摘要 |
The manufacture of fluid handling devices having a variety of different surface contours, or appearances, features a universal fluid handling component retaining body 14 and a shroud 12 for enclosing the universal body. The shroud is selected from a variety of shrouds that are fabricated separately from the body and have a common internal surface configuration for engaging in permanently affixed, or removable relation, with predetermined exterior portions of the universal body and, furthermore, have different external or surface contours or appearances, the latter being determined by merchandising or consumer preference. <IMAGE> |