Patent Publication Number: US-10760249-B2

Title: Faucet knob return spring kit

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to faucet knob attachments and more particularly pertains to a new faucet knob attachment for automatic shut off. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of knob sleeves with each of the pair of knob sleeves having an outer perimeter and a through hole. The through hole is configured to receive and secure a faucet knob. A pair of sleeve eyelets is coupled to the outer perimeter of the pair of knob sleeves. A pair of extension springs is coupled to the pair of sleeve eyelets. Each of the pair of extension springs has a sleeve hook end and a wall hook end. The sleeve hook end is coupled to the pair of sleeve eyelets. Each of the pair of extension springs has a rest position and an alternate stretched position. A pair of eyelet screws is coupled to the pair of extension springs. Each of the pair of eyelet screws has a spring eyelet and a threaded screw. The spring eyelet is coupled to the wall hook end of the pair of extension springs and the threaded screw is configured to mount into a wall adjacent the faucet knob. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those kit forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of a faucet knob return spring kit according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an isometric in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a top plan in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new faucet knob attachment embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the faucet knob return spring kit  10  generally comprises a pair of knob sleeves  12  each having an outer perimeter  14 , an inner end  16 , an outer end  18 , and a through hole  20  extending from the inner end  16  to the outer end  18 . The through hole  20  is configured to receive and secure a faucet knob  22  and may be tapered for a more secure fit. The through hole extends through the inner end  16  at a first diameter  24  and extends through the outer end  18  at a second diameter  26 . The second diameter  26  is greater than the first diameter  24 . The outer perimeter  14  adjacent the inner end  16  may have a shoulder  28  to provide more material between the outer perimeter  14  and the through hole  20  to mount a pair of sleeve eyelets  30 . Each of the pair of sleeve eyelets  30  may have a threaded extension  32  that couples within the shoulder  28  of the outer perimeter of the pair of knob sleeves. The threaded extension  32  may also provide a user with the ability to adjust the distance of the sleeve eyelet  30  from the knob sleeve  12 . 
     A pair of extension springs  34  is coupled to the pair of sleeve eyelets  30 . Each of the pair of extension springs  34  has a sleeve hook end  36  and a wall hook end  38  with the sleeve hook end  36  coupled to the pair of sleeve eyelets  30 . Each of the pair of extension springs  34  has a rest position  40  and an alternate stretched position  42 . A pair of eyelet screws  44  is coupled to the pair of extension springs  34 . Each of the pair of eyelet screws  44  has a spring eyelet  46  and a threaded screw  48  with the spring eyelet  46  coupled to the wall hook end  38  of the pair of extension springs. The threaded screw  48  is configured to mount into a wall  50  adjacent the faucet knob. 
     In use, the pair of knob sleeves  12  is fitted onto a pair of faucet knobs  52 . The pair of eyelet screws  44  is mounted into the wall  50  adjacent the pair of faucet knobs  22 . The pair of extension springs  34  is coupled between spring eyelet  46  of the pair of eyelet screws and the pair of sleeve eyelets  30  such that each of the pair of extension springs  34  is in the rest position  40  when the pair of faucet knobs  52  is in an off position  54 . The user then may rotate the pair of faucet knobs  52  into an on position  56 , extending the pair of extension springs  34  to the alternate stretched position  42 . When done, the user may merely release the pair of faucet knobs  52  and the pair of extension springs  34  will return to the rest position  40 , moving the pair of faucet knobs  52  back to the off position  54 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.