BRACKET ASSEMBLY FOR HAND-HELD SHOWERHEAD

摘要

A bracket assembly couples a hand-held showerhead to a stationary supply pipe and provides a readily engaged or disengaged stationary mounting for the showerhead. The bracket assembly includes a pair of C-shaped clamping arms hingedly connected at one end to each other, each arm in turn being pivotally mounted upon a support assembly capable of flexing to accommodate hinging movement of the arms between two over-center rest positions. In one over-center position, the arms are in a generally O-shaped clamping configuration in which the arms grip the handle of the spray nozzle to enable the unit to be used as a conventional wall-mounted showerhead. By grasping the handle and pulling the showerhead away from the bracket assembly, the clamping arms are hinged into their other over-centered position in which the unconnected ends of the arms are opened to permit the showerhead to be removed from the bracket for use as a hand-held unit. Subsequently, the showerhead may be remounted in the conventional location simply by pressing the handle into the embrace of the arms.