Patent ID: 7458522

Claim:
In a drinking fountain adapted for connection to a supply of water under pressure and including a bubbler head body having a discharge port for outward projection of a water stream therefrom upon connection to the pressurized water supply, and a control valve for selectively turning the fountain on and off by respectively connecting and disconnecting the pressurized water supply from the bubbler head body, the improvement comprising: a protective cover having a generally inverted cup-shaped configuration, said protective cover having said bubbler head slidably carried therein for relative sliding displacement therebetween; and means for hydraulically displacing said bubbler head body relative to said cover from a retracted position to an elevated position when the fountain is turned on to expose the bubbler head discharge port for substantially unimpeded outward water stream projection, said bubbler head body displacing relative to said cover from said elevated position back to said retracted position when the fountain is turned off whereby said cover substantially overlies and conceals said bubbler head discharge port.