Patent ID: 7814927

Claim:
In a faucet comprising: a housing having a hollow main body, a lower inlet, a hollow side arm, and an upper outlet; a control valve mounted to the side arm; and a waterway removably mounted in the main body, the waterway having at least one inlet line, a waterway face positionable adjacent the control valve, and an outlet line; the faucet further comprising: a catch located in the side arm which is accessible from outside the side arm and moveable between a first position that prevents the waterway from dropping out the housing lower inlet and a second position that permits the waterway to drop out the housing lower inlet; wherein the faucet is configured such that if the faucet is installed on a countertop and the catch is moved from the first position to the second position, the waterway can be removed downward out of the housing while the faucet is still installed on the countertop.