Patents by Inventor Charles Allen McCormick

Charles Allen McCormick has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pullout hand-held shower
    Patent number: 6470510
    Abstract: A shower assembly for use as a stationary shower or a hand-held shower includes a housing, a hose and a shower head. The housing includes a plurality of sides, an inlet, and an at least one outlet where said housing is concealed behind a shower wall adjacent thereto and protects the shower wall from water damage. A hose is freely disposed within the housing having a first end connected to a water supply pipe, a second end connected to the shower head on the exposed side of the shower wall and defining a fluid engagement between the water supply pipe and the shower head. The hose is extractable from a housing outlet when the user pulls on the hose second end during use as a hand-held shower and is retractable into the housing during use as a stationary shower and the hose is concealed from the user's view. The shower head height may also be adjusted to user's desired height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Nagib Nasr, William Davis Smith, Jr., John Adam Griffin, Charles Allen McCormick
  • Pullout hand-held shower
    Publication number: 20020042950
    Abstract: A shower assembly for use as a stationary shower or a hand-held shower includes a housing, a hose and a shower head. The housing includes a plurality of sides, an inlet, and an at least one outlet where said housing is concealed behind a shower wall adjacent thereto and protects the shower wall from water damage. A hose is freely disposed within the housing having a first end connected to a water supply pipe, a second end connected to the shower head on the exposed side of the shower wall and defining a fluid engagement between the water supply pipe and the shower head. The hose is extractable from a housing outlet when the user pulls on the hose second end during use as a hand-held shower and is retractable into the housing during use as a stationary shower and the hose is concealed from the user's view. The shower head height may also be adjusted to user's desired height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Nagib Nasr, William Davis Smith, John Adam Griffin, Charles Allen McCormick
  • Pullout hand-held shower
    Patent number: 6349428
    Abstract: A shower assembly for use as a stationary shower or a hand-held shower includes a housing, a hose and a shower head. The housing includes a plurality of sides, an inlet, and an at least one outlet where said housing is concealed behind a shower wall adjacent thereto and protects the shower wall from water damage. A hose is freely disposed within the housing having a first end connected to a water supply pipe, a second end connected to the shower head on the exposed side of the shower wall and defining a fluid engagement between the water supply pipe and the shower head. The hose is extractable from a housing outlet when the user pulls on the hose second end during use as a hand-held shower and is retractable into the housing during use as a stationary shower and the hose is concealed from the user's view. The shower head height may also be adjusted to user's desired height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Nagib Nasr, William Davis Smith, Jr., John Adam Griffin, Charles Allen McCormick