Device forming a shower panel and method for fitting a device forming a shower panel

Method for fitting a shower panel, notably for communal use, intended to be surface-mounted on a wall, comprising a housing, with a U-shaped section defining between its opening and at least one front side an interior space containing the shower controls, notably timed, and the pipes or ducts for connecting the hot and/or cold water inlets, the controls and at least one main outlet for the water, notably fitted with a shower head, and at least one wall support element for the panel intended to be fixed to the wall, for example two cross-members, one upper and one lower, characterised in that it includes the following steps:

• the support is fixed to the wall;
• then
• the U-shaped housing is fixed to the support and the interior space is closed, the housing being able to rotate with respect to at least one support element, the open housing being mounted so that it can rotate by means of at least one hinge, notably two hinges, a lower one and an upper one), and
• the at least one hinge includes a first pin and a first bush respectively, integral with the support element and a second pin respectively and a second bush, integral with the housing and an intermediate element in the form of a plate having at its ends two bushes and two pins respectively, that engage with the first and second pins and the first and second bushes respectively, the centre line of the first pin, of the first bush respectively being offset towards the interior of the housing with respect to the centre line of the second pin of the second bush respectively, to permit a travel of greater than 90° when the panel is mounted on the wall, notably a travel of up to 160°, in spite of the U-shape of the section of the housing.