Abstract: A sliding door assembly for bathtubs, shower stalls and the like. The assembly includes at least one door panel, an elongated support rail member, and support mount structure for slidably mounting the door panel to the support rail member. The support mount structure includes an elongated carriage member attached to the door panel and a pair of support rollers mounted to the carriage member and engaging the support rail member. The rollers are free to move lengthwise along the carriage member as the door is open and closed. However, structure is provided to stop the lengthwise motion of the rollers just prior to the door panel reaching a closed position to brake the motion of the door panel as it is moved to the closed position.

Abstract: A shower partition includes a swinging door pivotable, by means of a hinge, about a substantially vertical axis. The installation dimensions available at the installation site often vary widely, discrepancies of up to 20 cm being by no means unusual. Compensation for tolerances or variations in installation dimensions is made possible in a simple manner. To this end, the swinging door is constructed so that it can be adjusted at right angles to its pivot axis on a jamb member or the like. The swinging door, and/or the pivot hinge comprise, at right angles to the pivot axis, a slot or a series of spaced aligned holes for an attachment element such as a screw.

Abstract: Partition wall structure, more particularly for bath or shower cubicles, has a displaceable door panel held against, magnetically at right angles to its longitudinal plane, and guided by the guide wall of a guide rail. The magnetic attraction is provided between a magnetic strip at the panel lower edge and another one on the guide wall, both being separated by an air-gap. The door panel includes a frame having enclosing members joined together by corner connectors. The air-gap is provided, at low structural cost, in order to ensure smooth guidance, and this is obtained by means of flat spacing strips formed on the corner connectors, these spacing strips preferably extending over the height of the guide wall associated therewith and/or of the door panel magnetic strip.

Abstract: What is disclosed in an automatically closing modesty curtain which allows the user assured complete privacy and which does not require continued manipulation by the hands thereby leaving the hands free to undertake other tasks. For example, in an emergency shower situation, once the handle on the safety shower is pulled, the user can be assured of complete privacy while removing contaminated clothing while being simultaneously deluged by shower water.

Abstract: A screen wall of a shower space comprises a wall section in the form of a screen which is pivoted about its vertical center line. The screen (2) is provided on one side with bow-shaped bars (8) for hanging articles for drying and can be rotated at least 180.degree. about its vertical center line. The flat side of the screen can thus face the shower space when it is used for showering. When articles have been hanged on the bars (8) for drying, the screen can be swung 180.degree. placing the bars and the articles inside the shower space where they can drip and are no longer visible from outside the shower space.

Abstract: A structural assembly, more particularly for a shower partition, comprising a sectional rail having, in one of its outer surfaces, an undercut first channel of which the sides form two lateral grooves. Inserted into this channel, is a facing panel, a resilient connecting element being provided for retention and engagement in the grooves. In order to obtain a structural assembly of small depth, together with reliable and rapid attachment, the facing panel is provided with a longitudinal second channel extending in the direction of its longitudinal axis and undercut along the channel sides to form grooves. The connecting element is arranged at least partly in the second groove where it is held by the undercut second grooves. The connecting element has a lateral projection which extends into one of the first grooves of the sectional rail. Projecting into the other groove of the sectional rail is either a shoulder of the facing panel or a second lateral projection of the connecting element.

Abstract: Structural assembly, more particularly for a shower partition, comprising a door support in the form of a profiled rail having, in an outer face thereof, a first channel, of which one side flange forms a groove, and a facing panel mounted in this first channel. The facing panel is held in the first channel by a connecting element fitting in the groove. Existing arrangements of this type are relatively wide, of correspondingly large structural volume, and of high material costs. In order to obtain a structurally simple and inexpensive connection between the facing panel and the profiled rail, it is proposed that the panel be provided with a longitudinal second channel which opens towards the groove of the first channel. The connecting element engages partly in the second channel and partly in the groove.

Abstract: A bubble-type shower door adapted to be pivotally mounted symmetrically about its vertical center axis to open and close a shower door opening of the same contour, the door being concave rearward and preferably having a rearward projecting diverging rim portion, and a stop flange projecting laterally from the rim on one side of the door.

Abstract: A pair of horizontally extending curtain rods for bathroom stalls comprising a mechanism whereby the rods are each supported by end brackets which are adapted to be force-fitted against the walls of the stall to retain the pair of rods in tight engagement with the side walls of the stall. One of the pair of rods is employed primarily to support a conventional shower curtain suspended therefrom whereas the other of the rods supports a decorative curtain extending from the rod to a position closely adjacent the floor of the stall.

Abstract: An upper horizontal rail structure is stationarily supported in elevated position above the upper marginal edge of the outer wall of the lower tub portion of a shower-tub area and defines three laterally spaced depending inner, outer and intermediate flange portions between which inner and outward downwardly opening channels are formed. A pair of upstanding inner and outer shower doors are provided including upper marginal edge portions slidably received in the corresponding channels and each upper marginal edge includes a pair of opposite end support rollers rollingly engaged with longitudinally extending track structure in the corresponding channel.

