Patents by Inventor Leland C. Leber

Leland C. Leber 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).

  • Publication number: 20110000982
    Abstract: A handheld showerhead has a showerhead portion and a handle portion. The showerhead portion may include at least two fluid channels. The handle portion may be operatively associated with the shower portion. The handle portion may include at least one fluid inlet or fluid passage. A rigid internal shaft is used to reinforce the connection between a fluid conveyance structure in the showerhead portion, the handle portion, or both, and a water supply connector at least partially in the handle portion The handle portion may further include a movable mode selector. Movement of the mode selector may selectively place the fluid inlet or fluid passage in fluid communication with at least one of the two fluid channels in the showerhead portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold A. Luettgen, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
  • Publication number: 20100320290
    Abstract: A handheld showerhead has a showerhead portion including a plurality of spray nozzles and a handle portion including a fluid inlet that receives water flow from a water source and a fluid passage that transports the water flow from the fluid inlet to the showerhead portion in a first flow direction. A fluid conveyance structure positioned at least partially within the showerhead portion has a base with two or more inlet openings. A mode selector includes a control knob and a fluid chamber with a fluid inlet that receives the water flow from the handle portion in a second flow direction and a rotatable chamber wall that defines a chamber outlet in selective fluid communication with the fluid conveyance structure. Rotation of the control knob rotates the chamber wall to selectively align the chamber outlet with one of the inlet openings in the base of the fluid conveyance structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventors: HAROLD A. LUETTGEN, LELAND C. LEBER, MICHAEL J. QUINN
  • Patent number: 7789326
    Abstract: A handheld showerhead with a showerhead portion and a handle portion. The showerhead portion may include at least two fluid channels. The handle portion may be operatively associated with the shower portion. The handle portion may include at least one fluid inlet or fluid passage. The handle portion may further include a movable mode selector. Movement of the mode selector may selectively place the fluid inlet or fluid passage in fluid communication with at least one of the two fluid channels in the showerhead portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold A. Luettgen, Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn
  • Patent number: 7770822
    Abstract: A handheld shower assembly is provided. The handheld shower assembly includes a water conduit, a handle, and a showerhead. The water conduit is adapted to attach to the showerhead at one end and to a water source extending from a wall of a shower stall at another end to receive water flow. The handle includes a first portion and a second portion adapted to accept the water conduit within an interior portion of the handle. The first portion is adjustably coupled to the second portion. This allows the first portion to telescope with respect to the second portion, thereby the first portion extends from a first retracted position to a second extended position. The showerhead is coupled to the water conduit and the handle. The showerhead may receive the water flow from the water conduit as well as expelling the water flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Leland C. Leber
  • Publication number: 20100193610
    Abstract: Output of a showerhead system is selectable between a plurality of spray modes using a control mode selector located adjacent to a shower pipe. The showerhead system also includes an adjustment mechanism located near or about the shower pipe to pivotably adjust the position of the showerhead. The showerhead system also has dual support structures in the form of arms extending between the control mode selector and the showerhead. The dual arms each house one or more hoses that may be flexible and transport water from the mode selector can be adjusted to direct water to individual hoses or simultaneously to multiple hoses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Leland C. Leber, Brian R. Williams
  • Publication number: 20100127096
    Abstract: A showerhead may include a housing, a turbine, and a shutter. The housing may include a fluid inlet, at least one fluid outlet, and a chamber in fluid communication with the inlet and one or more outlets. The turbine and shutter may be placed in the cavity. The shutter may include at least one opening. The shutter may selectively cover and uncover fluid outlets, thus selectively fluidly connecting the fluid outlets with the chamber. Water flowing through the housing causes the turbine to spin. As the turbine spins, the shutter rotates at a slower speed than the turbine to produce a periodic interruption of water flow through the outlets by covering and uncovering the outlets as the shutter rotates within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Leland C. Leber
  • Publication number: 20100065665
    Abstract: A shower assembly having a plurality of spray modes for expelling water includes a housing having a water inflow and a water outflow. The shower assembly provides a manifold defining a cavity having a sidewall. One or more mode apertures formed in the sidewall of the cavity are in fluid communication with the water outflow. A radial mode changer provided in the shower assembly defines a hollow passageway in fluid communication with the water inflow, and further defines a plurality of recessed ports in fluid communication with the hollow passageway. The radial mode changer is rotatably received in the cavity of the manifold and may be rotated relative to the manifold to align at least one of the recessed ports with at least one of the mode apertures for providing flow from the water inflow into the water outflow via the radial mode changer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Carl T. Whitaker, Leland C. Leber, Brian Randall Williams
  • Publication number: 20080271240
    Abstract: A molded arm for a showerhead may be configured to connect a showerhead to a fluid supply, and may be in the form of a molded body defining an inlet, an outlet and an interior passage providing fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet. An arm assembly may be configured to connect a showerhead to a fluid supply, and may include: a molded arm body defining an inlet, an outlet and an interior passage providing fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet; and a separate attachment component configured to cooperate with the molded body and to engage a structure connected to a fluid supply. A method of making an arm for connecting a showerhead to a fluid supply may include molding an arm body to define an inlet, an outlet and an interior passage between the inlet and the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Leland C. Leber, Michael J. Quinn, Harold A. Luettgen, Roberta L. Callaghan, Carl T. Whitaker
  • Publication number: 20080272591
    Abstract: A water supply attachment is a spherically-shaped pivot attachment having a hollow passage extending between its opposing ends that includes a threaded portion for coupling to water supplies. The water supply attachment can be a hidden pivot attachment usable in various shower assemblies. The hidden pivot attachment may be used in combination with a seal cup and an attachment nut, such that the hidden pivot attachment closely fits within the void spaces of the seal cup and attachment nut, enabling the hidden pivot attachment to form a seal with the seal cup. The hidden pivot attachment can be fabricated from high-strength materials, does not require cosmetic treatment, and may enable shower assemblies to be designed with easily cleanable features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Leland C. Leber
  • Publication number: 20080272203
    Abstract: A showerhead for a low flow rate may employ one or more of a showerhead housing, a showerhead engine, a flow restrictor and a flow regulation device. The showerhead engine may be moveably connected to the showerhead housing. The showerhead engine may include a back member, an intermediate member, and a front member defining various fluid chambers and apertures that allow for one or more spray modes. The showerhead may include a flow control device to selectively reduce flow to the showerhead engine. The flow control device may also be selectively pause fluid flow for more than one spray mode. The showerhead may include a flow restrictor. The flow restrictor may limit a maximum fluid flow rate of a fluid delivered from the showerhead engine to approximately 1.5 gallons per minute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Leland C. Leber
  • Patent number: D577099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Leland C. Leber
  • Patent number: D577793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Leland C. Leber
  • Patent number: D590048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Leland C. Leber, Anne Clare Moser, Scott Belliveau
  • Patent number: D592278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Leland C. Leber
  • Patent number: D600777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl T. Whitaker, Leland C. Leber
  • Patent number: D603935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Leland C. Leber
  • Patent number: D605731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Leland C. Leber
  • Patent number: D606623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl T. Whitaker, Leland C. Leber
  • Patent number: D616061
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl T. Whitaker, Leland C. Leber
  • Patent number: D624156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventor: Leland C. Leber