Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Shower – Convenience accessories
Patent
1989-11-06
1991-07-16
Artis, Henry K.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Shower
Convenience accessories
4559, 4605, 4607, 4608, 160330, 16 94D, A47K 322
Patent
active
050312570
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a shower enlarger assembly including a mounting bracket for engaging to a wall the ends of a bent shower curtain rod having an offset medial section for providing a greater stall space and for holding a shower curtain out of body contact. The mounting bracket includes a supporting backplate for contact with the wall and a recessed area located midsection of the supporting backplate for receiving the end of the bent shower curtain rod. The bent shower curtain rod is slidably inserted and rotatably mounted within the recessed area of the backplate. The bent shower curtain rod has attached thereto an integral rotating stop member extending outwardly from the curtain rod. A substantially semicircular fixed stop member extends outwardly from the face of the backplate and receives the integral rotating stop member attached to the bent shower curtain rod. The showering area of a shower stall may be enlarged by rotating the bent shower curtain rod to an outwardly extending first position, which places the top of a shower curtain hanging therefrom in a position outside the showering area. In a second, bathroom area increasing position, the shower curtain rod hangs in a recessed fashion within the shower stall such that the shower curtain hangs freely so that mold and mildew does not form on the shower curtain and the bathroom space is effectively increased. Also contemplated is a shower enlarger assembly which includes a straight shower rod capable of being reciprocated in a track between a showering area enlarging and a bathroom area enlarging position.
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Artis Henry K.
Cargill Lynn E.
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