Barrier-free shower system
AssigneeAqua Bath, Inc.
InventorGeorge F McAllister
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Abstract
A barrier-free shower system having the combined configuration of a drain sump, drain and a continuously weighted shower curtain. A series of channels is formed into a threshold of a barrier free shower enclosure. The channels trap water within the shower enclosure and channel the water toward the drain sump. Water is directed to the channels from the base of the shower enclosure and from a shower curtain which hangs directly over the threshold. There is no lip or barrier in the base of the shower at the threshold to keep the curtain from billowing out as heat escapes the shower enclosure, so a continuous weight is provided near a lower edge of the curtain to keep it positioned over the channels in the threshold.
Claims12
A barrier free shower enclosure system having a barrier free threshold, comprising:
- a. a base member having a barrier free threshold formed therein, said barrier free threshold extending along one side of said base member, said base member having a plurality of channels which are formed in said base member and immediately adjacent to barrier free threshold, each of said plurality of channels formed generally parallel to a front side of said barrier free threshold;
- b. a drain sump which is formed in said base member;
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- c. a continuously weighted shower curtain, said continuously weighted shower curtain comprising a curtain having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion of said curtain having therein a multiplicity of attachment devices, the lower portion having extending across substantially the entire width thereof, a weighting mechanism, said weighting mechanism comprising a continuous and flexible length of a weighting material sufficient to hold the curtain in a vertically extended position, and being of a length sufficient to extend substantially across the entire width of the lower portion of the curtain near a lower edge thereof, and wherein said lower portion of said curtain is positioned generally parallel to and above said barrier free threshold.
A barrier free shower enclosure system having a barrier free threshold, comprising:
- a. base member having a barrier free threshold formed therein and which extends along one side thereof, said base member having a plurality of channels which are formed in said base member immediately adjacent to said barrier free threshold, each of said plurality of channels formed generally parallel to another of said plurality of channels;
- b. a drain sump which is formed in said base member;
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- c. a continuously weighted shower curtain, said continuously weighted shower curtain comprising a curtain having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion of said curtain having therein a multiplicity of attachment devices, the lower portion having extending across substantially the entire width thereof, a weighting mechanism, said weighting mechanism comprising a continuous and flexible length of a weighting material sufficient to hold the curtain in a vertically extended position, and being of a length sufficient to extend substantially across the entire width of the lower portion of the curtain near a lower edge thereof, and wherein said lower portion of said curtain is positioned generally parallel to and above said barrier free threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.