Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Shower – Convenience accessories
Patent
1992-12-09
1994-04-26
Recla, Henry J.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Shower
Convenience accessories
4605, 4607, A47K 300
Patent
active
053054776
ABSTRACT:
A shower curtain brace is provided for securing a lower portion of the shower curtain away from the shower stream when the shower curtain is extended across the shower entrance. The brace includes a bar with two ends perpendicularly oriented to a longer middle section. One end of the bar is pivotally mounted on a first wall of the shower so that the bar may move between a non-use-position in which the bar is substantially parallel and adjacent to the first shower wall, and a use-position in which the bar lies across the shower entrance approximately perpendicular to the shower walls. The distal end of the bar has a friction-reducing roller to facilitate contact and movement of the distal end against the curtain along the surface of the opposing shower wall. A clip is provided for mounting on the first shower wall above the hinge for capturing and holding the distal end of the bar when the brace is in its non-use-position. In actual use, the bar impinges against the lower portion of the shower curtain effectively pinning it against the top of the entrance ledge and preventing the shower curtain from moving into the shower stream or space. In a preferred embodiment, the distal end of the bar is approximately L-shaped so that the curtain can be fully extended and tautly held against the opposing shower wall, thus, sealing off the entrance and preventing water from exiting the shower compartment.
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patent: 4229842 (1980-10-01), Gilmore
patent: 4361914 (1982-12-01), Oliver
patent: 4798407 (1989-01-01), Miller
patent: 5103531 (1992-04-01), Perrotta
Eloshway Charles R.
Recla Henry J.
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