Patent ID: 7406980

Claim:
A faucet for connection to a water supply having a hot water supply and a cold water supply, the faucet comprising: a hot water inlet member having a hot water fluid inlet adapted to be coupled to the hot water supply, a hot water fluid outlet, and an internal waterway connecting the hot water fluid inlet to the hot water fluid outlet; a cold water inlet member having a cold water fluid inlet adapted to be coupled to the cold water supply, a cold water fluid outlet and an internal waterway connecting the cold water fluid inlet to the cold water fluid outlet; a waterway component having a first fluid inlet, a second fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and an internal waterway connecting the first fluid inlet, the second fluid inlet, and the fluid outlet; and at least one coupler configured to alone maintain the position of the hot water inlet member relative to the waterway component when in use with a pressurized fluid and to alone maintain the position of the cold water inlet member relative to the waterway component when in use with a pressurized fluid, the at least one coupler being an overmold of at least a first portion of the hot water inlet member, a first portion of the cold water inlet member, and a first portion of the waterway component, the at least one coupler coupling the hot water inlet member and the waterway component such that the internal waterway of the hot water inlet member is in fluid communication with the internal waterway of the waterway component and such that the at least one coupler is prevented from contacting the fluid passing through the internal waterway of the hot water inlet member and the internal waterway of the waterway component and coupling the cold water inlet member and the waterway component such that the internal waterway of the cold water inlet member is in fluid communication with the internal waterway of the waterway component and such that the at least one coupler is prevented from contacting the fluid passing through the internal waterway of the cold water inlet member and the internal waterway of the waterway component.