Shower curtain closure
OwnerThomas W. Bryceinventor
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Abstract
A shower curtain closure for closing off a vertical side edge of the curtain against a wall of the shower stall comprises a length of extruded plastic tubing that can be cut to a preferred length, a tube support ring for suspending the tube on the curtain rod, and an elongate vertically oriented wall receptacle into which the tube matingly fits. The tube is passed through a sleeve along the side of the curtain and is suspended from the curtain support rod by a ring connected to the upper end of the tubing and passing over the shower curtain rod. The wall receptacle is made of extruded plastics material that can be cut to length and is adhesively mountable on a wall of the shower enclosure. The receptacle is provided with a channel shaped to releasably secure the shower curtain sleeve with the tube therein.
Claims18
For use with a shower curtain suspendable from a shower curtain support rod in a shower enclosure having a generally horizontal ledge and a generally vertical wall in the vicinity of the entry to the enclosure, the curtain having a sleeve along a side thereof;
- a shower curtain closure comprising in combination:
- (a) an elongate insertable tube of selected strong, light, resilient material for removable insertion into the sleeve, the tube or rod being overlength relative to a selected portion of the length of the sleeve corresponding to the expected portion thereof lying between the top of the curtain when mounted and the ledge, said overlength tubing for cutting to preferred length by the user;
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- (b) an elongate receptacle for mounting on the wall and for mating engagement and releasable securing therein of the tube inserted in the sleeve of the curtain when the receptacle and curtain have been installed, thereby to secure the side of the curtain against the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.