Shower enclosure assembly system
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorSteven J. Duero
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A system for attaching two parts of a shower enclosure together which eliminates screw type fasteners and affords ease of fastening. The system includes a locking bar positioned in a cavity of a shower enclosure structural member wherein the bar can move transversely on the upper surface of another shower enclosure member when in a first position but when in a second position the bar restrains transverse movement. In a preferred embodiment, the locking bar is rotated on its longitudinal axis to the second position to cause the locking bar to deform a portion of the upper surface as well as move past and be retained in an overcenter position.
Claims8
A system for attaching two parts of a shower enclosure together, comprising:
- a first shower enclosure structural member connected to a shower header and having an upper surface that is at least somewhat deformable;
- a second shower enclosure structural member connected to a shower door jamb and positioned at least partially over said upper surface, said second member having a cavity;
- and
- a locking bar positioned in the cavity over the upper surface and having a portion with a non-circular cross-section;
- the first and second members and locking bar being configured and juxtaposed such that when the locking bar is in a first position in the cavity the second member may move transversely on the upper surface, and such that when the locking bar is in a second position the bar restrains transverse movement of the second member relative to the first.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.