Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – Unitary plural outlet means – All in a single straight line
Reexamination Certificate
2003-01-20
2003-09-23
Mar, Michael (Department: 3752)
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Unitary plural outlet means
All in a single straight line
C239S391000, C239S437000, C239S438000, C004S601000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06622947
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a bathing spray apparatus and, more specifically, to a water spray apparatus whereby the method for delivering the water spray simulates a rain shower.
There are various styles of shower heads, both regular and pulsating that are normally connected at the shower port on the wall of the tub above the water faucets. Most all of which dispense water spray that is angled toward the bather providing water to only a portion of the body at one given time. Other various styles of shower heads include extensions that enable the bather to hold the shower head and better direct the water spray, but such devices can become inconvenient for the user and limits the user to cleanse with one hand. This can be particularly difficult while shampooing one's hair.
The present invention overcomes the shortcomings of prior art by providing the user a means to dispense water spray over an entire body area and without need of the holding the shower head by hand.
Simulating a rain shower, the present invention douses the entire body of the user with water spray providing better means to cleanse the body, including hard to reach locations and washing of the hair.
The present invention simulates a rain shower by extending a tubular shaped housing from the shower water port over a large portion of the tub. More particularly, the open distal end the tubular shaped housing is connected to the shower water port at the wall and extends horizontally outward into the tub and over the user to a closed portion at the other distal end of the tubular shaped housing.
A plurality of water ports are provided between the two distal ends for dispensing the water spray. To maximize the water spray area, each of the water ports is covered with an aerator screen. The aerator screens disperse the water into a stream of droplets simulating a rain shower.
This improvement shower structure may be used as a replacement for a conventional shower head or installed initially as an integral portion of the bathroom. In either installation, the open distal end of the tubular shaped housing includes an industry standard size threaded connector that is connected to the shower water port that extends from the wall.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the tubular shaped housing includes shower ports of various sizes providing the user the ability to control the volume of the water dispersed. With this embodiment, a positioning member controlled by the user is moved laterally forcing a sealing element within the tubular housing to cover portions of the apertures. The volume of water dispersed is thus controlled by the position of the positioning member.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are other water spray apparatus. Typical of these is U.S. Pat. No. 595,069 issued to H. D. Nisbet on Dec. 7, 1897.
A patent was issued on May 17, 1904 as U. S. Pat. No. 759,874 to O. C. Fletcher. Another patent was issued to L. R. Patton on Feb. 7, 1922 as U.S. Pat. No. 1,406,070. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 1,893,435 was issued to T. E. Neal on Apr. 10, 1931 and still yet another was issued on Feb. 7, 1935 to P. Brown as U.S. Pat. No. 2,017,396.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,060,100 was issued to B. S. Michelson on Feb. 28, 1935. Another patent was issued to Earl W. Smith on Apr. 3, 1973 as U.S. Pat. No. 3,724,760. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 3,858,252 was issued to Olgierd Z. Ejchorszt on Jan. 7, 1975 and still yet another was issued to Thomas E. Searson on Oct. 8, 1985 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,545,083.
Another patent was issued to Gustav E. Utzinger on Jun. 7, 1988 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,749,130. U.S. Pat. No. 4,809,369 was issued on Mar. 7, 1989 to John H. Bowden and on May 22, 1990 N. Charles Daunt was issued U.S. Pat. No. 4,927,083. Murray Borod was issued U.S. Pat. No. 5,409,167 on Apr. 25, 1995. Another patent was issued to Donald R. Davison on Jun. 8, 1999 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,909,969.
This invention relates to improvements in needle baths, and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts. The object of this invention is to construct a needle bath whereby a spray of water will be delivered to the bather in such a manner as to cause spray to circumscribe a maximum superficial area of the body of the person and to construct said device as to operate upon every portion of the area so circumscribed.
This invention relates to improvements in shower bath hose, and it consists in so forming the hose that the openings through which the several jets or streams of water flow are held away from the neck or portion of the body to which the hose is applied.
This invention relates to a shower attachment for bath tubs and an object of the invention is to provide a device applicable for attachment to bath tubs of existing types which will permit the engagement of an efficient overhead shower bath.
This invention relates to shower bath and more particularly to spray apparatus. At the present time shower bath sprays are so constructed that the shower bath cannot be taken without the water striking a person's head causing the hair to become wet. This is often objectionable and therefore one object of this invention is to provide a spray so constructed that while water may strike the shoulders and other portions of the person's body, it will be prevented from striking a person's head and causing the hair to become wet.
This invention relates to a shower bath attachment particularly designed so that the same may be used in conjunction with an ordinary bathtub. The prime object of this invention resides in the provision of an attachment which may be easily mounted in place or dismounted and which is adjustable as to height.
This invention relates to shower bath attachments, and more particularly to attachments for converting an ordinary bathtub into a shower. The chief object of the invention is to provide a new and improved attachment of the above described character that shall be simple in construction and cheap to manufacture, that shall be adapted to become readily attached to, and as readily detached from, the ordinary faucet of the bath tub or the like; and that shall not interfere with the normal flow of water through the faucet for normal purposes.
A water distributing device for use in a shower, bath or the like in which a vertical pipe with spray apertures is surrounded by movable, water-tight sleeve having predetermined cut out areas which will provide for turning on and off the spray as a function of relative vertical height by rotating the sleeve a predetermined angular distance.
An improvement shower structure that may be used as a replacement for a conventional shower head or installed initially as an integral portion of the bathroom. The shower structure permits the user to selectively direct a uniform spray of water over a desired portion of the body, and is particularly adapted for the use of woman or elderly persons who may now take a shower without getting their hair and head wet. Also, the shower structure is adapted for being formed as an integral part of a wall structure to direct a spray of water over the trunk portions of a user.
Water for bathing is sprayed from a hollow plate having a series of internal channels and a corresponding series of rows of openings from the channels through one face of the plate.
A shower system comprising an elongated tubular conduit having several windings arranged in helix formation with a central helix axis disposed vertically is used by persons to shower. Perforations having an outlet size of about 0.8 mm.sup.2 are located in the inner sidewalls of the windings which sides face toward the central helix axis. A length of the spraying extends over a length of about 10 to 20 meters so that the internal helix space houses a person standing or sitting therein. The temperature of the water ejected from the perforations can be raised so high and can be sustained for so long that the person taking such a shower undergoes a sauna effect. This sauna effect is provided by a distance between adjacen
Gorman Darren
Kroll Michael I.
Mar Michael
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