IP Library Granted Patent US 12703969
Granted Patent B2
US 12703969 · App. 18/656,320 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Display cabinet of hydrosanitary devices and/or associated products

Inventor: Gian Luca Gessi (Serravalle Sesia, IT)
Assignee: GESSI S.P.A.
E03C1/18E03D7/00E03D9/00E03C2201/90
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Patent No.
US 12703969
App. No.
18/656,320
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Display cabinet of hydrosanitary devices and/or associated products configured to contain and keep a first hydrosanitary device and/or associated product in a first predefined position and/or spatial orientation and including a body having a first portion and a second portion reciprocally movable to define at least: an opened configuration of said body, wherein said first hydrosanitary device and/or associated product results visible and/or accessible from outside the body, and a closed configuration of said body, alternative to the opened configuration, wherein said first hydrosanitary device and/or associated product results enclosed inside said body and/or not visible, and/or inaccessible, from outside the body; said display cabinet being configured to be transportable along with said first hydrosanitary device and to be stably positionable on a resting surface in an exhibition environment; said body being configured to simulate an application context of said first hydrosanitary device and/or associated product.

Claims (62)

1 . Display cabinet of hydrosanitary devices or associated products or a combination thereof, configured to contain and keep at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated product or a combination thereof, in at least one first predefined position or spatial orientation or a combination thereof and comprising: a body having at least one first portion and one second portion movable one with respect to the other to define at least:

an opened configuration of said body, wherein said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated products or a combination thereof is visible or accessible from outside the body, and

a closed configuration of said body, alternative to the opened configuration, wherein said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated products or a combination thereof is enclosed inside said body or not visible, or inaccessible, from outside the body;

said display cabinet being transportable along with said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated products or a combination thereof and being stably positionable on a resting surface in an exhibition environment;

said display cabinet being configured to allow a user to configure and repeatedly reconfigure for a plurality of times, the position of the hydrosanitary device or associated products or a combination thereof with respect to the said supporting surface of the body.

2 . Display cabinet of hydrosanitary devices and/or associated products according to claim 1 , configured to contain and keep at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated, in at least one first predefined position or spatial orientation on, or with respect to, at least one supporting surface positioned within said body, or in at least one between said first portion and said second portion;

wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion, is rigid or self-supporting,

said display cabinet being a movable display cabinet and being movable in a plurality of positions, wherein said display cabinet is movable in a plurality of positions at least when said body is in said opened configuration or when said body is in said closed configuration;

wherein each position of said plurality of positions is a position stable on said resting surface;

wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion is configured to house said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof in said at least one first predefined position or spatial orientation, wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion is configured to house said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated in said at least one first predefined position or spatial orientation and in at least one second predefined position or spatial orientation,

wherein said first predefined position or spatial orientation or said second predefined position or spatial orientation is a position or spatial orientation relative with respect to said body or to at least one between said first portion and said second portion;

wherein when in said first predefined position or spatial orientation and when in said second predefined position or spatial orientation said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof lies in a position fixed with respect to at least part of the body, in particular with respect to at least one between the first portion and the second portion or wherein said first predefined position or spatial orientation is kept unaltered during a movement of at least one between said first portion and said second portion with respect to said resting surface;

or wherein a passage from said first predefined position or spatial orientation to said second predefined position or spatial orientation occurs by a temporary disconnection of said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof from said body, in particular from said first portion and said second portion.

3 . Display cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion is configured to house, simultaneously, said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof and a second hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof;

and wherein an upper part of said body has a curved or rounded shape defining an overall “trunk” shape for said body,

or wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion comprises a movement handle arranged on a vertical surface of said first portion or of said second portion,

or wherein said body has a plurality of opened configurations, wherein in each opened configuration of said plurality of opened configurations, said first portion and said second portion have different angles of reciprocal rotation, and wherein in at least part of said plurality of opened configurations, or in all of the opened configurations of said plurality of opened configurations, said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated is visible or accessible;

and wherein when said body is in said closed configuration, the first portion and the second portion are rigidly and constrained to each other, and wherein when said body is in said opened configuration, said first portion and said second portion are connected to each other;

wherein said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof is arranged in said first portion or alternatively in said second portion; the second portion being free to move with respect to the first portion without removal of the arrangement, or of the fastening of the at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated from the respective first portion or second portion.

4 . Display cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein when said body is in said closed configuration, said first portion is a front portion or left portion and said second portion is a rear portion or right portion, and wherein when said body is in said opened configuration, said first portion is a left portion and said second portion is a right portion, and wherein said first portion and said second portion are rotating one with respect to the other;

or wherein said first portion and said second portion are rotating one with respect to the other on an axis orthogonal to said resting surface;

said display cabinet comprising at least one first hinge configured to allow a rotation of said first portion with respect to said second portion around an axis substantially inclined with respect to said resting surface of said display cabinet of hydrosanitary devices or associated products;

said resting surface being a floor, or ground or said display cabinet being a floor display cabinet;

wherein each of said first portion and said second portion comprises a respective peripheral or perimeter area,

wherein said at least one first hinge is arranged in correspondence of the peripheral or perimeter area of at least one between said first portion and said second portion;

or wherein when said body is in said opened configuration, said first portion and said second portion are aligned along a same plane.

5 . Display cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one between said first portion and said second portion, or both said first portion and said second portion, comprises a plurality of compartments or modules to house one or more hydrosanitary devices or associated products or a combination thereof, said compartments or modules comprising at least one among supporting planes, walls oblique with respect to said resting surface, drawers or internal doors; a position of at least one compartment or module of said plurality of compartments or modules being reconfigurable spatially in the respective position into the volume overall defined in said body, by the first portion or the second portion;

at least one between said first portion and said second portion, has a main development direction which is vertical or orthogonal with respect to said resting surface, or wherein said display cabinet is configured and specifically destined to support or arrange, when arranged on said resting surface, said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated at a height, measured with respect to said resting surface, equal to a height at which said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof would be arranged in an effective or own operative installation.

