Patent Application
20200385968
The present invention relates generally to bracket for hand shower.
In modern life, bathing and showering have become routine affairs. For modern life is busy and compact, and it needs to save water, people mostly take showers to solve the need for cleaning their body. The showering facilities mainly includes a shower head and a hand shower, wherein the hand shower has a handle for holding by a user to washing his body; the shower head is usually mounted on a wall or a top of a vertical post, and the user can stand under the shower head to wash his head.
A conventional hand shower of the showering facilities is usually equipped with a holder which is independently mounted on a wall or a vertical post. When a user has used the hand shower, the user puts the hand shower on the holder. However, the conventional holder is made of metal or plastic, which makes the conventional holder has a rigid structure and has only a single size. In general, the conventional holder corresponds to the handle size of a particular type of hand showers. Therefore, when the hand shower is replaced, the new hand shower may not be put into the original holder, so that the user must find a new holder at the same time to match the size of the new hand shower, whereby to increase the purchase cost. On the other hand, since the new hand shower cannot be put into the original holder, the original holder needs to be removed and discarded, resulting in waste of intact equipments.
On the other hand, in the case of the conventional holder, when a user has used the hand shower, who needs to raise the hand shower, put the connecting tube into a gap of the conventional holder first, and then downwardly put the handle of the hand shower into the conventional holder. Accordingly, the conventional holder is not convenient to use.
At least for the above reasons, the conventional showers still have room for improvements.
In view of the above, the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a bracket for a hand shower. Compared to the conventional holder, the bracket provided in the present invention is convenient to use, and is adapted to hold various sizes of hand showers.
The present invention provides a bracket for a hand shower including a pipe and a bracket assembly. The pipe includes a pipe body, an inlet opening and an outlet opening, wherein the inlet opening is at one end of the pipe body, and the outlet opening is at another end of the pipe body, the inlet opening and the outlet opening communicate with each other. The bracket assembly is connected to the pipe body of the pipe, and includes a main body and a flexible member. The main body includes a first arm and a second arm. Both of the first arm and the second arm have a connected end and a pivoted end, wherein the connected end of the first arm is connected to the connected end of the second arm, and the pivoted end of the first arm is separated from the pivoted end of the second arm, so as to compose a recess. The flexible member includes a girdle portion, a first pivoting portion and a second pivoting portion, wherein one end of the girdle portion is connected to the first pivoting portion, and another end of the girdle portion is connected to the second pivoting portion. The first pivoting portion of the flexible member is pivotably connected to the pivoted end of the first arm, while the second pivoting portion of the flexible member is pivotably connected to the pivoted end of the second arm. When the hand shower is positioned on the bracket, one part of the hand shower is girdled by the girdle portion of the flexible member, and the first pivoting portion and the second pivoting portion of the flexible member are pivoted toward the recess, whereby to move the hand shower toward the recess, so that the hand shower is girdled by the bracket assembly. When the hand shower is moved away from the bracket, the hand shower is moved away from the recess, whereby to pivot the first pivoting portion and the second pivoting portion of the flexible member away from the recess, so that the hand shower is not girdled by the girdle portion of the flexible member.
With the aforementioned design, since a hand shower could be taken from and put into the bracket in a forward direction or a backward direction, the bracket provided in the present invention is more convenient to use. Furthermore, the bracket provided in the present is adapted to hold various sizes of hand showers, for the bracket includes the girdle portion of the flexible member, which could be adapted to girdled a handle of the hand shower, when the hand shower is positioned on the bracket.
The present invention will be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of some illustrative embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which
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The bracket assembly 20 is connected to the pipe body 12 of the pipe 10. The bracket assembly 20 includes a main body 22 and a flexible member 26, wherein the main body 22 includes a first arm 221 and a second arm 223. Both of the first arm 221 and the second arm 223 have a connected end 221b, 223b and a pivoted end 221a, 223a, wherein the connected end 221b of the first arm 221 is connected to the connected end 223b of the second arm 223, and the pivoted end 221a of the first arm 221 is separated from the pivoted end 223a of the second arm 223, so as to compose a recess 201.
