Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Tubs – Convenience accessories
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-07
2001-03-27
Recla, Henry J. (Department: 3751)
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Tubs
Convenience accessories
C004SDIG001
Reexamination Certificate
active
06205598
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to faucet knob covers and more particularly pertains to a new protective cover for water fixtures for covering knobs and spout of bathtub and shower water fixtures.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of faucet knob covers is known in the prior art. More specifically, faucet knob covers 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. No. 5,125,577; U.S. Pat. No. 4,353,139; U.S. Pat. No. 3,940,196; U.S. Des. Pat. No. 282,563; U.S. Pat. No. 5,590,682; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 298,161.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new protective cover for water fixtures. The inventive device includes a valve cover portion. The valve cover portion has a front wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The valve cover portion has an interior space. The top wall and the bottom wall each have a plurality of slots therein. A plurality of fastening means removably fastens the valve cover portion over the hot and cold water fixtures. Each of the fastening means generally is U-shaped and has a first leg, a second leg and a base member. Each of the first legs is coupled to a wall such that the second legs extend upwardly away from the base members. The fastening means is spaced such that the second legs may be removably inserted in the slots in the top and bottom walls of the valve cover portion.
In these respects, the protective cover for water fixtures 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 covering knobs and spout of bathtub and shower water fixtures.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of faucet knob covers now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new protective cover for water fixtures construction wherein the same can be utilized for covering knobs and spout of bathtub and shower water fixtures.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new protective cover for water fixtures apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the faucet knob covers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new protective cover for water fixtures which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art faucet knob covers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a valve cover portion. The valve cover portion has a front wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The valve cover portion has an interior space. The top wall and the bottom wall each have a plurality of slots therein. A plurality of fastening means removably fastens the valve cover portion over the hot and cold water fixtures. Each of the fastening means generally is U-shaped and has a first leg, a second leg and a base member. Each of the first legs is coupled to a wall such that the second legs extend upwardly away from the base members. The fastening means is spaced such that the second legs may be removably inserted in the slots in the top and bottom walls of the valve cover portion.
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 protective cover for water fixtures apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the faucet knob covers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new protective cover for water fixtures which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art faucet knob covers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new protective cover for water fixtures which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new protective cover for water fixtures which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new protective cover for water fixtures 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 protective cover for water fixtures economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective cover for water fixtures 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 protective cover for water fixtures for covering knobs and spout of bathtub and shower water fixtures.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective cover for water fixtures which includes a valve cover portion. The valve cover portion has a front wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The valve cover portion has an interior space. The top wall and the bottom wall each have a plurality of slots therein. A plurality of fastening means removably fastens the valve cover portion over the hot and cold water fixtures. Each of the fastening means generally is U-shaped and has a first leg, a second leg and a base member. Each of the first legs is coupled to a wall such that the second legs extend upwardly away from the base members. The fastening means is spaced such that the second legs may be removably inserted in the slots in the top and bottom walls of
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