IP Library Granted Patent US 12,065,811
Granted Patent B2
US 12,065,811 · App. 16/548,447 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Systems and methods for coupling of a tub spout

Inventors: Bill Ghiglieri (Reno, NV); Muhammad Hossain (Dallas, TX); Robert Clifton Jones, Jr. (Rockwall, TX); Casey J. Fregoe (The Colony, TX)
Assignee: Danco, Inc.
E03C1/0402
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Patent No.
US 12,065,811
App. No.
16/548,447
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments providing a mechanism to couple a tub spout onto a pipe. An extension nipple adaptor can be coupled to the pipe. A compression ring can be positioned between the extension nipple adaptor and an extension nipple. The tub spout can couple to the extension nipple. A threaded screw can be screwed into the extension nipple adaptor and contact the pipe.

Claims (23)

1. A system comprising:

an extension nipple adaptor that has a first end and a second end, the first end comprising an outer thread and the second end comprising an adaptor head, the extension nipple adaptor having a pipe aperture that has an angled surface at the first end, wherein the adaptor head has a length that is larger than a diameter of the first end of the extension nipple adaptor, wherein the extension nipple adaptor is configured to slide over a pipe;

an extension nipple configured to be coupled to the extension nipple adaptor and a tub spout;

a compression ring; and

a threaded screw.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the extension nipple adaptor comprises ¾ inch 14 National Pipe Threads (NPT) threads.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the extension nipple comprises ¾ inch 14 NPT threads on a first end and ½ inch NPT threads on a second end.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the pipe is a ½ inch copper pipe.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the compression ring is configured to be compressed against a pipe between the extension nipple adaptor and the extension nipple.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the threaded screw is configured to screw into the extension nipple adaptor and to contact a pipe.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the extension nipple is configured to be threaded onto the extension nipple adaptor.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the extension nipple is configured to be affixed to the tub spout via a threaded connection.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the compression ring is situated between the extension nipple and the extension nipple adaptor.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the extension nipple adaptor comprises a slot on the second end.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the angled surface of the extension nipple adaptor is a first angled surface, and the compression ring comprises a second angled surface.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the adaptor head comprising a fastener aperture that includes a knock-out.

13. A system, comprising:

an extension nipple adaptor that has a first end and a second end, the first end has a threaded rod, the extension nipple adaptor having a pipe aperture that has a first angled surface at the first end, the pipe aperture extending from the first end to the second end, the extension nipple adaptor includes an adaptor head with a side length that is larger than a diameter of the pipe aperture at the first end of the extension nipple adaptor;

an extension nipple configured to be coupled to the extension nipple adaptor and a tub spout, the extension nipple has a third end and a fourth end, the third end having an interior threaded surface that is configured to be attached to the threaded rod of the extension nipple adaptor, wherein the third end of the extension nipple has a larger diameter than the fourth end; and

a compression ring that comprises a second angled surface, the second angled surface being configured to come in contact with the first angled surface of the pipe aperture for the extension nipple adaptor.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the adapter head having a side width than is less than the side length of the adapter head.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the pipe aperture at the first end is larger than a respective diameter of an opening in the adapter head at the second end.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the fourth end of the extension nipple has outer threaded surface that is configured to attach to a threaded portion of the tub spout.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 15, 2026
From: DANCO, INC.
To: DANCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 075986/0864 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2019
From: GHIGLIERI, BILL; HOSSAIN, MUHAMMAD; JONES, ROBERT CLIFTON, JR.; FREGOE, CASEY J.
To: DANCO, INC.
Reel/Frame 050384/0905 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62840597 · Apr 30, 2019
Provisional Application 62721627 · Aug 23, 2018
Related Publication 20200063406A1 · Feb 27, 2020
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