Hanger for shower curtain having same-orientation double hooks
AssigneeKenney Manufacturing Company
InventorsCarolyn Martin, Jeffrey Klowan
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Abstract
A hanger for suspending a shower curtain and a spaced apart liner from a shower bar has a first hook for the curtain and a second hook for the liner, and the mouths or openings of both hooks face in the same direction, preferably toward the inside of the shower enclosure. A decorative medallion is preferably affixed to the outer side of the hanger and the placement and dimension thereof are sufficient to block from view of a person outside the shower the opening at the top of the curtain, by which means the curtain is hung from the outside hook of the hanger.
Claims15
A hanger for vertically suspending two spaced apart fabric sheets having spaced apart openings along the upper edges thereof from a horizontal shower rod running across the opening of a bath shower or bath tub enclosure, the hanger having a body lying substantially in a plane, an in-plane first side, and an opposing in-plane second side, comprising:
- a loop, for slidingly engaging a shower rod, the loop having a top, a throat, a central axis running perpendicular to said plane, and a vertical axis in said plane intersecting said central axis;
- a first hook on the first side of the hanger, connected to the loop and having a cradle shaped for engaging one of said sheet openings, having a terminal free end defining in part a first hook mouth facing in the direction of the hanger second side;
- the first hook cradle having a nadir and an associated imaginary vertical axis running parallel to the said loop vertical axis;
- and,
- a second hook on the second side of the hanger, connected to the loop and having a cradle shaped for engaging one of said sheet openings, the second hook cradle having a nadir and a terminal free end defining in part a second hook mouth facing in the direction of the hanger second side;
- wherein said throat of the loop faces downwardly and wherein the portion of said body which comprises the connection between the first hook and the loop runs vertically upwardly from vicinity of said first hook cradle and then laterally inwardly in the direction of said vertical center line to the throat of the loop, crossing the vertical centerline of said first hook cradle.
A hanger for simultaneously vertically suspending a both a shower curtain and a liner from a horizontal shower curtain rod, each curtain and liner having an upper edge with a plurality of spaced apart openings, the hanger having a primary structure lying substantially in a plane, the hanger having an in-plane first side and an opposing in-plane second side, comprising:
- a loop, for slidingly engaging a shower rod, the loop having first side with a first side lower end, and a second side with a second side lower end, a throat, a central axis running perpendicular to said plane, and a vertical axis in said plane intersecting said central axis;
- a first hook on the first side of the hanger connected to a first side lower end of the loop, having a cradle shaped for engaging one of said shower curtain openings and a terminal end defining in part a first hook mouth facing in the direction of the hanger second side;
- the first hook cradle having a nadir and an associated vertical axis running parallel to the said loop vertical axis;
- and,
- a second hook on the second side of the hanger connected to the second side lower end of the loop, having a cradle shaped for engaging one of said liner openings, the second hook cradle having a nadir and a terminal end defining in part a second hook mouth facing in the direction of the hanger second side;
- wherein the hanger portion which connects the loop first side lower end with the first hook runs vertically upwardly from the first hook cradle and then laterally inwardly in the direction of said vertical center line of the loop, thereby crossing said vertical centerline of said first hook cradle;
- and,
- a decorative medallion attached to said hanger portion which connects the loop first side lower end to the first hook on the first side of the hanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.