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Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2022
Applicants:

Jeffrey M. Vetter, Bakersfield, CA (US);

Kenneth J. Vetter, Albany, CA (US);

Stephen K. Vetter, Herndon, VA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey M. Vetter, Bakersfield, CA (US);

Kenneth J. Vetter, Albany, CA (US);

Stephen K. Vetter, Herndon, VA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/04 (2006.01); F16K 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/0412 (2013.01); F16K 19/006 (2013.01); Y10T 137/9464 (2015.04);
Abstract

A pair of levers are provided extending from a common junction to free tips which are spaced from each other. The junction is coupled to a valve of a faucet, with such a coupling either being direct or with intervening structures. The valve can be controlled by a user manual gripping and applying force to either the first lever or the second lever. The levers are sufficiently far apart that a user can control the valve while only touching one of the levers. The junction can be removably attachable to a control knob coupled to the valve or can be built into the faucet. The two levers are preferably elongate in form and preferably include indicia thereon indicating that one of the levers should be used first and the other of the levers should be used last. In one embodiment, the indicia include the wording 'dirty' and “clean.”


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