Shower curtain supports
OwnerAnthony J. Ruggieroinventor
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Abstract
A shower curtain corner support which can be slidably attached to a standard shower curtain rod in order to support and extend a shower curtain around the side corner of a shower stall or bathtub is disclosed. This apparatus is used to seal the shower area to prevent water and spray from escaping around the edges of a standard shower curtain. This shower curtain corner support, which is attached to a standard shower curtain rod near a side wall, consists of a short narrow beam directed into the shower area from which is suspended a shower curtain or curtain liner which will form an approximately right angle corner barrier about the open side corner of the shower area. A counterweight is attached to an outward beam of the corner support apparatus to maintain it in a parallel relation to the floor when the curtain is attached.
Claims9
A shower curtain corner support apparatus for supporting a portion of a shower curtain and extending it inward about an open corner of a shower stall area, said support apparatus having means for use in combination with a standard straight shower curtain support rod which extends across the open side of a shower stall, said support rod having a plurality of shower curtain hook means slidably mounted on it for supporting said shower curtain along its upper edge in a parallel slidable relation with said support rod, said support apparatus comprising a slidable sleeve attachment means for attaching said support apparatus in a slidable relation to said support rod, said sleeve attachment means joining an inner beam member and an outer beam member of said support apparatus, wherein said inner beam is a bar extending inward into said shower stall, said inner beam having means for attaching to and supporting an end portion of the upper edge of said shower curtain and bending it inwards into said shower stall at approximately a right angle to said support rod causing said shower curtain to hand downward in an approximately parallel relation to a side wall of said shower stall, and wherein said outer beam is a bar directed outward from said shower stall at approximately a right angle to said support rod, said outer beam further including attachment means for attaching a counterweight means to said outer beam at a sufficient distance away from said support rod for counterbalancing said inner beam and shower curtain and holding said upper edge of said end portion of said shower curtain in an approximately horizontal relation with said shower stall floor;
- and said support apparatus further comprising a counterweight means, said counterweight means comprising a counterweight means, said counterweight means having attachment means for attaching said counterweight means to said attachment means of said outer beam at a sufficient distance along said outer beam for counterbalancing said shower curtain support apparatus and shower curtain wherein said counterweight means has means for connecting it to said outer beam at varying distances along said outer beam in order to counterbalance said shower curtain support apparatus.
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