Shower curtain sealing and fastening arrangement
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1. A kit for use in a shower enclosure having a first wall facing a second wall, said shower closure being closable by a shower curtain having an inner surface facing said enclosure, an outer surface and first and second vertical edges;
- said kit being designed to sealingly and removably fasten at least the first edge of the shower curtain to the first wall of the enclosure, and comprising;
first fastening means mounted on an elongated self-fastening member mountable on said first wall, said first fastening means extending flat and vertically along said first wall when said self-fastening member is mounted;
second fastening means mountable on the outer surface of said shower curtain along the first edge thereof for fastening engagement with said first fastening means, said second fastening means extending flat on said outer surface and thus causing said shower curtain adjacent said first edge to be folded toward said enclosure and extend flat onto said first wall when said first and second fastening means are engaged; and
self-fastening sealing means mountable on said first wall adjacent said first fastening means, said sealing means, when mounted, extending vertically near said first fastening means over the length of said self-fastening member, and comprising a protrusion projecting from said first wall toward said second wall inwardly of said first fastening means with respect to the enclosure;
whereby, in use, when said second means is in fastening engagement with said first means, said first edge of said curtain abuts said protrusion and thus is sealed by the same.
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Abstract
A kit for use to fasten the outer surface of a shower curtain to an adjacent wall in the shower closure. A sealing protrusion extends from the wall adjacent the fasteners so that, when the outer surface of the curtain is fastened to the wall, the edge of the curtain abuts the protrusion.
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1. A kit for use in a shower enclosure having a first wall facing a second wall, said shower closure being closable by a shower curtain having an inner surface facing said enclosure, an outer surface and first and second vertical edges;
- said kit being designed to sealingly and removably fasten at least the first edge of the shower curtain to the first wall of the enclosure, and comprising;
first fastening means mounted on an elongated self-fastening member mountable on said first wall, said first fastening means extending flat and vertically along said first wall when said self-fastening member is mounted; second fastening means mountable on the outer surface of said shower curtain along the first edge thereof for fastening engagement with said first fastening means, said second fastening means extending flat on said outer surface and thus causing said shower curtain adjacent said first edge to be folded toward said enclosure and extend flat onto said first wall when said first and second fastening means are engaged; and self-fastening sealing means mountable on said first wall adjacent said first fastening means, said sealing means, when mounted, extending vertically near said first fastening means over the length of said self-fastening member, and comprising a protrusion projecting from said first wall toward said second wall inwardly of said first fastening means with respect to the enclosure; whereby, in use, when said second means is in fastening engagement with said first means, said first edge of said curtain abuts said protrusion and thus is sealed by the same. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- said kit being designed to sealingly and removably fasten at least the first edge of the shower curtain to the first wall of the enclosure, and comprising;
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15. A kit for sealingly and removably fastening a vertical edge of a shower curtain having an outer surface to a vertical wall adjacent said vertical edge, said kit comprising:
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an elongated self-fastening mounting strip mountable vertically along said wall; first fastening means mounted on said mounting strip so as to extend flat onto said wall when said mounting strip is mounted; sealing means comprising a protrusion integrally formed with said mounting strip adjacent said first fastening means, said sealing means projecting from said mounting strip and extending along side said first fastening means; and self-fastening, second fastening means mountable on the outer surface of said shower curtain along the vertical edge thereof, for fastening engagement with said first fastening means, said second fastening means extending flat on said outer surface and thus causing the shower curtain adjacent the vertical edge to be folded and extend flat on the wall when the first and second means are engaged, with the vertical edge extending close to the sealing means.
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