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Shower curtain sealing and fastening arrangement

  • US 5,148,580 A
  • Filed: 07/01/1991
  • Issued: 09/22/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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