Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Shower – Convenience accessories
Patent
1992-02-03
1994-08-16
Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Shower
Convenience accessories
4558, 4608, 160330, 160369, A47K 314
Patent
active
053374258
ABSTRACT:
An improved shower curtain for a shower enclosure of the type having a bathtub, a back wall and a side wall, the improved shower curtain including a first track bent in a U-shaped configuration, attachable to a back ledge, a free side ledge and a front ledge of the bathtub, the first track has a channel that is solely vertically C-shaped in cross section, a second track bent in a U-shaped configuration, spaced above the first track and attachable along one portion to the back wall, while its distal ends are attachable to the side wall, the second track has a channel that is solely vertically C-shaped in cross-section, an elongated sheet of flexible waterproof material sized to fit between and about the first track and the second track, a first unit for detachably securing a lower marginal edge of the sheet to the first track, the first detachably securing includes a plurality of spaced apart first fibrous fastener elements attached along the lower marginal edge of the sheet, a plurality of slide members that ride entirely within the solely vertical C-shaped channel of the first track, and a plurality of second fibrous fastener elements, each affixed to each of the slide members, so that the first fibrous fastener elements can detachably interlock with the second fibrous fastener elements, and a second unit for detachably securing an upper marginal edge of the sheet to the second track, the second detachably securing unit includes a plurality of spaced apart first fibrous fastener elements attached along the upper marginal edge of the sheet, a plurality of slide members that ride entirely within the solely vertical C-shaped channel of the second track, and a plurality of second fibrous fastener elements, each affixed to each of the slide members, so that the first fibrous fastener elements can detachably interlock with the second fibrous fastener elements, so that the sheet will be sealed thereto, to retain water within the shower enclosure.
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Beres John L.
Cuchlinski Jr. William A.
Kroll Michael I.
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