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Title: Sink shampoo unit
Claims: I claim: 1. A sink shampoo unit that includes a portable spray head assembly and container thereof, said container serving to removably hold said spray head assembly when the latter is not in use and as a drain board that is removably disposed at an angle in a sink to direct water into said sink when said spray head assembly is used for a shampoo by being connected to a faucet operatively associated with said sink, said combination including: a. a spray head having a water inlet and a plurality of spaced water outlets; b. a reservoir for a liquid cleanser on said spray head; c. spring loaded manually operated valve means on said spray head that is normally in a first position to obstruct communication between said inlet and outlets, said valve means including a movable metering chamber that is in communication with said reservoir when said valve means is in said first position, said valve means when in a second position establishing communication between said inlet and said outlets, and said valve means when in a third position establishing communication between said inlet and said outlets and injecting a metered quantity of said liquid cleanser from said metering chamber into water as the latter flows through said spray head to discharge as a spray from said outlets; d. a pliable hose having first and second ends, said first end connected to said water inlet on said spray head; e. first means on said second end of said hose for removably connecting said hose to said faucet; f. a container in the form of a substantially rectangular body that has first and second oppositely disposed sides, a plurality of spaced recesses in said first side in which said spray head, hose and first means are contained when not in use, and a longitudinal channel formed in said second side; and g. pivotally supported leg means on said container for holding the latter in an inclined position on said sink, with said second side facing upwardly for said channel to direct water discharged from said spray head downwardly into said sink after said spray head, hose and first means are removed from said cavities to have said first means connected to said faucet and said spray head used for shampoo purposes on the hair of the head of a user when said hair and head are disposed above said inclined second side. 2. The combination as defined in claim 1 wherein said spray head includes: h. a semi-spherical shell on which said water inlet is provided, and with said shell having an open end on which threads are defined; i. a circular plate having threads on the periphery thereof which engage said threads on said shell, which plate has a plurality of apertures formed therein that define said water outlets; and j. an elongate member mounted on said plate that is in alignment with said inlet, with said plate as it is rotatably adjusted on said shell varying the width of the space between the free extremity of said elongate member and that portion of said shell adjacent said water inlet, with the width of said space controlling the pressure of water within said shell and the force with which said water flows from said water outlets as jets. 3. The combination as defined in claim 2 wherein said spring-loaded manually operated valve means includes: k. an elongate transverse valve housing formed as an integral part of said shell, said housing having said reservoir supported therefrom, which valve housing has first and second axially aligned openings formed therein, said first opening serving as said water inlet to said semi-cylindrical shell and said second opening in communicaton with said hose; l. an elongate valve member slidably disposed in said housing, which valve member has a first transverse passage formed therein and a second passage longitudinally spaced from said first passage, said second passage being axially aligned with said reservoir when said valve member is in a first position, and said second passage serving as a metering chamber for liquid shampoo from said reservoir; m. stop means that prevent said valve member from moving beyond said first position; and n. a compressed helical spring in said housing that at all times tends to maintain said valve member in a first position where it obstructs the flow of water between said first and second openings in said housing with said valve member being adapted to be manually moved to a second position where said first passage is in axial alignment with said first and second openings to permit water to flow from said hose to the interior of said semi-spherical shell to discharge through said apertures in said plate, and with said valve member being adapted to be moved to a third position where said second passage filled with a metered quantity of shampoo and is axially aligned with said first and second openings to permit continued flow of water therebetween and to inject said metered quantity of liquid shampoo therein. 4. The combination as defined in claim 3 wherein said reservoir is mounted on said housing and in communication with said second transverse passage when said valve member is in said first position. 5. The combination as defined in claim 3 wherein said first means includes: o. an adapter removably secured to said faucet; and p. a connector mounted on said second end of said hose that can removably engage said adapter. 6. The combination as defined in claim 5 wherein said adapter has a circumferentially extending groove and said connector includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced pivotally movable lug-supporting legs, and a slip ring that may be moved relative to said legs to force said lugs into said groove to removably connect said connector to said adapter. Other info: Inventors: Giffen, Herbert F. (Anaheim, CA, US) Application Number: 606752 Filing Date: 1975-08-22 Publication_date: 1976-08-10 Assignee: Primary Class(es): 4/518 4/520, 206/581 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
Other Refs: Primary Examiner: Artis, Henry K. Assistant Examiner: Attorney: |
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