John A. Griffin
General Contractor at Reedy Rd, New Bern, NC

6470510, Oct 29, 2002

Nov 5, 2001

10/011111

Nagib Nasr - Apex NC
John Adam Griffin - New Bern NC
Charles Allen McCormick - New Bern NC

Moen Incorporated - North Olmsted OH

A47K 328

4570, 4615

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 users view. The shower head height may also be adjusted to users desired height.

6349428, Feb 26, 2002

Apr 20, 2000

09/553272

Nagib Nasr - Apex NC
John Adam Griffin - New Bern NC
Charles Allen McCormick - New Bern NC

Moen Incorporated - North Olmsted OH

A47K 328

4570, 4615

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 users view. The shower head height may also be adjusted to users desired height.

6513731, Feb 4, 2003

Jan 2, 2001

09/751263

John A. Griffin - New Bern NC
John C. Holzheimer - Burton OH
Edward A. Nasser - New Bern NC

Moen Incorporated - North Olmsted OH

A62C 3102

239394, 239407, 2394285

An aerator includes a housing, a throttle assembly, a mixing chamber, a screen and an elastometric ring. The throttle assembly includes a first or upper throttle member and a second or lower throttle member, each of the upper and lower throttle members defining a portion of a snap element. The snap element allows for retention and relative rotation of one of the first and second throttle members in order to change the air content of the water stream from a closed aerator position which provides a substantially non-aerated water stream to an opened aerator position which provides a combined water and air stream. One embodiment of a snap element being defined by upper throttle projections and a lower throttle flange whereby the lower throttle flange is urged upstream of the upper throttle projections. The lower throttle member is retained by the upper throttle member for selective rotation by the user. The lower throttle upstream projections and beveled edges facilitate the insertion of the lower throttle member into the upper throttle member for a snap engagement therewith.

2004015, Aug 12, 2004

Feb 10, 2003

10/361914

Nicholas Mascari - Newburgh Heights OH, US
Martin Zummersch - Lakewood OH, US
W. Warren - New Bern NC, US
John Griffin - New Bern NC, US

E03C001/04

137/801000

A modular center set faucet or bar spout in which the faucet trim or bar spout trim may be removed from or reinstalled from above the sink deck without affecting the waterway connections beneath the sink deck. Each faucet or bar spout assembly includes a valve body with a trim set. The valve body includes a pair of elongated tubular conduits spaced from each other to extend through the passages in the sink deck. A cartridge chamber is formed in each of the elongated tubular conduit with a cross conduit connecting the tubular conduits. A water outlet nipple leads from the cross conduit. The water outlet nipple has a slide-on fitting located above the sink deck when the pair of elongated tubular conduits are positioned to extend through the passages. The trim set may include a waterway and an escutcheon with the waterway positioned in the escutcheon. The waterway has a water inlet with a slide-on fitting extending outwardly of the escutcheon to connect with the slide-on fitting of the cross conduit when the trim set is installed on the valve body. The bar spout trim set includes an escutcheon, an adapter and a spout. The escutcheon has an open bottom and a spout connecting passage formed in its top surface. The spout adapter is positioned in the escutcheon and has a slide-on inlet connection to receive and connect to the water outlet nipple of the valve body. The spout assembly includes a spout having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end is formed to be received in a spout adapter outlet with a hub positioned over the inlet end and threadedly connected to the adapter outlet to fasten the spout assembly to the spout adapter.

7055545, Jun 6, 2006

Dec 9, 2004

11/008594

Nicholas A. Mascari - Newburgh Heights OH, US
Martin Zummersch - Lakewood OH, US
W. Britt Warren - New Bern NC, US
John A. Griffin - New Bern NC, US

Moen Incorporated - North Olmsted OH

E03C 1/04

137359, 137801

A modular faucet bar spout in which trim may be removed or reinstalled from above a sink deck without affecting the waterway connections beneath the sink deck is disclosed. Each faucet or spout includes a valve body wit a trim set. The valve body includes a pair of tubular conduits spaced apart to extend through passages in the sink deck and a cross conduit connecting the tubular conduits. A water outlet nipple leads from the cross conduit and has a slide-on fitting located above the sink deck when the conduits are positioned to extend through the passages. The trim set includes an escutcheon, an adapter and a spout. The escutcheon has an open bottom and a spout connecting passage formed in its top surface. The adapter is positioned in the escutcheon and has a slide-on inlet connection to receive and connect to the water outlet nipple of the valve body.