Patent ID: 7191475

Claim:
A retractable showerhead for use in a shower stall having a wall, said showerhead comprising a head part for emitting water into said stall, a hose connected at one end to said head part and connected at its other end to a water source, said water source being at one side of said wall, a mounting bracket at the opposite side of said wall, said hose extending freely through said wall and forming a depending loop between said water source and said wall when said head part is supported by said bracket, a weight freely slidable on said hose located at said loop and constituting means for sliding along and pulling on said hose when said head part is moved from a use position in which the hose extends from said opposite side of said wall into a stored position in which said hose is recessed within said wall at said one side of the wall, said bracket being slotted so as to define a channel means for guiding the movement of said hose as said head part moves from its said storage position into its said use position.