Shower/tub wall including a bracketless curtain rod
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsRobert Arnold, Donald Joseph King, III
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to molded rod mounts for shower/bathing systems. In particular, the present disclosure provides at least one molded rod mount having a first wall body including a first recess configured to receive a first end of a rod. The first recess includes an axis perpendicular to the first wall body, a first curved portion having a first depth and a first radius of curvature relative to the axis, and a first rear portion adjacent to the first curved portion. A second recess is disposed opposite the first recess on a second wall body opposite the first wall body.
Claims20
A molded rod mount for a shower system comprising:
- a first wall body including a first recess configured to receive a first end of a rod, the first recess including:
- an axis perpendicular to the first wall body;
- a first curved portion having a first depth and a first radius of curvature relative to the axis;
- and,
- a first rear portion adjacent to the first curved portion, the first rear portion parallel and offset relative to a first wall body planar surface at a distance equal to the first depth;
- a second wall body including a second recess configured to receive a second end of the rod, the second wall body opposite the first wall body and the second recess opposite the first recess, the second recess including:
- the axis perpendicular to the second wall body and to the first wall body;
- a second curved portion having the first depth and the first radius of curvature relative to the axis;
- and,
- a second rear portion adjacent to the second curved portion, the second rear portion parallel and offset relative to a second wall body planar surface at a distance equal to the first depth;
- and
- at least one of:
- the first recess further including:
- first and second side portions extending upward from the first curved portion, the first and second side portions having the first depth, and
- the second recess further including:
- third and fourth side portions extending upward from the second curved portion, the third and fourth side portions having the first depth.
A bathing system comprising a molded rod mount, the molded rod mount including:
- a first wall body including a first recess configured to receive a first end of a rod, the first recess including:
- an axis perpendicular to the first wall body;
- a first curved portion having a first depth and a first radius of curvature relative to the axis;
- and,
- a first rear portion adjacent to the first curved portion, the first rear portion parallel and offset relative to a first wall body planar surface at a distance equal to the first depth;
- the first recess further including:
- first and second side portions extending upward from the first curved portion, the first and second side portions having the first depth.
A method of forming a bathing system for receiving a rod, the method comprising:
- molding a polymer to form a bathing system including at least one molded rod mount, the at least one molded rod mount having a recess configured to receive an end of a rod, the recess including:
- an axis perpendicular to a first wall body;
- a curved portion having a first depth and a radius of curvature relative to the axis;
- and,
- a rear portion adjacent to the curved portion, the rear portion parallel and offset relative to a first wall body planar surface at a distance equal to the first depth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.