Shower apparatus and water flow control assembly

A shower apparatus, comprising:

• (a) a mounting bracket or mounting component;
• and
• (b) a rigid component or shower panel;
• (c) wherein the shower panel comprises one or more spray arrangements of sprayers, spray arrays, or spray patterns, and fluid passageways connecting water input to the one or more spray arrangements;
• and
• (d) wherein the shower panel further comprises a water flow control assembly that includes buttons aligned in an array.

A shower apparatus comprising:

• (a) a water flow control assembly comprising
• (i) a plurality of buttons,
• (ii) a constrained strip, and
• (iii) a plurality of valves or valve mechanisms,
• (iv) wherein each button when selected is intended to cause a corresponding one of the valve mechanisms to permit water to flow to a different grouping of one or more spray arrangements of the shower apparatus, whereby the water flow control assembly is able to cause a single, exclusive flow out of a plurality of possible flows;
• and
• (b) a faucet mechanism configured to enable a user to adjust an amount of water flowing to the water flow control assembly as well as the temperature of the water by varying between different hot and cold water flows that combine into the water flow to the water flow control assembly.

A water flow control assembly for a shower apparatus, comprising

• (i) a plurality of buttons,
• (ii) a constrained strip, and
• (iii) a plurality of valves or valve mechanisms,
• (iv) wherein each button when selected is intended to cause a corresponding one of the valve mechanisms to permit water to flow therethrough and to cause a previously open valve mechanism to close, whereby water flow through the control assembly is limited to flow through a single, exclusive valve mechanism.