The flexible member 26 includes a girdle portion 266, a first pivoting portion 261 and a second pivoting portion 263, wherein one end of the girdle portion 266 is connected to the first pivoting portion 261, while another end of the girdle portion 266 is connected to the second pivoting portion 263. The first pivoting portion 261 of the flexible member 26 is pivotably connected to the pivoted end 221a of the first arm 221, while the second pivoting portion 263 of the flexible member 26 is pivotably connected to the pivoted end 223a of the second arm 223.
When the hand shower O is positioned on the bracket 1, one part of the hand shower O is girdled by the girdle portion 266 of the flexible member 26, and the first pivoting portion 261 and the second pivoting portion 263 of the flexible member 26 are pivoted toward the recess 201, whereby to move the hand shower O toward the recess 201, so that the hand shower O is girdled by the bracket assembly 20.
When the hand shower O is moved away from the bracket 1, the hand shower O is moved away from the recess 201, whereby to pivot the first pivoting portion 261 and the second pivoting portion 263 of the flexible member 26 away from the recess 201, so that the hand shower O is not girdled by the girdle portion 266 of the flexible member 26.
The bracket assembly 20 includes two pins 24, the first pivoting portion 261 of the flexible member 26 is pivotably connected to the pivoted end 221a of the first arm 221 by one of the pins 24, while the second pivoting portion 263 of the flexible member 26 is pivotably connected to the pivoted end 223a of the second arm 223 by the other one of the pins 24.
Each of the first pivoting portion 261 and the second pivoting portion 263 includes, but not limited thereto, a first rib 264a, a second rib 264b and a pin hole 264c, wherein the second rib 264b is located between the first rib 264a and the pin hole 264c, and a bore 264d is between the first rib 264a and the second rib 264b, and another bore 264e is between the second rib 264b and the pin hole 264c. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the length of the first rib 264a is greater than the length of the second rib 264b. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the end of the girdle portion 266 connected to the first pivoting portion 261 is connected to the first rib 264a of the first pivoting portion 261. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the end of the girdle portion 266 connected to the second pivoting portion 263 is connected to the first rib 264a of the second pivoting portion 263. According to one embodiment of the present invention, each of the first pivoting portion 261 and the second pivoting portion 263 could further include a lateral rib connected to the first rib 264a and the second rib 264b. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first rib 264a and the second rib 264b could respectively have a wave-like shape, but not limited thereto. According to one embodiment of the present invention, each of the first pivoting portion 261 and the second pivoting portion 263 could further include a recess or a hole positioned between the first rib 264a and the second rib 264b, in order to increase an elastic property of each of the first pivoting portion 261 and the second pivoting portion 263, to prevent from shrinking, and to decrease the use of material to form the first pivoting portion 261 and the second pivoting portion 263.
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In the present embodiment, the pipe 30 is a T-joint pipe which includes a rotatable member 32, a pipe body 34, an inlet opening 301, a first outlet opening 302 and a second outlet opening 303 wherein the inlet opening 301, the first outlet opening 302 and the second outlet opening 303 are positioned on the pipe body 30. In
The inlet opening 301 and the first outlet opening 302 and the second outlet opening 303 communicate with each other. The inlet opening 301, the first outlet opening 302 and the second outlet opening 303 communicate with each other, wherein the inlet opening 301 and the first outlet opening 302 form a first flow way F1 in the pipe body 34, while the inlet opening 301 and the second outlet opening 303 form a second flow way F2 in the pipe body 34.
The rotatable member 32 is connected to the pipe body 34, and the rotatable member 32 could be operated to rotate relative to the pipe body 34. When the rotatable member 32 stays at one of the outlet mode positions, only one outlet opening is open, and the other outlet opening is blocked by the rotatable member 32.
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With the aforementioned design, since a hand shower could be taken from and put into the bracket in a forward direction or a backward direction, the bracket provided in the present invention is more convenient to use. Furthermore, the bracket provided in the present is adapted to hold various sizes of hand showers, for the bracket includes the girdle portion of the flexible member, which could be adapted to girdled a handle of the hand shower, when the hand shower is positioned on the bracket.
It must be pointed out that the embodiments described above are only some preferred embodiments of the present invention. All equivalent structures which employ the concepts disclosed in this specification and the appended claims should fall within the scope of the present invention.
