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The present invention relates to the field of water faucets, more specifically, a portable water faucet that is operated via a foot pedal.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a faucet spout that extends vertically from a housing. The housing includes at least one mounting bracket thereon such that said housing is adapted to be secured to a ground surface. The housing includes a female garden hose connection that is in fluid communication with a water valve. The water valve is also in fluid communication with the faucet spout. The water valve is controlled via a foot pedal that is pivotably engaged with respect to a side surface of the housing. When in use, the foot pedal is depressed in order for garden hose connection to the water spout. An alternative embodiment may include an auxiliary male garden hose connection. Other embodiments may utilize a faucet spout of varying heights that extend upwardly from the housing.
These together with additional objects, features and advantages of the foot-operated, portable faucet will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of presently preferred, but nonetheless illustrative, embodiments of the foot-operated, portable faucet when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
In this respect, before explaining the current embodiments of the foot-operated, portable faucet in detail, it is to be understood that the foot-operated, portable faucet is not limited in its applications to the details of construction and arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustration. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the concept of this disclosure may be readily utilized as a basis for the design of other structures, methods, and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the foot-operated, portable faucet.
It is therefore important that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent construction insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the foot-operated, portable faucet. It is also to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for purposes of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
The following detailed description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the described embodiments of the application and uses of the described embodiments. As used herein, the word “exemplary” or “illustrative” means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any implementation described herein as “exemplary” or “illustrative” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other implementations. All of the implementations described below are exemplary implementations provided to enable persons skilled in the art to practice the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the appended claims. Furthermore, there is no intention to be bound by any expressed or implied theory presented in the preceding technical field, background, brief summary or the following detailed description.
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The housing 102 is further defined with a first side surface 107 that includes a female garden hose connection 108 thereon. The female garden hose connection 108 includes a first conduit 109 that extends into the housing 102. The first conduit 109 includes a first port 110 and a second port 111. The first port 110 is in fluid communication with a valve 112. The valve 112 is in turn connected to a spout bottom distal end 113. The valve 112 controls fluid connection between the first conduit 109 and the faucet spout 101.
The housing 102 is further defined with a second side surface 114 that includes a foot pedal 115 pivotably engaged thereon. The foot pedal 115 connects to a linkage member 116 located inside of the housing 102. The linkage member 116 is in turn connected to the valve 112. The foot pedal 115 is able to control the valve 112 in order to disrupt or allow fluid connection between the faucet spout 101 and the female garden hose connection 108. The foot pedal 115 pivots with respect to a spring-loaded hinge 117 located on the second side surface 114 of the housing 102.
The second port 111 of the first conduit 109 may connect to a second conduit 118 that in turn extends through a third side surface 119 of the housing 102. Moreover, the second conduit 118 may connect to a male garden hose connection 120 such that the invention 100 may be adapted to supply water to a second garden hose 201. As a side note, the female garden hose connection 108 is adapted to be connected with a first garden hose 200 in order to supply water to the invention 100.
The housing 102 includes at least one mounting bracket 121 that extends outwardly from the housing 102. The at least one mounting bracket 121 is adapted to be used to secure the housing 102 to a ground surface 300. Moreover, the at least one mounting bracket 121 may be further defined with a bracket hole 122 into which a ground pin 400 may be driven into the ground surface 300 in order to secure the housing 102 to the ground surface 300. It shall be noted that other means may be employed to secure the housing 102 to an object or the ground surface 300. Referring to
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With respect to the above description, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationship for the various components of the invention 100, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function, and the manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the invention 100.
It shall be noted that those skilled in the art will readily recognize numerous adaptations and modifications which can be made to the various embodiments of the present invention which will result in an improved invention, yet all of which will fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the following claims. Accordingly, the invention is to be limited only by the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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