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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2016
As Ip Holdco, Llc, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Verne H. Myers, Clinton, NJ (US);
Xiaojing Ye, Edison, NJ (US);
Nathan J. Wicker, Forest Park, IL (US);
Walter Pitsch, Washington, NJ (US);
Philip M. Anthony, III, Chicago, IL (US);
Aaron B. Eiger, Chicago, IL (US);
AS IP Holdco, LLC, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A faucet spray head magnetic docking system includes a socket that couples to an end of the spout, and a bonnet that couples to the spray head and that engages with the socket. The socket includes a shell configured to be arranged in the mouth of the spout, and integrated with one or more magnetic elements. The magnetic elements may be inserted into corresponding holes of the socket shell. Alternatively, the magnetic elements may be incorporated directly into the shell. The bonnet includes a threaded portion for coupling to corresponding threads of a connector at the spray head, and includes one or more corresponding magnets configured to magnetically attract to the magnetic elements of the socket.