6 . Display cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion defines an environment closed on at least three sides or closed on five sides.

7 . Display cabinet according to claim 6 , wherein said first portion and said second portion define an environment opened on a respective accessing plane,

and wherein when the body is in said closed configuration, said accessing plane of said first portion is coupled and coinciding with the accessing plane of said second portion and the assembly formed by the first portion and by the second portion defines as a whole an environment closed on six orthogonal sides,

wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion comprises a wall visible when said body is in said opened configuration, said wall being decorable with or providable with, or decorated with or provided with, an element comprising a color, a color pattern or shapes or an accessory, or an electronic device for representation of time-varying images simulating a real environment wherein said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof would be installed in a real configuration.

8 . Display cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion comprises at least one first movement element, in use in direct contact with the resting surface and movably constrained, to a lower portion, in particular a base portion, of said at least one between said first portion and said second portion,

wherein the at least one first movement element is configured to facilitate at least one between a rotation or translation of said body, in particular of at least one between said first portion and said second portion, on said resting surface;

wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion, or each of said first portion and said second portion, comprises at least two movement elements, and comprises at least three or four movement elements configured and arranged for stably sustaining, or allowing the motion of, each of said first portion and second portion;

and wherein said at least one first movement element comprises at least one between a wheel, a roller, a track, a movable belt, a low friction coefficient sliding skid;

said at least one first movement element pivoting around an axis inclined with respect to said resting surface.

9 . Display cabinet according to claim 8 , wherein said at least one first movement element is active and is configured to determine a movement of said body on said resting surface;

said display cabinet comprising at least one movement servo-actuator for said at least one first movement element, and comprising at least one user interface placed in substantial correspondence of said body and configured to control said movement servo-actuator, or comprising a remote control interface configured to allow a control of said movement servo-actuator by a remote control device.

10 . Display cabinet according to claim 1 , comprising at least one optical radiator element configured to irradiate said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof with an optical radiation;

said at least one optical radiator element being configured to diffuse an optical radiation within a solid angle of preferential radiation, said solid angle being operatively adaptable,

or said display cabinet of hydrosanitary devices/or associated or a combination thereof comprising at least one power supply source for said at least one optical radiator element and arranged within said body or comprising at least one connector for allowing to supply said optical radiator element by a power supply source external with respect to said body.

11 . Display cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof is a faucet a faucet for sink, or for bidet, or for bathtub or for shower, or an electronic faucet, or a mechanically, not electronically, regulated faucet, or is a showerhead, or is a flexible shower, or is a aerator dispenser, or is a wall spout mouth, or is a toilet bowl, or is a shower tray, or is a bathtub, or is a bidet, or is a kitchen or bathroom sink, or is a hanging sink, or is a floor sink, or is a built-in sink, or is a heated towel rack, or is a toilet paper holder, or is a toilet bowl brush holder, or is a soap holder, or is a sponge holder or is a bathrobe, or a towel, or a bath slipper, or a bath cap, or a bath mat; said hydrosanitary device or associated being a device destined to the hygiene of the human being.

12 . Display cabinet according to claim 1 , comprising at least one servo-actuator configured to facilitate or determine a relative movement between said first portion and said second portion or to allow a switching between said opened configuration and said closed configuration of said body, said servo-actuator being controlled by a command arranged on said body or removably connectable to said body or being controlled by a remote command, of wireless type;

or comprising at least one speaker for playing back sounds, arranged within at least one between said first portion and said second portion.

13 . Display cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion detects a defined shape or a defined volume; or wherein at least one between said first portion and said second portion comprises movable elements, extensible, configured to modify at least one between a volume or external shape thereof between a first volume or external shape and a second volume or external shape.

14 . Display cabinet according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one supporting surface is movable for allowing to orient or translate said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof in a plurality of positions, said supporting surface being movable manually or by a servo-actuator.

15 . Display cabinet of hydrosanitary devices or associated products or a combination thereof, configured to contain and keep at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof, in at least one first predefined position or spatial orientation and comprising: a body having at least one first portion and a second portion movable to define at least:

an opened configuration of said body, wherein said at least one hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof is visible or accessible from outside the body, and

a closed configuration of said body, alternative to the opened configuration, wherein said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof is enclosed inside said body and visible, and inaccessible, from outside the body;

said display cabinet being transportable along with said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof and being stably positionable on a resting surface in an exhibition environment;

wherein said opened configuration is a non-operative configuration or an installation or removal configuration of said at least one first device or associated respectively within or from said body.

16 . Display cabinet according to claim 15 , wherein when said body is in said closed configuration, said at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof is inaccessible from outside the body,

or wherein when said body is in said opened configuration, said first portion and said second portion are disconnected, and wherein said opened configuration is a configuration wherein said body is disassembled.

17 . Method for containing, transporting or displaying hydrosanitary devices or associated products or a combination thereof comprising at least:

arranging a display cabinet according to claim 1 ;

housing or fixing at least one first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof, in at least a first predefined position or spatial orientation inside the body of said display cabinet; and

displaying at least said first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof arranged in said body of said display cabinet, in an exhibition environment.

18 . Method according to claim 17 , further comprising:

closing at least said first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof into the body by a relative motion of closure of said first portion with respect to said second portion;

transporting, towards or into an exhibition environment, said display cabinet containing said first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof; or

opening said body, containing at least said first hydrosanitary device or associated or a combination thereof, by a relative motion of opening of said first portion with respect to said second portion.