Pre-plumbed shower door system
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorJohn Hatrick-Smith
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AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorJohn Hatrick-Smith
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A shower door system in knocked down from including: a door (4) and optionally one or more return panels (2, 3) for forming a shower enclosure, having a pre-installed shower mixer valve (14) mounted in a frame member (7) of the shower door system, a pre-installed shower rose (10) or shower rose connection fitting mounted in a frame member (7) of the shower door system and pre-installed plumbing from the mixer valve (9, 14), within a frame member (7) or members, to the shower rose (10) or shower rose connection fitting, so that when the shower door system is subsequently assembled and installed against a wall, or in a corner between two walls, to form a shower enclosure with a frame member (7) adjacent a wall, water supply plumbing to the shower (9, 10, 14) may pass from the wall directly to the frame member (7) to connect to the shower mixer valve (14).
A shower door system in knocked down form including a door and optionally one or more return panels for forming a shower enclosure, including a pre-installed shower mixer valve mounted in a frame member of the shower door system, a pre-installed shower rose or shower rose connection fitting mounted in a frame member of the shower door system, and pre-installed plumbing from the mixer valve, within a frame member or members, to the shower rose or shower rose connection fitting, so that when the shower door system is subsequently assembled and installed against a wall or in a corner between two walls to form a shower enclosure with a frame member adjacent a wall, water supply plumbing to the shower may pass from the wall directly to the frame member to connect to the shower mixer valve, said frame member which will be adjacent a wall when the shower door system is assembled and installed including an external face, an internal face towards the interior of the enclosure, one side face which will lie adjacent a wall when the shower door system is installed, and a face or edge opposite said one side face and which is adapted to retain an edge of a glass or non-glass panel of the shower door system or which provides a vertical seal for a door of the shower.
A shower door system ready for sale and installation, in assembled or knocked down form, including a hollow member at one side for mounting a mixer for the shower and a shower rose and so positioned that when the assembled shower door system is installed against a wall or in a corner between two walls, the hollow member will be adjacent a wall so that water supply plumbing to the shower may pass from the wall directly into the interior of the hollow member to connect to the shower mixer, the said hollow member also being a frame member of the shower door system and extending generally vertically for the full height of the shower door system and comprising an external face, an internal face within the interior of the enclosure, and a side face which will lie adjacent a wall when the shower door system is installed, and a face or edge opposite the side face which retains an edge of a glass panel of the shower door system or provides a vertical seal for a door of the shower.
A shower door system according to claim 11 incorporating a pre-installed mixer valve and shower rose or shower rose connection fitting and associated plumbing pre-installed in said hollow frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.