Patent ID: 7640605
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: E03C

Abstract:
1. A support for a detachable shower head, comprising: a mounting fixture for installing the support for the shower head so as to place the support for the shower head at a fixed location, a wall-mounting arm jutting out of the mounting fixture along a longitudinal axis, a shower head coupled to a water supply by a shower hose, and a holder for the shower head by which the shower head is detachably attachable to the wall-mounting arm, in a vicinity of an end thereof that is opposite from an end of the wall mounting arm pivoted to the mounting fixture, wherein the wall-mounting arm comprises a length of stock pivoted at a near end of the length of stock on the mounting fixture about a pivot axis that is parallel to a surface of a wall on which the support is to be fixed, and pivoted in a vicinity of a far end of the length of stock to the holder on a pivot axis that is parallel to the pivot axis at which the wall-mounting arm is pivoted on the mounting fixture; wherein the wall-mounting arm is configured to form a fork, at least in the vicinity of its far end from the mounting fixture; and, wherein the shower head is configured to spray water supplied by the shower hose, and remains functional following withdrawal of the shower head from the holder.