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WO2018129475A1 - Dispositifs annulaires interchangeables pour ensembles accessoire de plomberie - Google Patents

Dispositifs annulaires interchangeables pour ensembles accessoire de plomberie Download PDF

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WO2018129475A1
WO2018129475A1 PCT/US2018/012835 US2018012835W WO2018129475A1 WO 2018129475 A1 WO2018129475 A1 WO 2018129475A1 US 2018012835 W US2018012835 W US 2018012835W WO 2018129475 A1 WO2018129475 A1 WO 2018129475A1
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Jean-Jacques L'henaff
Gabriela Ravassa
Calum WAGNER
Xiaojing Ye
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/0401—Fixing a tap to the sanitary appliance or to an associated mounting surface, e.g. a countertop
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C1/042—Arrangements on taps for wash-basins or baths for connecting to the wall
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
    • E03C2001/0414—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths allowing different orientations of the spout or the outlet nozzle

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  • This relates to plumbing fixtures and, particularly, to interchangeable annular devices for faucet fixtures and associated faucet components.
  • some faucet fixtures in particular older, less- modern faucet fixtures, are designed with a low clearance between the faucet spout and the sink basin. This low clearance may make it difficult for a user to complete various tasks requiring larger items to be placed under the faucet spot.
  • a low clearance between a faucet spout and a sink basin may create difficulty for a user who wishes to fill a pot with water or even wishes to wash large dishes.
  • a plumbing fixture assembly may include one or more annular devices that have various finishes and are interchangeable near the base, or proximal end, of the faucet fixture.
  • An annular device may be removably coupled to a faucet fixture such that the annular device sits between a support structure and the base of a faucet fixture.
  • An a nular device may compri se one or more materials including but not limited to metal, natural stone, plastic, resin, glass, and/or rubber.
  • a surface of an annular device can be treated with various finishes such as chrome, brushed nickel, matte black materials, copper, and the like.
  • An annular device may removably couple to a proximal end of the faucet fixture.
  • the device may space the faucet fixture from, the support structure such that a bottommost surface of the faucet fixture sits against a top surface of an annular device.
  • the proximal end of the faucet fixture may be inserted inside of the annular device such that a bottom-facing surface if the faucet fixture sits atop a surface of the support structure.
  • Interchangeable annular devices may also be configured to removably couple with a proximal end of associated faucet components of a faucet fixture.
  • Associated faucet components of a faucet fixture may include handles, hand-held sprayers, soap dispensers, and the like.
  • the shape of the annular device may he configured to complement a given faucet fixture.
  • an interior surface of the annular device may be any of various shapes such as circular, elliptical-shaped, square-shaped, rectangular-shaped, or triangular-shaped according to a shape of the proximal end of the plumbing fixture configured to come in contact with the annular device.
  • An exterior surface of the annular device may also be of any various shapes such as circular, elliptical-shaped, square-shaped, rectangular-shaped, or triangular-shaped.
  • the exterior surface may or may not correspond with a shape of the proximal end of the faucet fixture.
  • an exterior surface of the annular device may be configured to align with an exterior surface of the faucet fixture.
  • Systems, methods, and techniques described herein may be advantageous because they may allo a user to be able to update an aesthetic, personalize, change a position, and/or change a height of a plumbing fixture assembly without the need to purchase a new plumbing fixture assembly, uninstall an old plumbing fixture assembly, and installing the new plumbing fixture assembly.
  • a plumbing fixture assembly comprising: a faucet body configured to removably couple to a
  • the faucet body comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end comprising a water outlet; and a first interchangeable annular device
  • the annular device configured to removably couple to the proximal end of the faucet body, wherein the annular device comprises: an interior surface defining an opening in the first annular device, wherein the first annular device is configured such that, when the first annular device is coupled to the proximal end of the faucet body, a fluid conduit of the
  • plumbing fixture assembly passes from an interior space of the faucet body through the opening of the first annular device; and an exterior surface, wherein the first
  • annular device is configured such that, when the first annular device is coupled to the proximal end of the faucet body and the faucet body is coupled to the support
  • the exterior surface is exposed to an exterior environment of the plumbing fixture assembly such that it is visible to a user of the plumbing fixture assembly.
  • the exterior surface of the first annular device is configured to align with an exterior surface of the faucet body when the first annular device is coupled to the proximal end of the faucet body.
