Patent Application
20190060919
The present invention relates to a multi-purpose showerhead adapter system serving multiple purposes as a facial brush, finger nail cleaner, grout cleaner, tile cleaner, water floss, foot pumice and razor.
This invention relates generally to a showerhead adapter that serves multiple purposes when someone is taking a shower. Personal hygiene is an important component of keeping us healthy and taking showers is an important component of personal hygiene. When showering there is often a need to pay special attention to various parts of the body to clean the area more thoroughly. For example, in certain professions dirt accumulates within the fingernails and a cursory shower experience will not remove the accumulated particles in the fingernails. It would be advantageous while taking a shower, if one would avail oneself of the pressurized water source to effect special cleaning procedures. Often there is a need to clean the physical shower area, which often tends to grow fungus or become dirty with particle accumulation. There is an opportunity afforded during the time in the shower to increase cleanliness with dedicated equipment and utilize a relatively abundant supply of water shower to enhance these cleaning procedures. It would be particularly useful to have a multi-purpose showerhead adapter that can adapt present showerheads and accomplish these cleaning tasks with greater efficiency.
Davenport in U.S. Pat. No. 9,346,071 discusses a multi-purpose showerhead system in which a showerhead portion includes a front area for dispensing shower water and a rear area opposite the front area with a water flow pulsator mechanism and an attachment mechanism located on the rear area of the showerhead portion and in fluid communication with the water flow pulsator mechanism. The showerhead system is said to be comprised of a set of five multi-functional hygienic water tools and a tile and grout cleaning apparatus. It should be noted that the present invention relates to an adapter system that is an adaptation to a showerhead, but not a dual functional showerhead as delineated by Davenport.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,820,532 by Eberhardt discusses a dental irrigator that depends on a water driven turbine. Baugher in U.S. Pat. No. 4,043,337 teaches a water floss device that uses a special coaxial valve to control water flow. U.S. Pat. No. 4,564,005 by Marchand discloses a turbine within a water pick that causes pulsed water flow. Barry in U.S. Pat. No. 5,241,714 mentions a quick release snap system for a water pick and US patent discusses mixing water mixing with a hygienic fluid for oral cleaning purposes in a water cleaning device. Lu in U.S. Pat. No. 7,276,035 teaches a water driven teeth cleaner and US 20100015566 by Shaw discusses another water drive water cleaner. U.S. Pat. No. 5,033,897 by Chen teaches a showerhead that incorporates a water massager. None of the above discusses the subject matter of the present invention.
The present invention relates to a showerhead adapter that exhibits multiple functionalities, such as facial cleanser, nail brush, toothbrush, tile cleaner, grout cleaner, foot pumice, razor, and water floss. It maximizes a user's time in the shower by enabling the performance of multiple activities. This adapter comprises a conduit for coupling a water outlet adapter mechanism to a showerhead that contains a shower control valve for bypassing the flow of water. The handheld adapter mechanism is in fluid communication with the showerhead, and comprises interchangeable attachments separately attachable to the adapter mechanism. The nature of the invention will be evident from a detailed description of the invention and accompanying views of the drawings.
A showerhead adapter is disclosed which can be used with presently available commercial showerheads which allows multiple activities while showering. These activities include being able to cleanse the face, clean one's fingernails, clean one's feet, shave, clean one's teeth, and clean the shower area.
The primary elements of the present invention are described by
In a preferred embodiment, the adapter mechanism 110 may be made of injection moldable materials such as organic polymers selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetates, polyacrylonitriles, polyamides, polyolefins, polyesters, polysulfones, polyethersulfones, bisphenols, polyether ketones, sulfonated polyether ketones, polyamide sulfones, polyvinylidene fluorides, polyvinylchlorides, polystyrenes and polytetrafluorethylenes or mixtures thereof and their copolymers. These polymers may incorporate antifungal and antibacterial compounds.
While various embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above, it should be understood that they have been presented by way of example only, and not of limitation. Likewise, the various diagrams may depict an example architectural or other configuration for the disclosure, which is done to aid in understanding the features and functionality that may be included in the disclosure. The disclosure is not restricted to the illustrated example architectures or configurations, but the desired features may be implemented using a variety of alternative architectures and configurations. Indeed, it will be apparent to one of skill in the art how alternative functional, logical or physical partitioning and configurations may be implemented to implement the desired features of the present disclosure. Also, a multitude of different constituent module names other than those depicted herein may be applied to the various partitions. Additionally, with regard to flow diagrams, operational descriptions and method claims, the order in which the steps are presented herein shall not mandate that various embodiments be implemented to perform the recited functionality in the same order unless the context dictates otherwise.
The breadth and scope of the present invention should not be limited by any of the described exemplary embodiments. The illustrated embodiments and their various alternatives may be implemented without limitations to the illustrated examples. Illustrations should not be construed as mandating a particular architecture or configuration.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62551780 | Aug 2017 | US |
