Patents Assigned to Associated Mills, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4127117
    Abstract: The improved portable hydrotherapy bath assembly disclosed is designed for mounting on the side wall of a conventional bathtub and includes a motor housing, an overhead support housing and a pump housing. The motor, pump and overhead support housings are made as a single integral unit with their upper ends being closed by a cover. The motor housing is adapted to be disposed without the bathtub, the overhead support housing is adapted to rest on the tub side wall and pump housing is adapted to be disposed within the tub, with its lower end adapted to be immersed within the water in the tub.A pumping chamber is mounted on the lower end of the pump housing and includes an impeller means whose drive shaft is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pump housing. An electric motor is mounted within the motor housing and is directly operatively connected with a rotary shaft journaled in the overhead support housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1978
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel F. Peterson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4091998
    Abstract: An improved retainer clamp is disclosed for selectively and securely supporting a handheld showerhead so to as prevent any accidental dislodgement of the showerhead from the retainer clamp. The handheld showerhead is adapted to be connected, via a flexible conduit, with a source of water under pressure, such as the conventional shower pipe fitting normally found in bathrooms and the like, and may be supported by retainer clamp both while water is being sprayed from the showerhead and when the showerhead is not in use. The retainer clamp may be directly mounted on the shower fitting pipe and also may serve as the interconnection between the flexible conduit and the shower fitting pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel F. Peterson
  • Patent number: 3998390
    Abstract: The improved showerhead disclosed herein includes at least two, and preferably four, separate spray nozzles and is constructed so as to permit users to select the particular spray nozzle through which water is to be discharged. The showerhead may be mounted on the end of a conventional shower arm extending from a wall or may be held in the user's hand and connected with a source of water by a flexible conduit.The showerhead comprises a housing having disc member and dial assembly mounted thereon. The dial assembly includes the spray nozzles, and the selection of a particular spray nozzle is achieved by manually rotating the dial assembly, with respect to the disc member and housing, about its central axis. A novel "butterfly" seal is disposed between the disc member and the dial assembly. A latch is mounted on the housing and cooperates with the dial assembly to retain the dial assembly in its proper position with respect to the disc member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel F. Peterson, Alfons Rundzaitis
  • Patent number: 3961382
    Abstract: A portable whirlpool or hydrotherapy bath assembly of the type which mounts on the upper edge of the wall of a bath tub. The assembly includes a motor housing, a spaced generally upright pump housing, and an overhead support which is secured to the upper ends of both housings. The pump drive shaft is mounted in an upright position in the pump housing. Means are provided for rotatably mounting the pump housing to the overhead support for rotation about the axis of the drive shaft. A pump impeller is mounted on the lower end of the drive shaft in a pump chamber which is unitary with the pump housing. A water inlet is positioned at the lower central portion thereof. A water volume control is provided for adjusting the volume of water passing through the water inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel F. Peterson, Jr.
  • Patent number: D243040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1977
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc. an Illinois Corporation
    Inventor: Clifford E. Grube
  • Patent number: D245855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford E. Grube
  • Patent number: D245856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford E. Grube
  • Patent number: D245857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford E. Grube
  • Patent number: D245858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford E. Grube
  • Patent number: D245859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford E. Grube
  • Patent number: D245860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1977
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford E. Grube
  • Patent number: D246081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1977
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford E. Grube
  • Patent number: D247312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Ernest R. Zeiss
  • Patent number: D248666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1978
    Assignee: Associated Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford E. Grube