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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Rafael Alfredo Rexach, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Stephanie Szemetylo, Sheboygan, WI (US);
David J. Richter-O'Connell, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Jeffrey James Elsesser, Marshall, MI (US);
James S. Giefer, Sheboygan, WI (US);
KOHLER CO., Kohler, WI (US);
Abstract
A shower assembly includes a panel and a stopper movable between a first position and a second position. The panel includes a first region having a plurality of first openings passing through the panel and a second region having a plurality of second openings passing through the panel. When the stopper is in the first position, water provided to the shower assembly is permitted to pass through the plurality of first openings but is prevented from passing through the plurality of second openings. When the stopper is in the second position, water provided to the shower assembly is permitted to pass through the plurality of second openings.