Patent ID: 8070076

Claim:
An articulating faucet comprising: a vertical support; a plurality of swing arms; a spray head; and a plurality of joints interconnecting the spray head to the support via the swing arms and allowing for movement of the spray head with respect to the support, wherein the plurality of joints effect internal rotational resistance such that the spray head is maintained in a fixed position until at least one of the plurality of joints is overcome by an external force other than gravity; at least one of the joints comprising: first and second joint parts rotatable with respect to one another and configured to allow fluid to pass from the first joint part to the second joint part; first and second disk friction members, the first disk friction member being associated with the first joint part and the second disk friction member being associated with the second joint part, the first and second disk friction members being matable in face to face relation; and a spring member applying a force biasing the disk friction members in contact with one another such that the first and second disk friction members maintain a relative position of the first and second joint parts up to a threshold rotational force.