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US 11,759,815 · App. 17/517,077 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Shower head with one-touch detachable structure

Inventor: Haksu Park (Incheon, KR)
Assignee: Haksu Park
B05B15/65B05B1/18
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,759,815
App. No.
17/517,077
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a shower head with the one-touch detachable structure, which is installed in a bathroom or on a sink. The shower head allows women or the old and the infirm who have weak wrist power and grasping power to easily connect and disconnect a handle body of the shower head to and from a hose in one-touch since the hose connected to a faucet and the handle body of the shower head in a one-touch detachable manner. Moreover, the shower head allows women or the old and the infirm who have weak wrist power and grasping power to easily connect and disconnect the handle body to and from the head assembly in one-touch since the handle body and the head assembly are connected and disconnected in a one-touch detachable manner.

Claims (20)

1. A shower head with a one-touch detachable structure, which includes a handle body which has a flow path formed therein so that tap water can flow therein and of which a lower end is connected to a hose, and a head assembly which is coupled to an upper end of the handle body and to which a water spray board having water discharge holes for spraying tap water introduced through the flow path is coupled, the shower head comprising:

an inflow connection part disposed at the lower end of the handle body;

a first connection means disposed at an end portion of the hose; and

a second connection means disposed at the inflow connection part in order to be detachably attached to the first connection means,

wherein the first connection means includes: a male coupler mounted at a front end of the hose and having an insertion tube protruding from a front end of the male coupler, and the second connection means includes a female coupler mounted at the inflow connection part in order to lock or unlock the insertion tube,

wherein the male coupler is formed in a cylindrical shape, has an end connected to the hose and another end from which the insertion tube fits into the female coupler, and has a retaining groove formed on an outer peripheral surface of the insertion tube,

wherein the female coupler includes: a first sealing member and a second sealing member, a side of each of which is fit and seated onto a coupling groove of the inflow connection part disposed at the lower end of the handle body; a holder ring having an elastic piece coupled to the retaining groove formed on the outer peripheral surface of the insertion tube of the male coupler; a cap ring which presses the holder ring in the direction of the second sealing member to fix the holder ring to the coupling groove of the inflow connection part; and a push ring which presses the elastic piece of the holder ring coupled to the retaining groove formed on the outer peripheral surface of the insertion tube of the male coupler to separate the elastic piece from the retaining groove,

wherein the second sealing member has a locking jaw formed on an outer face thereof, and the cap ring has a locking groove formed on an upper portion of an inner wall thereof to support the locking jaw of the second sealing member, and

wherein a fitting protrusion part is formed at an upper end of the second sealing member, and a fitting groove is formed at a lower portion of the first sealing member so that the fitting protrusion part of the second sealing member is inserted into the fitting groove.

2. The shower head according to claim 1 , wherein the inflow connection part extends integrally and an outer diameter thereof decreases toward a lower end thereof.

3. The shower head according to claim 1 , wherein a male screw thread is extended at the lower end of the handle body, and a female screw thread is formed at an upper side of an inner peripheral surface of the inflow connection part to be screw-coupled with the male screw thread.

4. A shower head with a one-touch detachable structure, which includes a handle body which has a flow path formed therein so that tap water can flow therein and of which a lower end is connected to a hose, and a head assembly which is coupled to an upper end of the handle body and to which a water spray board having water discharge holes for spraying tap water introduced through the flow path is coupled, the shower head comprising:

an inflow connection part disposed at a lower end of the handle body;

a first connection means disposed at an end portion of the hose; and

a second connection means disposed at the inflow connection part in order to be detachably attached to the first connection means,

wherein a third connection means is disposed at the upper end of the handle body, and a fourth connection means is disposed at a lower end of the head assembly, so that the third connection means and the fourth connection means are attachable or detachable in one-touch,

wherein the third connection means includes: a fixing part extending to the upper end of the handle body and having a third path vertically formed at a center thereof and a plurality of ball seating parts formed on a flank; fixing balls rotatably disposed on the plurality of ball seating parts; and a push member coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the fixing part to support the fixing balls and being vertically movable along the fixing part to make the fixing balls appear or disappear in a direction of the third path, and

wherein the fourth connection means is disposed at a lower end of a coupling part of the head assembly, and includes a connection member having a connection part which protrudes downwards to be inserted into the third path of the fixing part and has a fourth path formed in a longitudinal direction, and a ball support groove which is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the connection part to support the fixing balls on a same circumference.

5. The shower head according to claim 4 , wherein a support jaw is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the fixing part, a spring seating groove is formed on an inner surface of the push member, and a return spring is mounted on the spring seating groove to press the push member upwards.

6. The shower head according to claim 4 , wherein rotation preventing grooves are formed at an upper end of the fixing part of the handle body, and rotation preventing protrusions supported in the rotation preventing grooves are formed on the coupling part of the head assembly.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0009061 · Jan 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220234068A1 · Jul 28, 2022
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