Shower curtain sealing kit

• US 5,787,520 A
• Filed: 03/25/1997
• Issued: 08/04/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James A. Dunbar
• Original Assignee: James A. Dunbar
• Inventors: Dunbar, James A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Walczak, David J.
• Application Number:
  US08/829,898
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 4/609, 4/605, 4/608, 4/558
• US Class Current: 4/609
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 3/38 Curtain arrangements curtains, curtain suspension devices A47H

Abstract

Two cooperating members for sealing a shower curtain to an associated shower stall. One member is stationary, and is permanently fixed to the shower stall. The other member attaches to the shower curtain, magnetically adhering to the stationary member, and has a handle for maneuvering. The stationary member is triangular, contacting and attaching to the sill of the bathtub and to a vertical wall of the stall at two faces, and presenting the third face to the handle member. The handle member has a flat surface for cooperating with the third face of the stationary member. The handle member is formed in two mating parts which close around the shower curtain.

Claims

1. A sealing apparatus for releasably attaching a shower curtain to an associated shower enclosure, where the shower enclosure includes a bathtub sill and a vertical wall, and where the vertical wall is perpendicular to and intersects the bathtub sill, said sealing apparatus comprising:

a handle member having a first handle member section and a second handle member section, where said first handle member section includes a handle portion and a generally planar first shower curtain retaining portion, and where said second handle member section includes a generally planar second shower curtain retaining portion and a magnetic attachment means, and where said first and said second generally planar shower curtain retaining portions have cooperating male/female attachment members designed to engage the shower curtain therebetween;

a stationary member adapted to cooperate with the bathtub sill and vertical wall, where said stationary member is triangular and has three outwardly directed faces, a first face adapted to cooperate with and seal the bathtub sill, a second face adapted to cooperate with and seal the vertical wall, and a third face for removably engaging said magnetic attachment means of said generally planar second shower curtain retaining portion of said handle member;

whereby

said stationary member is attached to the bathtub sill and the vertical wall and the shower curtain is engaged between said first and said second generally planar shower curtain retaining portions, said first and said second generally planar shower curtain retaining portions are held together by said cooperating male/female attachment members and said magnetic attachment means attaches said handle member to said stationary member to prevent water from inadvertently splashing out of the shower enclosure.