Mark J Roth

US Patent:

6079447, Jun 27, 2000

Filed:

Mar 8, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/263576

Inventors:

John C. Holzheimer - Eastlake OH
Nagib Nasr - Westlake OH
Mark W. Roth - Elyria OH

Assignee:

Moen Incorporated - North Olmsted OH

International Classification:

E03C 104

US Classification:

137801

Abstract:

A faucet mounting system for positioning and supporting a faucet valve body and a rotatable faucet receptor on a sink deck includes a stand. The valve body is mounted in the stand above the sink deck and there is a bearing member which supports the stand on the sink deck. The receptor is rotatable about the stand and has a faucet wand support portion and there is a hose extending through the receptor and faucet wand support portion. The stand has a vertical wall which is at least in part discontinuous for passage of the hose. An upper portion of the stand vertical wall interlocks the stand and the valve body and there is a shelf on the inside of the vertical wall which supports the valve body above the sink deck.