Patent ID: 6622947
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A shower head for attachment to a water outlet spout, said spout being a part of the plumbing system of a shower and having a threaded end thereon for receiving a mating shower head, the shower head comprising;a) an elongated tubular housing for connection to said water outlet spout, said housing having a first end, a second end, a top side and a bottom side, said housing having an inner cavity therein for receiving an inner tubular member, said housing having a slot therein for receiving a positioning member; b) a threaded connector disposed on said first end of said housing to permit connection to the threaded end of the water outlet spout, said second end of said housing being closed; c) said housing having a plurality of water outlet holes therein, said holes being spaced apart longitudinally along said bottom side of said housing to permit water to pass downwardly therethrough onto a user; d) a plurality of aerator screens, wherein one said screen is placed over each water outlet hole of said housing to permit the water to be sprayed over a user; e) an elongated inner tubular member disposed in said inner cavity of said housing, said inner tubular member having first and second sets of water outlet holes spaced longitudinally along a bottom side of said inner tubular member and arranged in an alternating configuration, each one of said second set of water outlet holes being larger than each one of said first set of water outlet holes, said inner tubular member being slidable longitudinally within said housing and complementarily sized as said housing, said inner tubular member having a first end and a second end, said first end being open and said second end being closed; and f) a positioning member disposed on said inner tubular member, said positioning member passing through said slot of said housing to permit a user to grasp the positioning member for moving said inner tubular member between first and second longitudinal positions of adjustment relative to said housing for varying the flow of water through the shower head, said first set of water outlet holes being aligned with the water outlet holes of said housing when said inner tubular member is in the first longitudinal position of adjustment, and said second set of water outlet holes being aligned with the water outlet holes of said housing when said inner tubular member is in the second longitudinal position of adjustment.