Apparatus and method for preventing water from escaping a shower area
AssigneeFiber Care Baths, Inc.
InventorStephen W. Hess
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Abstract
A shower curtain rod and holding devices provide for a shower area to be covered on a plurality of sides by an associated shower curtain to prevent shower water from escaping. The shower curtain rod is non-linear and is mounted at distal ends to walls of the shower area at least one-third of a total shower depth from a front of the shower. The holding devices have mounting portions that can be attached to walls in a variety of ways. A method of preventing water from escaping from the shower implements the rod and holding devices. A method of installing the rod and holding devices is easy and requires few steps.
Claims13
A shower assembly for preventing water from escaping, comprising:
- a first shower wall;
- a second shower wall;
- a shower curtain rod having:
- first and second ends distal from each other,
- the first and second ends being generally non-collinear with each other and adapted to be mounted in vertical directions;
- and
- a middle portion between the first and second ends;
- the rod having a length measured along a longitudinal axis and a depth portion measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
- wherein the first and second ends, the depth portion and the middle portion are integral with each other;
- a first holding device coupled to the first shower wall, the first holding device having
- a first receiving portion axially aligned with and directly supporting the first end of the rod in a vertical direction, the first receiving portion being perpendicular to the depth portion;
- and
- a first mounting portion with a wall engaging surface substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis for mounting the first holding device on a the first shower wall at least partially surrounding a shower;
- and
- a second holding device coupled to the second shower wall, the second holding device having:
- a second receiving portion axially aligned with and directly supporting the second end of the rod in a vertical direction, the second receiving portion being perpendicular to the depth portion;
- and
- a second mounting portion with a wall engaging surface substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis for mounting the first holding device on the second shower wall.
A shower assembly for preventing water from escaping, comprising:
- a first shower wall;
- a second shower wall;
- a nonlinear shower curtain rod defining a longitudinal axis having:
- first and second ends distal from each other, the first and second ends defining generally non-collinear axes relative to each other;
- wherein the first and second ends are inseparable from the shower curtain rod;
- and
- a first holding device coupled to the first shower wall, the first holding device having:
- a first mounting portion and a first receiving portion,
- the first receiving portion having a first central axis in a vertical direction and slidingly receiving the first end of the rod directly in a vertical direction;
- and
- a second holding device coupled to the second shower wall, the second holding device having:
- a second mounting portion and a second receiving portion,
- the second receiving portion having a second central axis in a vertical direction and slidingly receiving the second end of the rod directly in a vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.