for a faucet heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,989,633; 5,230,109; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 354,114; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,412,816; 5,135,173; and 4,266,320.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new adjustable faucet assembly. The inventive device includes a support member having a main wall and a plurality of holes therethrough; and also includes a spigot having a tubular base member vertically extended through a first one of the holes with the spigot further having a tubular arm support member slidably mounted about an upper portion of the tubular base member and also having a tubular arm member pivotally mounted to the top end of the tubular arm support member; and further includes a spigot-clamping member having a split collar securely mounted upon the support member and mounted about the tubular arm support member and the tubular base member, and having a lever threaded through the ends of the split collar for engaging the collar about the tubular arm support member; and also includes a first and second tubular members extending through the remaining holes in the support member, and a first and second valve control members mounted to the first and second tubular members respectively.
In these respects, the adjustable faucet assembly according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing easy access to the spigot to fill certain containers.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of height-adjustable spigot for a faucet now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new adjustable faucet assembly construction wherein the same can be utilized for allowing easy access to the spigot to fill certain containers.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new adjustable faucet assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the height-adjustable spigot for a faucet mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new adjustable faucet assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art height-adjustable spigot for a faucet, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a support member having a main wall and a plurality of holes therethrough; and also includes a spigot having a tubular base member vertically extended through a first one of the holes with the spigot further having a tubular arm support member slidably mounted about an upper portion of the tubular base member and also having a tubular arm member pivotally mounted to the top end of the tubular arm support member; and further includes a spigot-clamping member having a split collar securely mounted upon the support member and mounted about the tubular arm support member and the tubular base member, and having a lever threaded through the ends of the split collar for engaging the collar about the tubular arm support member; and also includes a first and second tubular members extending through the remaining holes in the support member, and a first and second valve control members mounted to the first and second tubular members respectively.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable faucet assembly apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the height-adjustable spigot for a faucet mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new adjustable faucet assembly which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art height-adjustable spigot for a faucet, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable faucet assembly which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new adjustable faucet assembly which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable faucet assembly which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such adjustable faucet assembly economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable faucet assembly which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable faucet assembly for allowing easy access to the spigot to fill certain containers.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new adjustable faucet assembly which includes a support member having a main wall and a plurality of holes therethrough; and also includes a spigot having a tubular base member vertically extended through a first one of the holes with the spigot further having a tubular arm support member slidably mounted about an upper portion of the tubula
McShane Thomas L.
Rivell John
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