Combined nozzle and guard for faucet spouts

Claim 1

A COMBINED FAUCET GUARD AND FLOW VOLUME AND CHARACTER CONTROL NOZZLE FOR EXTERIOR AND SURROUNDING APPLICATION TO THE DISCHARGE PORTIONS OF FAUCET SPUTS AND COMPRISING A BODY OF ELASTIC MATERIAL PROVIDING A FLUID PASSAGE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH AT LEAST THE OUTER END PORTION OF SAID BODY BEING LONGITUDINALLY ADJUSTABLE ON A SPOUT TO AT LEAST AN INNERMOST AND AN OUTERMOST POSITION, SAID OUTER END PORTION HAVING AN EXTERIOR BUFFERPORTION WHICH SERVES AS A GUARD FOR THE DISCHARGE END OF THE SPOUT IN SAID INNERMOST AND OUTERMOST AS WELL AS IN INTERMEDIATE POSITIONS OF ADJUSTMENT OF SAID OUTLET END PORTION ON SAID SPOUT, SAID PASSAGE PROVIDING INLET AND OUTLET PORTIONS WITH THE OUTLET PORTION HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RESTRICTED NORMALLY OPEN OUTLET, AT LEAST THE INNER END OF THE INLET PORTION OF SAID PASSAGE ADAPTED FOR FRICTIONAL GRIPPING AGAINST A SPOUT, THE OUTLET PORTION OF SAID PASSAGE EMBRACING SAID SPOUT IN ITS INNERMOST POSITION OF ADJUSTMENT THEREON WHEREBY TO SPREAD THE RESTRICTED PASSAGE OUTLET AND ADMIT OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNRESTRICTED FLUID FLOW THERETHROUGH, AND THE CROSS-SECTION OF SAID PASSAGE BETWEEN ITS SPOUT-GRIPPING INNER END AND OUTLET PORTIONS BEING GREATER THAN EXTERIOR FAUCET DIAMETER WHEREBY TO PROVIDE AN ANNULAR FLUID SEEPAGE-RECEIVING SPACE WHEN THE OUTLET-PROVIDING BODY END IS IN A FLUID FLOW-RESTRICTING POSITION ON THE SPOUT.