Claims
- 1. A faucet spout assembly mounted to a deck from above comprising:a.) an opening formed in the deck; b.) a mounting plate extending over the opening above the deck; c.) a water supply line having a threaded portion and extending through the opening and engaged with the mounting plate; d.) a second member engaged with the mounting plate and extending through the opening; e.) a third member engageble with the mounting plate; f.) a spout having a spout plate affixed thereto; g.) the third member engageable with the spout plate; h.) a nut threadedly engaging the threaded portion of the water supply line; i.) the second member engaging the nut to prevent its rotation upon rotation of the water supply line whereby the nut will be axially shiftable along the water supply line when the water supply line is rotated; j.) a retainer member disposed below the mounting plate to be pivotally disposable below and across the opening and pivotally connected to the nut with the nut being shiftable toward the deck whereby the retainer member and the mounting plate will be clamped on opposite sides of the deck; and k.) said spout being removeably connected to the mounting plate to receive and discharge water from the water supply line.
- 2. The combination claimed in claim 1 wherein:a.) the third member has a threaded portion formed thereon; b.) the mounting plate has a threaded opening adapted to threadedly receive the threaded portion of the third member; and c.) the third member rotatably received in the spout plate and, upon the third member being connected to the mounting plate, the spout will be connected to the mounting plate and will receive the water supply line therein.
CROSS REFERENCE AND COPENDING PATENT APPLICATION
The present application is related to an earlier copending application owned by the same applicant, as follows: U.S. Ser. No. 09/338,872, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,138,296 Filed: Jun. 23, 1999.
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