Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Methods – Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
Patent
1987-02-27
1988-01-12
Thomas, Alexander S.
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Methods
Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
156247, 156249, 428 40, 428137, 428192, B32B 3100
Patent
active
047189622
ABSTRACT:
There are millions of shower curtains in use in the United States to confine the flow of water used for bathing purposes, and to keep the water from escaping from a bathtub or shower stall and wetting the adjacent floor. Shower curtains are preferably made of waterproof fabric or a plastic material and there are hooks slidably mounted on rods aligned with the front of the tub or shower stall. The top edge of the shower curtain is generally folded over to reinforce it, and the hooks project through holes in the top edge of the shower curtain. Due to the weight of the curtain and the small diameter of the hooks which hold the curtain a high loading is imposed on restricted areas of the curtain aligned with the hooks. The holes become elongated and tear out long before the remaining portions of the average shower curtain is worn out. I have devised a shower curtain protector, preferably consisting of a transparent plastic member adapted to overlie the top edge of the shower curtain and to be adhesively secured to opposite sides of the top edge of the curtain, and having apertures adapted to align with and overlie the apertures in the top edge of the shower curtain. These reinforcements strengthen the area of the curtain that is subjected to the high loading imposed by the narrow hooks in the apertures and thus preserve the shower curtains. These reinforcing members can be applied to shower curtains that have already torn through to rejuvenate the curtains or they can be applied to new curtains or to curtains that have not shown any evidence of wear to preserve them.
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Thomas Alexander S.
Wilson Alfred E.
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