# US 11,026,546 B1 · Shower apparatus and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,026,546 B1 - Document ID: US11026546B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/388,956 - Filed: 2019-04-19 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-23 - Applicants: Andrew Broussard - Inventors: Andrew Broussard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11026546B1 ## CPC - A47K 3/38: Arrangements for curtains - A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES ## Abstract Apparatus and method for an improved shower appurtenance for bracing a shower curtain away from a user including a hanger clip configured for removable connection with a shower curtain rod and a base rod with a first end and a second end where the first end is connected with the hanger clip. A base plate assembly is connected to the second end of the base rod and an arm or a pair or arms movably connected with the base plate such that the arm or the pair of arms are moveable from an undeployed position to a deployed position where the undeployed position is approximately parallel to the base rod and the deployed position is approximately perpendicular to the base rod. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for bracing a shower curtain away from a user in a shower, the shower having a shower curtain rod, comprising: (a) a hanger clip configured for removable connection with the shower curtain rod; (b) a base rod with a first end and a second end wherein the first end is connected with said hanger clip; (c) a base plate assembly connected to said second end of said base rod; (d) an arm movably connected with said base plate assembly; and (e) said base plate assembly including a socket and a circular disk for allowing rotation of said arm wherein said arm is rotatable from an undeployed vertical position to a deployed position wherein said deployed position is approximately perpendicular to said base rod. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein in said undeployed position said arm is approximately parallel to said base rod. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said arm includes a length, and a center point along its length and a pivot point connection proximate said center point wherein said pivot point connection is connected with said base rod. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein when in said deployed position said arm forms a curved arch structure such that said curved arch structure extends horizontally away from said second end of said base rod. ### Claim 5 A method for bracing a shower curtain away from a user in a shower, the shower having a shower curtain rod, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a hanger clip configured for removable connection with the shower curtain rod; (b) removably connecting a first end of a base rod with the hanger clip; (c) connecting a base plate assembly with a second end of the base rod; and (d) movably connecting an arm with the base plate assembly having a socket and a circular disk so that the arm is rotatable in said baseplate assembly from an undeployed vertical position to a deployed position, wherein the deployed position is approximately perpendicular to the base rod. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein in the undeployed position the arm is approximately parallel to the base rod. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the arm includes a length and a center point along its length and a pivot point connection proximate the center point wherein the pivot point connection is connected with the base rod. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein when in the deployed position the arm forms a curved arch structure such that the curved arch structure extends horizontally away from the second end of the base rod. ### Claim 9 An apparatus for bracing a shower curtain away from a user in a shower, the shower having a shower curtain rod, comprising: (a) a hanger clip configured for removable connection with the shower curtain rod; (b) a base rod with a first end and a second end wherein the first end is connected with said hanger clip; (c) a base plate assembly connected to said second end of said base rod; (d) an arm movably connected with said base plate assembly, wherein said arm is moveable from an undeployed position to a deployed position wherein said deployed position is approximately perpendicular to said base rod; and (e) wherein said base plate assembly further comprises a base plate clip containing a plurality of first receptacles therein for receiving said base rod comprising a plurality of first arm segments, and a second receptacle disposed on an end of said plurality of first receptacles, a rotation clip having a plurality of second receptacles therein for receiving a plurality of second arm segments and a circular disk thereon, wherein said circular disk is insertable into and removable from said second receptacle, wherein said second arm segments are moveable from an undeployed position to a deployed position wherein said deployed position is approximately perpendicular to said base rod. ### Claim 10 A method for bracing a shower curtain away from a user in a shower, the shower having a shower curtain rod, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a hanger clip configured for removable connection with the shower curtain rod; (b) removably connecting a first end of a base rod with the hanger clip; (c) connecting a base plate assembly with a second end of the base rod; (d) movably connecting an arm with the base plate assembly so that the arm is moveable from an undeployed position to a deployed position, wherein the deployed position is approximately perpendicular to the base rod; and (e) wherein the base plate assembly comprises a base plate clip containing a plurality of first receptacles therein for receiving said base rod comprising a plurality of first arm segments, a second receptacle disposed on an end of the plurality of first receptacles, a rotation clip having a plurality of second receptacles therein for receiving a plurality of second arm segments and a circular disk thereon, wherein the circular disk is insertable into and removable from the second receptacle, wherein the second arm segments are moveable from an undeployed position to a deployed position wherein the deployed position is approximately perpendicular to the base rod.