Double curtain-hanging platform

Abstract

After canvassing most major retail outlets since 1994, Particularly those dealing in bath-room fixtures and appliances; and finding that the most closely, newest and current accessory relating to the art of my invention was a single-rod designed to accommodate two (2) curtains, thereby presenting the opportunity for a more innovative assembly to be invented: The Double-Curtain-Hanging Platform, instead of a single-rod which still remains available at this time.

Description

Design to fit above the tiled enclosure normally installed during construction, if not, also designed to be installed on flat wall surfaces which may extend all the way to a ceiling. Materials Used: Quarter inch (¼) plywood paneling, cut to a length of 58 6/8 inches, a width of 4 inches, allowing inside protruding curvature of 6 inches at each end to which a total of four (4) metal sliding construction braces are atteched to the underside by one (1) quarter inch wing-nut and a quarter inch bolt 1¼ inches in length to permit individual adjustments of each brace, if necessary, to accommodate any variances in tub or shower enclosures made during original construction.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

The established art is the use of one (1) shower curtain rod to hold two (2) curtains; a liner and a curtain, My provisional invention is to utilize a shelf-like platform (not recommended for actual shelf use, unless modified) that will allow a liner and a curtain to be hung from the same object, yet, having enough space between them for ample enough air to circulate and help to reduce excessive amounts of mildew from accumulating. Further, to reduce or eliminate over-spray associated with using a curtain when taking a shower, due primarily to the inside curvature lip design. This design has been tested for twelve (12) months, two (2) showers per day, totaling over seven (7) hundred showers with no over-spray of significance.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF INVENTION

The object of claimed invention is to reduce or eliminate the need to mop bath-room or shower-room floors after each shower taken, due primarily from over-spray of shower water. And to further, reduce excessive amounts of mildew due to the method now used, that being the double-curtain-one-rod-concept.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The double-curtain shower-platform is designed from a single ¼ inch plywood panel (illustrated in FIGS. 1A,B,C and D). Being 58 6/8 inches in length (standard tub or shower enclosures), with a width of 4 inches, curved on the inner side to correspond with the inside of the outer rim of all standard bath-tub design and straight on the outer side. Having two (2) rows of 12 holes ⅝ inch in diameter, spaced 6 inches apart, to accommodate the hanging of standard shower curtain and liner separately and parallel on the same platform. The length is designed to allow two (2) rows of 12 holes ⅝ inch in diameter to correspond with the standard shower curtain and liner. All four (4) end holes are spaced 1½ inches from each end, remaining twenty (20) holes are spaced 6 inches apart. To accommodate slight variances in standard construction there are 4 metal construction braces on the ends that can be extended one inch outward. Each one is separately attached buy a single quarter inch bolt 1½ inch in length and a quarter inch wing nut.

Claims

1. Objective of invention is to present a choice when using the art of double-curtain hanging in the bath-room or shower enclosure.

2. To prevent the over-spray of water outside of the bath-tub or shower-stall onto the contiguous bath-room floor, thereby eliminating the need for mopping that floor every time a shower is taken, which will help in floor preservation by not permitting under-flooring to become excessively soaked with shower water over-spray. (Tested for 1 year at the rate of 2 showers per day).

3. To help prevent the excessive mildew accumulation between the two curtains by separating the two (2) rows of curtains.