Water takeoff for washing machine connector

Claim 1

A COUPLING TO CONNECT AN AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINE TO A WATER FAUCET COMPRISING: (A) A GENERALLY ELONGATED BODY PORTION ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE FAUCET IN LIQUID RECEIVING RELATIONSHIP THERETO, (B) A PASSAGEWAY WITHIN SAID BODY PORTION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE LIQUID FROM THE FAUCET AND TRANSMIT IT TOWARD THE WASHING MACHINE, (C) A HANDLE MEMBER HAVING A FIRST LEG SECURED TO SAID BODY PORTION, (D) SAID HANDLE MEMBER HAVING A SECOND LEG GENERALLY PARALLEL WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BODY PORTION, (E) SAID FIRST AND SECOND LEGS OF SAID HANDLE MEMBER BEING HOLLOW TO FORM A LIQUID CONDUIT THEREIN, (F) A VALVE SEAT IN SAID BODY PORTION AT THE POINT WHERE SAID FIRST LEG IS SECURED THERETO, AND (G) A VALVE ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH SAID VALVE SEAT TO ALLOW OR PREENT FRESH WATER FROM ENTERING SAID LEG, (H) SAID VALVE INCLUDING A VALVE STEM EXTENDING INTO SAID FIRST LEG, (I) SAID HANDLE MEMBER HAVING A THIRD LEG IN GENERALLY LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SECOND LEG, (J) SAID THIRD LEG HOUSING A VALVE OPERATOR INCLUDING A SHAFT EXTENDING INTO SAID THIRD LEG AND BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AND MOVE SAID VALVE STEM LATERALLY OF SAID FIRST LEG, (K) SAID VALVE BEING OPEN WHEN SAID SHAFT MOVES SAID VALVE STEM LATERALLY OF SAID FIRST LEG AND SAID VALVE BEING CLOSED WHEN SAID VALVE STEM IS GENERALLY ALIGNED WITH LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID FIRST LEG.