Patent ID: 6799335
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: A47G,G02B,H05B

Abstract:
A mirror device for use in a shower, said device comprising;a. a shower arm adapter including an elongated tubular body for installation between a shower arm and shower nozzle, said tubular body having disposed therethrough a bore for conveying water from said shower head to said nozzle, b. water diverting means for diverting a portion of water flowing through said bore of said tubular body into a passageway provided through a mirror assembly support arm, c. a mirror assembly support arm having therethrough a passageway which communicates at a first end thereof with said water diverting means and at a second end thereof with an outwardly protruding ball member having therethrough a channel which communicates with said passageway through support arm, and d. a mirror assembly including a mirror in contact with a plenum, said plenum being in fluid-tight communication with a socket which frictionally and adjustably receives in a fluid-tight fit with said ball member, said channel through said ball member having an outlet orifice which communicates through a socket passageway with said plenum for supplying water to said plenum, said socket comprising a pair of mating generally hemispherically-shaped, hollow socket halves which protrude radially outwardly from a pair of front and rear mating mirror frames holding said mirror, each of said socket halves having in an inner surface thereof front and rear longitudinally spaced apart webs which form therebetween a semi-annular ring-shaped cavity, said cavities cooperating to form an annular ring-shaped pocket with said front and rear frame members mated together, said annular ring-shaped pocket holding therewithin a resilient annular ring-shaped gasket washer, said gasket washer having therethrough an aperture circumscribed by a cylindrical inner wall surface which resiliently contacts in fluid-tight contact an outer convex surface of said ball member.