  • the proximal end of the faucet body comprises a neck portion that is narrower than a middle portion of the faucet body, wherein the middle portion is between the proximal end and the distal end, and wherein the neck portion is configured to be inserted inside the opening of the first annular device.
  • the first annular device is configured to couple to the faucet body using threads on the interior surface of the first annular device ,
  • the assembly is configured such that, when the first annular device is coupled to the proximal end of the faucet body, a bottom surface of the first annular device is in contact with an upper surface of the support structure, the support structure comprising one or more of a deck plate, escutcheon, wall, countertop, sink deck, vanity top, tub deck, or floor,
  • a bottom surface of the proximal end of the faucet body is configured to sit atop the first annular device when the first annular device is coupled to the proximal end of the faucet body and the faucet body is coupled to the support structure, such thai the first annular device spaces the faucet body of the plumbing fixture assembly apart from the support structure.
  • the plumbing fixture assembly further comprises an associated faucet component distinct from the faucet body and a second annular device configured to couple to a base of the associated faucet component.
  • the associated faucet component is one or more of a handle, a hand-held sprayer, and a soap dispenser.
  • the second annular device comprises an exterior surface having one or more visual characteristics in common with the exterior surface of the first annular device.
  • the interior surface of the first annular de vice is one or more of elliptical-shaped, square-shaped,
  • the exterior surface of the first annular device is one or more of elliptical-shaped, square-shaped,
  • the first annular device comprises one or more of metal, natural stone, plastic, resin, and rubber.
  • the exterior surface of the first annular device comprises one or more of polished chrome, brushed nickel, polished nickel, gloss black material, matte black material, hammered gold material, hammered black material, carbon fiber, knurled chrome, crystal, and marble.
  • the faucet body is configured to couple to two or more interchangeable annular devices.
  • any of the limitations discussed above may apply alone and/or in combination with any one or more of the other limitations discussed above.
  • FIG. 1A shows a plumbing fixture assembly comprising at least one faucet fixture and at least one associated faucet component in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. IB shows a plumbing fixture assembly in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. 1C shows a plumbing fixture assembly comprising at least one faucet fixture and at least one associated faucet component in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. ID shows a plumbing fixture assembly in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. IE shows a plumbing fixture assembly comprising at least one faucet fixture and at least two distinct associated faucet components in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. 2 shows a plumbing fixture assembly configured to mount to a support structure in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. 3 shows a plumbing fixture assembly in accordance with some embodiments.
  • FIG. 4 shows a plumbing fixture assembly with an annular device coupling configuration in accordance with some embodiments.
  • Described herein are exemplary embodiments of plumbing fixture assemblies comprising annular devices that may address the problems and shortcomings of known methods and systems associated with updating a plumbing fixture assembly described above, including the problems of a time-consuming and labor-intensive uninstalling and installing process and the cost and waste incidental to purchasing a new faucet fixture with associated faucet components.
  • annular devices described herein may address the problems discussed above by interchangeably coupling with faucet fixtures and/or associated faucet components.
  • An annular device may slide onto the proximal end of the faucet fixture or it may removably couple to the proximal end using threads on an interior surface of the annular device.
  • the annular device may be configured to removably couple to a proximal end of a faucet fixture in various ways.
  • an annular device may be configured to space a faucet fixture from a support structure. Spacing a faucet fixture from a support structure by using an annular device may comprise increasing a clearance between a distal end of the faucet and the support structure (for example, a sink basin).
  • An annular device used as a spacer may be configured such that when removably coupled, a bottommost surface of the proximal end of the faucet device may sit against a top surface of the annular device, and a bottom surface of the annular device may sit against a top surface of a support structure.
  • an annular device may be coupled to a proximal end of a faucet fixture without altering a clearance between the faucet spout and a support structure.
  • the annular device may slide onto the proximal end of the faucet fixture such that a bottommost surface of the proximal end of the faucet fixture sits against and is in contact with a surface of the support structure.
  • a proximal end of the faucet fixture may comprise a narrower portion, or neck, such that an annular device is configured to slide onto the neck of the proximal end of the faucet fixture.
  • a neck portion of the proximal end of the faucet fixture may be narrower than a middle portion of the faucet body, the middle portion of the faucet body being located between the proximal end and a distal end of the faucet fixture.
  • a bottom-facing surface of the proximal end of the faucet fixture may sit atop the annular device while at the same time a bottommost surface of the proximal end of the faucet fixture m ay be in contact with a surface of the support structure.
