Portable personal stall shower
OwnerConstance D. Westerwellerinventor
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Abstract
A lightweight portable shower foldable into a backpack for campers or the like. A pliable water storage bag lies on a floor unit that also supports a vertical, sectioned, standpipe having a valved showerhead at the top. An annular curtain rod is held in a horizontal position by a hooking device at the top of the standpipe and supports a tubular shower curtain that is elastically connected to a rigid footpad atop the storage bag. In use, the weight of the user standing on the footpad provides water pressure to force water through the standpipe and showerhead. The elastic coupling to the footpad assures that the curtain will remain taut as water is forced from the storage bag.
Claims10
A portable personal bathing shower comprising:
- a floor unit having a rigid, substantially flat top surface;
- a pliable water storage bag positionable on said floor unit and having, when filled, generally parallel top and bottom surfaces, said bag having an opening in a side surface between said top and bottom surfaces;
- a rigid fill tube removably attached to said floor unit, said fill tube having a first section adapted for removably connecting to said opening in said storage bag, a second section terminating at a level higher than the top surface of said storage bag, a removable watertight cap adapted to fit the end of said second section, and a third section having an end adapted to mate with the end of a vertical water conduit;
- a shower head located in an elevated position above said water storage bag;
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- a water conduit coupled between said shower head and the end of said third section of said rigid fill tube for conducting water from said bag through said shower head by pressure created by the weight of a person standing on the top surface of said water storage bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.