US 5,274,859 AGranted

Shower splash shield

AssigneeBrass-Craft Manufacturing Company

InventorsLeon E. Redman, Roger W. Murphy, Bruce W. Higgins

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Abstract

A bathtub shower splash shield member which includes a shower curtain holding structure adapted for use with a bathtub for preventing water from a shower head from splashing between a wall and the adjacent side of a suspended shower curtain, member comprised of a generally triangular shaped unitary body containing two general orthogonally arranged mounting legs that intersect at a vertex and a web extending between and joining mounting legs. The two mounting legs include a vertically extending leg adapted to be mounted on a wall structure and a horizontally extending leg adapted to be mounted on the flat horizontal surface of a side wall of the bathtub. The shower curtain holding structure includes an opening extending through vertically extending leg and a finger clamp disposed in this opening. The finger clamp includes a clamping portion extending in a direction away from first leg. The clamping portion cooperates with the web to grip a portion of the curtain between the clamping portion and the web.

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Dependent claims

A shower splash shield adapted for use with a bathtub for preventing water from a shower head from splashing between a wall and the adjacent side of a suspended shower curtain comprising:

a first vertically extending mounting leg;
a second horizontally extending mounting leg joined to said first leg;
a web extending between and joining said first and second legs, said first leg provided with at least one vertically extending section disposed on at least one side of said web;
said second leg adapted to overlie and be attached to a portion of a horizontal top surface of a side wall of a bathtub;
said first leg adapted to overlie and be attached to an upright wall adjacent which one end of the bathtub is located;
an opening extending through said at least one vertically extending section of said first leg;
and
a clamping finger comprising a base and a clamping section, said base being disposed in said opening with said clamping section extending from said base in a direction away from said first leg and cooperating with said web to grip a portion of the shower curtain between said clamping section and said web with said portion of said shower curtain sandwiched between and in intimate contact with said web and said clamping section.

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