  • FIGS. 1A-1E show various embodiments of plumbing fixture assemblies comprising annular devices removably coupled to faucet fixtures.
  • FIGS. 1A, 1C, and IE show plumbing fixture assemblies comprising annular devices removably coupled to one or more associated faucet component.
  • a faucet fixture may be any plumbing -related fixture that s operated by a lay user.
  • a faucet fixture may be any faucet, shower faucet, and/or bathtub spout for use in a kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, or the like.
  • an associated faucet component may be any component used in conjunction with the faucet fixture.
  • an associated faucet component may be any handle, soap dispenser, hand-held sprayer, and/or water dispenser.
  • a faucet fixture may comprise an associated faucet component such that the faucet fixture and one or more associated faucet components are a single unit.
  • FIG. IB shows faucet fixture 104 comprising an associated faucet component in the form of a handle disposed on a top surface of faucet fixture 104.
  • only one annular device 102 may be configured to removably couple to a faucet fixture 104 and associated faucet component, when the faucet fixture comprises the associated faucet component as shown in FIG. IB.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1C show annular device 102 removably coupled to the proximal end of faucet fixture 104 and annular devices 108 removably coupled to the proximal ends of associated faucet components 106.
  • FIG. I E shows annular device 102 removably coupled to the proximal end of faucet fixture 104, annular devices 108 removably coupled to the proximal ends of associated faucet components 06, and annular device 110 removably coupled to die proximal end of associated faucet component 128.
  • faucet fixture 104 and associated faucet components 106 may be configured to mount to a horizontal support structure such as a countertop, sink deck, vanity top, tub deck, and/or floor, as shown in FIGS 1 A, IB, and I D.
  • the faucet fixture 104 may be configured to mount to a vertical support structure such as a wall or backsplash.
  • FIGS. 1C and IE show faucet fixture 104 and associated faucet components 106 configured to mount to a vertical support structure.
  • a faucet fixture may be configured to mount to an angled surface.
  • Faucet fixture 104 and associated faucet components 106 may also be configured to mount to a support structure via a deck plate or escutcheon 110, as shown in FIG. IE.
  • annular device 102 may be configured to align smoothly with an exterior surface of the proximal end of faucet fixture 104.
  • An exterior surface of annular device 108 may also be configured to align smoothly with an exterior surface of the proximal end of associated faucet component 106, as with annular device 110 and associated faucet component 128.
  • the exterior surfaces of annular device 102 and faucet fixture 104 as well as the exterior surfaces of annular device 108 and associated faucet component 106 are configured to align smoothly when removably coupled together.
  • the exterior surfaces of annular device 102, annular device 108, annular device 128, faucet fixture 104, and/or associated faucet components 106 and 128 may be planar and configured to align smoothly when removably coupled. In some embodiments, the exterior surfaces of annular device 102, annular device 108, annular device 128, faucet fixture 104, and/or associated faucet components 106 and 128 may be curvature and configured to align smoothly when removably coupled. In some embodiments, the exterior surfaces of annular device 102, annular device 108, annular device 128, faucet fixture 104, and/or associated faucet components 106 and 128 may not be configured to align smoothly when coupled.
  • FIGS. 1A-1E show annular device 102 of a circular, or elliptical, shape.
  • annular device 102 may be any of various shapes including, but not limited to, circular, elliptical-shaped, square-shaped, rectangular-shaped, or triangular-shaped.
  • the shape of an interior surface of annular device 102 may be different from the shape of an exterior surface of annular device 102.
  • the shape of an interior surface of annular device 102 may be circular, elliptical -shaped, square-shaped, rectangular-shaped, or triangular-shaped.
  • the shape of an interior surface of annular device 102 may complement a shape of an exterior surface of the proximal end of faucet fixture 104.
  • the shape of an exterior surface of annular device 102 may be circular, elliptical-shaped, square-shaped, rectangular-shaped, or triangular-shaped.
  • the shape of an exterior surface of annular device 102 may complement a shape of an exterior surface of the proximal end of faucet fixture 104.
  • an exterior surface of annular device 102 may be configured to align with an exteri or surface of the proximal end of faucet fixture 104 when removably coupled.
  • one or more annular device 1 8 may be configured to removably couple to a proximal end of associated fixture component 106, as shown in FIGS. 1A, 1C, and IE.
