Patent ID: 6899292

Claim:
A shower head assembly, comprising: a shower head housing having a water inlet and a nozzle plate, said nozzle plate having a plurality of apertures therein; a plurality of nozzles positioned on said shower head housing in fluid communication with said apertures to provide a plurality of water outlets; a plurality of nozzle inserts, each of said nozzles having a nozzle insert positioned therein, each of said nozzle inserts having a flexible nozzle tip protruding from said nozzle, each of said nozzle inserts having a passageway in fluid communication with said water inlet, whereby water introduced into said water inlet is ejected from the shower head through said passageway in said nozzle insert, wherein each said nozzle includes an upstream end and a downstream end, said downstream end having an aperture formed therein, said aperture having an interior dimension, and wherein a flexible nozzle tip of each said nozzle insert is positioned in said aperture and protrudes from one of said nozzles, each said nozzle tip having an exterior dimension, said exterior dimension of said nozzle tips being no larger than said interior dimension of said apertures.