Height-adjustable shower arc

A shower appliance comprising:

• a guide plate adapted for being fixedly positioned relative to a shower wall;
• a carrier slidably mounted on said guide plate and being adapted to move slidably along said guide plate, said carrier also forming a clamping means which allows said carrier to be fixedly positioned at a user selected location along said guide plate;
• a perforated, arcuate pipe pivotally attached to said carrier;
• a pipe inlet communicating with said arcuate pipe;
• and
• a hose having a first and a second end, said first end of said hose being coupled to said pipe inlet, and said second end of said hose being adapted for coupling to a liquid source;
• wherein said guide plate has a first and a second groove on either side thereof, said carrier has a front plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate, said first side plate and said second side plate being perpendicular to and extending from either side of said front plate, said first side plate and said second side plate being parallel to one another, said first side plate and said second side plate each having an edge distal from said front plate, said first side plate having a first rib adapted for engagement with said first groove in said guide plate, and said second side plate having a second rib adapted for engagement with said second groove of said guide plate, said carrier further including a screw having a threaded shaft and a grasping knob, one of said first and second side plates having a clamp screw opening while another one of said first and second side plates has a threaded bore in fixed relationship thereto, said threaded shaft passing through said clamp screw opening and matingly engaging said threaded bore, whereby tightening said screw forces said first and second side plates toward one another to thereby clamp said carrier to said guide plate and releasably fix said carrier at a user selected location along said guide plate.