Abstract: A shower curtain bender for holding an end portion of a hanging shower curtain in close proximity to a vertical wall placed on one end of the shower enclosure to prevent shower water spray from splashing outside the enclosure from between the hanging shower curtain and the enclosure end walls comprises a pair of pivotal arms containing a series of slots superimposed on the last few attachment holes of the curtain to receive the hanger hooks, one of said arms bends the attached curtain into the shower enclosure and in close proximity to the vertically disposed enclosure end wall. A wedge positioned at the pivot between the two arms enables the curtain to be placed adjacent the compartment end wall without drooping. Additional pivot points enable the shower curtain to be folded neatly to one side or the other of the shower enclosure.

Abstract: A shower-sauna apparatus includes an electrically insulative container for accomodating a volume of water to be heated. A vertical central tube extends through the container and has a threaded upper end adapted to be connected to a source of water and a threaded lower end through which steam or hot water is discharged into a sauna-shower area defined by a flexible curtain suspended from a flat dish-shaped member secured to the threaded lower end of the central tube and defining the top wall of the sauna-shower area. A plurality of spaced, tubular electrode plates are disposed in the container and are adapted to be connected to an electric power source for passage of electric current through the water between the plates to generate Joule heat for automatically and instantaneously heating the volume of water to enable generation of either steam or hot water. The central tube is divided by a stopper into an upper water inlet portion and a lower steam or hot water outlet portion.

Abstract: An improved shower curtain assembly is disclosed for use as an enclosure for shower stalls and bath tub and shower combinations. A pair of closely spaced parallel outer and inner shower rods are installed in a spanning relation to the entrance opening into the stall or tub with a first curtain suspended from the outer rod and a second curtain suspended from the inner rod. One opposed pair of vertical edges of the curtains are secured to respective walls in a water tight relation thereto, and in a first form, the bottom edge of the outer curtain is preferably weighted against the top edge of the shower stall or bath tub outer rim. The outer curtain may be of a substantially reduced width relative to the inside curtain, which is slidably operable across the entire width of the enclosure opening in a conventional manner.

Abstract: A device for preventing the movement of a flexible material disposed over an open area, such as a shower or a window, includes a rigid elongated rod which is held in a substantially horizontal plane intermediate the top and bottom of the flexible material. In one preferred embodiment the rigid elongated rod is maintained in a static horizontal operative position by a pivot means at one end and an attachment means at the other extremity. A holding means, such as a U-shaped hook or bracket, is attached to a wall above and in a substantially vertical plane with the pivot means to hold the elongated bar in a substantially vertical inoperative position when the bathing facility is not in use.

Abstract: A shower enclosure comprising a pair of sliding doors mounted on an overhead track, a guide system for the doors spaced downwardly from the overhead track yet providing sufficient head room for a person to enter the enclosed area, the guide system including three guide rails in which one guide rail is disposed between the doors, one guide rail disposed adjacent the inner door, and one guide rail disposed adjacent the outer door, the pair of doors being unguided at the bottom thereof. A single splash rail is mounted on the bottom of the enclosure spaced outwardly from the doors to inhibit leakage from the enclosed area.

Abstract: An integrated plastic shower curtain assembly including a pair of rectangular curtain panels secured together in overlapping relationship along inside vertical edge portions by a securing strip folded over and heat sealed with horizontal top edge portions of the curtain panels. A horizontal plastic net panel is secured along a bottom edge portion with the curtain panels by the securing strip. The vertical outside side edges of the curtain panels are each provided with a securing strip of Velcro and is connected along each outside vertical side edge of the curtain panels and a similar strip is provided for connection with an adjacent vertical wall surface for securing the outside vertical edges of the panels with walls at opposite sides or ends of a shower enclosure. Each of the curtain panels has a tie back along each vertical outside edge for gathering and holding the curtains apart for entry and exit into and out of the shower enclosure.

Abstract: Enclosure for wet chamber, particularly for bathrooms or shower rooms with several adjacent slideable partitions with each partition suspended in an upper guide rail and with a lower guide member consisting of an elongated, box-shaped adapter seated on the edge of a wet-chamber tub, an elongated lower guide detachably fastened to the adapter. The guide rail has at least one guide with an inverted U-shape cross section with the outer leg as the longitudinal wall along the dry side of the room and with an inner free leg wall. A lower guide strip extends from the partition, first downwardly, then under the free leg wall, then upwardly to form a pocket open at the top into which the free U leg wall extends.

Abstract: A shower curtain adapter for expanding the showering space within a shower enclosure, which enclosure has first and second facing vertical sidewalls, a third wall which extends between the first and second sidewalls and a shower curtain which hangs from a straight standard curtain rod extending between the first and second walls. The adapter of the present invention includes an adapter rod having a length which is greater than the distance between the first and second walls and which is made of flexible material. The adapter rod may be mounted in an operative position between the first and second walls and in such position will flex into a bow configuration to engage the hanging shower curtain pushing it outward of the enclosure to expand the showering space.