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US 10,206,543 B2Granted
Shower curtain restrainer
OwnerWilliam Lawrence Manerinventor
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Abstract
A shower curtain restrainer for use with a shower curtain, includes an elongated body having an engagement end and an opposing weight end. An engagement member is coupled to the engagement end and is couplable to the shower curtain intermediate a top edge and a bottom edge thereof. A weight element is coupled to the weight end. When coupled to a shower curtain, a fulcrum point is formed at a rim of a bathtub contacted by the elongated body intermediate the engagement end and the weight end. This fulcrum imparts a horizontal force on the attached shower curtain, outwardly toward the rim.
Claims8
A shower curtain restrainer comprising:
- a shower curtain having a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a bathtub having a rim;
- the shower curtain overhanging the bathtub, with the top edge spaced above the rim, and the bottom edge spaced below the rim and inside the bathtub;
- an elongated body having an engagement end and an opposing weight end;
- an engagement member coupled to the engagement end and selectively attached to the shower curtain intermediate the top edge and the bottom edge, the engagement end is coupled to the engagement member by a safety joiner which will disengage upon application of a predetermined tension, releasing the engagement member from the engagement end, the engagement member remaining coupled to the shower curtain upon disengagement of the safety joiner;
- a weight element coupled to the weight end and positioned below the rim outside the bathtub;
- wherein a fulcrum point is formed at a portion of the rim contacted by the elongated body intermediate the engagement end and the weight end, imparting a horizontal force on the shower curtain outwardly toward the rim.
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