Patent ID: 8695898
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: E03C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A faucet spout assembly comprising: a spout shell including an inlet end coupled to a fluid coupler supported by a fixed mounting surface, an outlet end, and a waterway that extends between the inlet end and the outlet end, the waterway extending about a first longitudinal axis in a first direction at the inlet end and about a second longitudinal axis in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction at the outlet end; and an insert coupled to the spout shell, the insert nested within the spout shell and having a shape which follows an inner contour of the spout shell proximate the outlet end to define an annular outlet channel, the outlet channel narrowing at the outlet end of the spout shell to provide a substantially laminar, continuous hollow stream of water from the outlet end of the spout shell, the hollow stream defined as a sheet-like column.