  • FIG. IE further shows annular device 110 configured to removably couple to a proximal end of associated faucet component 128.
  • Annular devices 108 and/or 110 may be identical in shape, size, and finish as annular device 102. In some embodiments, annular devices 108 and/or 110 may be smaller or larger in size than annular device 102. In some embodiments, annular devices 108 and/or 110 may be a different shape than annular device 102.
  • annular devices 108 and/or 110 may be a different finish than annular device 102. ⁇ 048] As described with reference to annular device 102 above, annular devices 108 and/or 110 may also be any of various shapes including, but not limited to, circular, elliptical- shaped, square-shaped, rectangular-shaped, or triangular-shaped. In some embodiments, the shape of an interior surface of annular devices 108 and/or 110 may be different from the shape of an exterior surface of annular devices 108 and/or 110. In some embodiments, the shape of an interior surface of annular devices 1 8 and/or 110 may be circular, elliptical- shaped, square-shaped, rectangular-shaped, or triangular-shaped.
  • the shape of the interior surface of annular device 108 may complement a shape of an exterior surface of the proximal end of associated faucet components 106 and/or 128.
  • the shape of an exterior surface of annular devices 108 and/or 110 may be circular, elliptical-shaped, square -shaped, rectangular-shaped, or triangular-shaped.
  • the shape of an exterior surface of annular devices 108 and/or 110 may complement a shape of an exterior surface of the proximal end of associated faucet components 106 and/or 128.
  • an extenor surface of annular devices 108 and/or 110 may be configured to align with an exterior surface of the proximal end of associated faucet components 106 and/or 128 when removably coupled.
  • annular device 102 may extend outwardly past an extenor surface of the proximal end of faucet fixture 104.
  • annular devices 108 and/or 110 may also extend outwardly past an exterior surface of the proximal end of associated faucet components 106 and or 128.
  • FIG. ID shows annular device 102 having a circular-shaped exterior surface extending past the circular- shaped exterior surface of the proximal end of faucet fixture 104.
  • Some embodiments may comprise an annular device 102 having an exterior surface of a different shape than that of an exterior surface of faucet fixture 104.
  • an elliptical-shaped annular device 102 may be removably coupled to the proximal end of faucet fixture 104, wherein the shape of an exterior surface of the proximal end of faucet fixture 104 is rectangular-shaped.
  • Annular device 102 may be configured to space faucet fixture 104 from a support stracture.
  • annular devices 108 and/or 0 may be configured to space associated faucet components 106 and/or 128 from a support surface. Spacing faucet fixture 104 from a support structure by using annular device 102 may comprise increasing a clearance between a distal end of faucet fixture 104 and the support structure (for example, a sink basin).
  • Annular device 102 used as a spacer may be configured such that when removably coupled, a bottom- facing surface of the proximal end of faucet fixture 104 may sit against an upper surface of annular device 102, and a bottom surface of annular device 102 may sit against an upper surface of a support stracture.
  • annular devices 108 and/or 110 may be configured to space associated faucet components 106 and/or 128 from a support structure such that a bottom-facing surface of a proximal end of associated faucet components 106 and/or 128 may sit agamst an upper surface of annular devices 108 and/or 110, and a bottom surface of annular devices 108 and/or 1 10 may sit against an upper surface of a support structure.
  • This configuration may apply to both vertically-mounted and horizontally -mounted plumbing fixture assemblies.
  • a "bottom-facing " ' surface may be interpreted as "proximal” and a “bottommost” surface may be interpreted as "most proximal" when configured to mount to non-horizontal surfaces.
  • the proximal end of faucet fixture 104 may be configured to insert into an opening of annular device 102.
  • annular device 102 may removably couple to the proximal end of faucet fixture 104 using threads on an interior surface of annular device 102, in some embodiments, the proximal end of faucet fixture 104 may comprise a neck portion that is narrower than a middle portion of faucet fixture 104, wherein the middle portion is located between a proximal end and a distal end of faucet fixture 104.
  • the neck portion may be configured to be inserted into annular device 102 such that a bottom surface of the middle portion of faucet fixture 104 can sit against a top surface of annular device 102, and a bottommost surface of the proximal end of faucet fixture 104 can be configured to sit against a support surface.
  • FIG. IE shows at least three different components of a plumbing fixture assembly, each component potentially requiring a different size or shaped annular device.
