US 9,038,209 B1 · Shower curtain rod assembly

Abstract

A shower curtain-rod assembly is arranged to have distinct and structurally separate gravitational and torsional load bearing capabilities. The shower curtain may be formed with folded pockets to receive shower curtain stays. The pockets are made by creating overlapping layers of the shower curtain and then ultrasonically welding the overlapping layers together. The shower curtain-rod assembly includes a shower rod having an internal track, a shower ring coupled to a shower curtain stay, and rollers supported on the internal track and coupled to the stay. The internal track generally supports the weight of the shower curtain, the rollers, the stays, and the shower ring. In one embodiment, a channel formed in an outer wall of the shower rod cooperates with a torsional restraint tab extending from an inner surface of the shower ring, which is located over the shower rod.

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Dependent claims

A shower curtain-rod assembly, comprising:

a shower curtain rod;
a shower curtain;
a shower curtain stay coupled to the shower curtain;
a shower curtain ring translationally coupled to the rod and coupled to the stay;
assembly weight bearing means located within the rod for gravitationally and translationally supporting the shower curtain-rod assembly with respect to the rod;
and
torsional restraint means cooperatively formed by the ring and the rod for substantially restricting axial rotation of the stay relative to the rod and substantially decoupled from the assembly weight bearing means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Shower curtain rod assembly

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Abstract

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