Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Tubs – Means for agitating or circulating water in a tub
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-04
2002-02-05
Fetsuga, Robert M. (Department: 3751)
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Tubs
Means for agitating or circulating water in a tub
C004S559000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06343388
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to showering devices and more particularly pertains to a new showering device for enabling a user to shower for extended periods of time without using a substantial volume of water.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of showering devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, showering devices heretofore devised and utilized are known M
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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 showering devices include U.S. Pat. No. 4,801,378; U.S. Pat. No. 4,872,224; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 337,149; U.S. Pat. No. 5,233,706; U.S. Pat. No. 4,655,197; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 265,127.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new showering device. The inventive device includes a housing unit having a hollow interior, a pump having an inlet and outlet, the pump being disposed within the housing unit. A heater is included within the pump to heat water passing through the pump. An elongate intake hose has an output end connected to the pump inlet and an intake end extending outwardly from the housing unit. An intake nozzle is connected to the intake hose intake end and has an intake opening for positioning within a reservoir containing water. An intake filter is provided within the intake nozzle to aid filtration of water passing into the intake nozzle. An elongate output hose is connected to the pump outlet at its intake end and has a shower head nozzle connected to its output end. The shower head nozzle has an opening to permit showering using water passing through the output hose. To filter and purify water passing through the intake hose, a primary filter is disposed between the intake hose output end and the pump inlet.
In these respects, the showering device 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 enabling a user to shower for extended periods of time without using a substantial volume of water.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of showering devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new showering device construction wherein the same can be utilized for enabling a user to shower for extended periods of time without using a substantial volume of water.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new showering device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the showering devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new showering device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art showering devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention-generally comprises a housing unit having a hollow interior, a pump having an inlet and outlet, the pump being disposed within the housing unit. A heater is included within the pump to heat water passing through the pump. An elongate intake hose has an output end connected to the pump inlet and an intake end extending outwardly from the housing unit. An intake nozzle is connected to the intake hose intake end and has an intake opening for positioning within a reservoir containing water. An intake filter is provided within the intake nozzle to aid filtration of water passing into the intake nozzle. An elongate output hose is connected to the pump outlet at its intake end and has a shower head nozzle connected to its output end. The shower head nozzle has an opening to permit showering using water passing through the output hose. To filter and purify water passing through the intake hose, a primary filter is disposed between the intake hose output end and the pump inlet.
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 showering device apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the showering devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new showering device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art showering devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new showering device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new showering device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new showering device 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 showering device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new showering device 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 showering device for enabling a user to shower for extended periods of time without using a substantial volume of water.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new showering device which includes a housing unit having a hollow interior, a pump having an inlet and outlet, the pump being disposed within the housing unit. A heater is included within the pump to heat water passing through the pump. An elongate intake hose has an output end connected to the pump inlet and an intake end extending outwardly from the housing unit. An intake nozzle is connected to t
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