  • annular device 1 2 may be configured to removably couple to faucet fixture 104;
  • annular devices 108 may be configured to removably couple to associated faucet components 106;
  • annular device 110 may be configured to removably couple to associated faucet component 128.
  • annular devices 108 and 110 may be substantially the same in size and shape and may be configured to be interchangeable between associated faucet components 106 and 128.
  • all three of the annular devices shown in FIG. IE-— 102, 108, and 110— may be configured to be interchangeable between faucet fixture 104, associated faucet components 106, and associated faucet component 128.
  • FIG. 2 show s an embodiment of plumbing fixture assembly 200 comprising a faucet fixture 204, a plurality of interchangeable annular dev ices 202, and a support structure 212.
  • fluid conduit 214 of faucet fixture 204 may be configured to pass from an interior space of faucet fixture 204 through annular device 202 when annular device 202 is removably coupled to a proximal end of faucet fixture 204.
  • fluid conduit 214 is configured to pass from an interior space of faucet fixture 204, through annular device 202, and through a surface of support structure 212.
  • annular device 202 is configured such that when it is removably coupled to faucet fixture 204 and fluid conduit 214 passes from an interior space of faucet fixture 204 through an opening of annular device 202 defined by an interior surface, an exterior surface of annular device 202 is
  • Annular devices 202 may be interchangeable amongst different faucet fixtures 204, different associated faucet components (not shown), and/or between different annular devices 202.
  • a plumbing fixture assembly kit may comprise faucet fixture 204 and two or more annular devices 202.
  • annular device 202 may be interchangeable with more than one faucet fixture 204.
  • FIG. 2 shows at least three different varieties of faucet fixture 204.
  • Various types of faucet fixture 104 are also shown in FIG. 1.
  • one or more annular device 202 may be configured to removably couple with various types of faucet fixtures.
  • one annular device 202 may be configured to removably couple with ail faucet fixtures 204 of FIG. 2.
  • annular device 202 may be configured to removably couple interchangeably with faucet fixture 204 and one or more associated faucet components (not shown).
  • Support structure 212 may be any deck plate, escutcheon, wall, coimtertop, sink deck, vanity top, tub deck, shower base, floor, or the like.
  • FIG. 2 shows faucet fixture 204 configured to removably couple to a horizontal surface of support structure 212.
  • support structure 212 may comprise a vertical surface or an angled surface configured to removably couple to a plumbing fixture assembly.
  • FIG. 3 shows a plumbing fixture assembly 300 according to some embodiments.
  • the faucet fixture 304 comprises a handle disposed on a top of faucet fixture 304.
  • the plumbing fixture assembly 300 does not comprise any associated faucet components configured to removably couple to a support structure (not shown) proximate to the faucet fixture 304.
  • Annular device 302 is shown removably coupled to a proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304, Annular device 302 may be configured to couple to a proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304 such that an exterior surface of the proximal end 320 of the faucet fixture 304 aligns with an exterior surface of annular device 302.
  • an exterior surface of annular device 302 may be configured to extend outwardly past an exterior surface of proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304.
  • an exterior surface of annular device 302 may be configured to be wider than (and not configured to align smoothly with) an exterior surface of proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304.
  • annular device 302 may be configured to be narrower than (and not configured to align smoothly with) an exterior surface of proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304.
  • an exterior surface of annular device 302 may be curvature such as a concave or convex shape.
  • an exterior surface of annular device 302 that is concave or convex may be both narrower and wider than an exterior surface of faucet fixture 304 at various points along a height of annular device 302.
  • Annular device 302 may be configured to removably couple with proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304 in various ways.
  • annular device 302 may be configured to removably couple to proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304 using threads.
  • annular device 302 may be configured to removably couple to proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304 by having proximal end 320 slide into annular device 302.
  • annular device 302 may be configured to removably couple to proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304 such that a seal between annular device 302 and proximal end 320 is watertight.
  • Annular device 302 may comprise various materials.
  • annular device 302 may comprise one or more materials including but not limited to metal, natural stone, plastic, resin, glass and/or rubber.
  • Annular device 302 may comprise a noncorrosive material.
  • materials of annular device 302 may correspond to one or more materials of faucet fixture 304.
  • annular device 302 may comprise materials that do not correspond to materials of faucet fixture 304.
  • Annular device 302 may comprise various surface treatments.
