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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Michael Miller, Portage, MI (US);
James Wu, Taichung Hsien, TW;
Alex Wu, Taichung Hsien, TW;
Edgar Alexander Zarins, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael Miller, Portage, MI (US);
James Wu, Taichung Hsien, TW;
Alex Wu, Taichung Hsien, TW;
Edgar Alexander Zarins, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Masco Corporation of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A shower head has a nozzle, a shell, a water inlet, and an assembly for holding the nozzle. The assembly has an upper plate made of a first plastic material and has a first opening having a first diameter through which the nozzle extends, a lower plate made of a second plastic material and has a second opening through which the nozzle extends, and an elastomeric middle plate has a third opening having a third diameter that is smaller than the first or second diameter through which the nozzle extends and is in contact therewith. The first material and the second material are ultrasonically welded together to trap the middle plate therebetween and the first opening, the second opening and the third opening are roughly coaxial with each other.