US 5,023,965 AGranted

Shower unit panel

OwnerGunter Reichelinventor

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Abstract

The invention provides a panel (10) for adjustable attachment to a mounting section (12) relative to which it is hinged or slidable. It includes a glass or plastics pane (50) and at least one profiled ledge (22) as an integral component of straight, angled [-shaped structure. The bottom ledge (22) encloses the bottom edge (21) of the pane (50) and supports a sealing strip (26) having a stiff base (28, 76) with at least one flexible lip (32). A profiled front ledge (23) may extend up to a handle (42) or way up to an upper pane edge (81). At the inside face at least of the profiled bottom ledge (22), there is a hollow sloping drain channel (44) leading back into the interior of a panel-made shower unit. The profiled ledges (22, 23, 82, 92) are preferably non-metallic resilient components with or without reinforcement insets (70). Two associated panels (10, 100) may form a round or corner-type shower unit closed by magnetic sealing gibs (46).

Claims14

Dependent claims

A panel for the closure of shower units and the like that has a front side and a back side and which is adapted to be vertically mounted by a hinged supporting means, said panel including

(a) a pane (50) having a front side and a backside as well as top, bottom, inner and outer edges,
(b) an integral component bordering both the bottom edge and at least a part of the outer edge of said pane (50),
(c) a profiled ledge (22,23) containing a drain channel (44) for water that is a part of said integral component that is on the backside of the panel (10) and which extends along both the bottom edge of said pane (50) and at least a part of a corner formed by the bottom and outer edges of said pane (50), said profiled ledge (22, 23) sloping continuously downwardly from a point adjacent said outer edge of said pane (50) towards said inner edge of said pane so that water arriving in said channel will flow toward the interior of the shower unit regardless of whether the shower door is open or closed, and
(d) sealing means associated with the bottom edge of said integral component to seal off the passage of water from the backside to the front side of said panel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 07/421,676Filed 12 Oct 1989
Priority: DE 8903013[U]11 Mar 1989
Granted: 18 Jun 1991
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A47K 3/36
Screens or collapsible cabinets for showers or baths: articulated screens
E06B 7/22
Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with the wings: by means of elastic edgings, e.g. elastic rubber tubes; by means of resilient…
A47K 2003/305
Screens or collapsible cabinets for showers or baths: sealings between screen and bath- or showertub
E05D 5/0246
Parts for attachment, e.g. flaps: for attachment to glass panels