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US 6,182,738 B2Granted
Shower screen
OwnerChang Than Cheninventor
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Abstract
A shower screen includes a guide rod and a guide bar secured between the top and the bottom portions of the posts. A screen member has an upper portion slidably secured to the guide rod and has two sides secured to two beams. The guide bar includes a wall extended upward from a base. The beams each has a retaining member secured to the bottom for slidably engaging with the wall of the guide bar and for preventing the screen member from being disengaged from the guide bar. The base includes an upper tapered surface for guiding water into a bath tub.
Claims12
A shower screen comprising:
- a pair of vertical posts each including a longitudinal channel formed therein and each including a bottom portion,
- a guide rod secured on top of said posts,
- a screen member including an upper portion slidably secured to said guide rod for allowing said screen member to be folded and unfolded, said screen member including two side portions,
- a beam secured to each of said side portions of said screen member and each including a rib for engaging with said channel of said post for preventing spilling,
- a guide bar including two ends secured to said bottom portions of said posts for forming a bottom block and guide member, and
- means for slidably securing said beams to said guide bar and to guide said beams to slide along said guide bar,
- wherein said means for slideably securing said beams to said guide bar comprises a pair of downwardly proiecting retaining members, with said retaining members connected one each to an opening in a bottom portion of said beams and spaced apart from forming a pair of apertures defined by opening parallel surfaces of said retaining members and said beams, with said guide bar projecting into said apertures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.