  • at least an exterior surface of annular device 302 may comprise one or more of polished chrome, brushed nickel, polished nickel, gloss black material, matte black material, hammered gold material, hammered black material, carbon fiber, knurled chrome, crystal, and/or marble.
  • Annular device 302 may also comprise various textures, paint, paint colors, and/or dyes.
  • a surface treatment of annular device 302 may comprise visual characteristics similar to that of an exterior surface of faucet fixture 304.
  • annular device 302 may comprise more than one exterior surface.
  • FIG. 3 shows annular device 302 comprising at least two surfaces in different planes with respect to each other.
  • annular device 302 may comprise a triangular-shaped exterior.
  • a triangular-shaped annular device 302 may comprise at least three exterior surfaces.
  • circular or elliptical-shaped annular device 302 may comprise a ridge that extends radially outward from a top and a bottom edge of annular device 302, as shown in FIG. 3.
  • annular device 302 may comprise more than one interior surface.
  • annular device 302 may comprise a rectangular-shaped interior.
  • a rectangular-shaped annular device 302 may comprise at least four interior surfaces.
  • annular device 302 may be configured to interchangeably couple with faucet fixture 304.
  • One or more additional annular devices may be configured to interchangeably couple with faucet fixture 304.
  • a plurality of annular devices may comprise various combinations of materials and surface treatments. A user may interchange one annular device 302 of the plurality of annular devices with another annular device (not shown) of the plurality of annular devices. A user may interchange annular device 302 with another annular device (not shown) of the plurality of annular devices (not shown) to update or otherwise alter a plumbing fixture assembly.
  • annular device 302 may serve as a spacer between proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304 and a support structure (not shown).
  • a bottommost surface of proximal end 320 of faucet fixture 304 may be configured to sit against an upper surface of annular device 302, and a lower surface of annular device 302 may be configured to sit against a surface of a support structure.
  • faucet fixture 304 may be configured to removably couple to two or more annular devices 302.
  • FIG. 4 shows a plumbing fixture assembly 400 according to some embodiments.
  • Faucet fixture 404 comprises neck portion 416.
  • Neck portion 416 may be located at proximal end 420 of faucet fixture 404.
  • neck portion 416 may be narrower than middle portion 426 of faucet fixture 404, wherein middle portion 426 is located between proximal end 420 and distal end 418 of faucet fixture 404.
  • neck portion 416 may be configured to be inserted into annular device 402. When inserted into annular device 402, an exterior surface of neck portion 416 may contact an interior surface 422 of annular device 402. Further, a bottom surface of proximal end 420 extending outward past neck portion 416 may be configured to sit against an upper surface of annular device 402 when removably coupled.
  • a bottom surface of neck portion 416 (and a bottommost surface of proximal end 420 of faucet fixture 404) may be configured to sit atop a surface of a support structure (not shown) when faucet fixture 404 is removably coupled to annular device 402 and mounted to a support structure, ⁇ 069]
  • one or more associated faucet components may comprise a neck portion at a proximal end of the associated faucet component configured to insert into an annular device, similar to the configuration of neck portion 416 of faucet fixture 404 and annular device 402 described above.
  • one or more fluid conduits may be configured to pass from an interior space of proximal end 42,0 of faucet fixture 404 through annular device 402.
  • exterior surface 424 of annular device 402 may be configured to align with an exterior surface of proximal end 420 of faucet fixture 404. In some embodiments, exterior surface 424 of annular device 402 may be configured to extend outwardly past an exterior surface of proximal end 420 of faucet fixture 404. In some embodiments, an exterior surface of proximal end 420 of faucet fixture 404 may be configured to extend past exterior surface 424 of annular device 402.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne des systèmes, des procédés et des techniques de mise à jour et de personnalisation d'ensembles accessoire de plomberie. Dans certains modes de réalisation, un ensemble accessoire de plomberie comprend au moins un corps de robinet et au moins un dispositif annulaire interchangeable. Le corps de robinet est configuré de sorte à venir en prise de manière amovible avec une structure de support au niveau d'une extrémité proximale. Le dispositif annulaire interchangeable comprend une surface intérieure délimitant une ouverture et est configuré pour venir en prise de manière amovible avec l'extrémité proximale du corps de robinet. Le dispositif annulaire interchangeable est configuré de sorte que, lorsqu'il vient en prise avec un corps de robinet, une ou plusieurs conduites de fluide passent d'un espace intérieur du corps de fluide à travers l'ouverture du dispositif annulaire.
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