Patent ID: 6189569
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: E03C,Y10T

Abstract:
An undercover plate for engagement with an escutcheon and mounting posts, the escutcheon having a mounting section and a fluid discharge section, the mounting section and the fluid discharge section each having an undersurface, an aerator extending downward from the fluid discharge section, the undercover plate comprising:a base section having the same general shape as the undersurface of the mounting section of the escutcheon;an arched center section having the same general shape as the undersurface of the fluid discharge section of the escutcheon, the arched center section of the undercover plate being securely retained against the fluid discharge section undersurface of the escutcheon and the base section of the undercover plate being securely retained against the mounting section undersurface of the escutcheon; andcooperative engagement means between the undercover plate and the undersurface of the escutcheon enabling snap-fit engagement therebetween without fasteners, said means comprising a spout opening and an arcuate lip, the arcuate lip surrounding at least part of the spout opening and extending upward from said arched center section, the arcuate lip providing a cooperative engagement with the undersurface of the escutcheon.