U.S. patent application number 10/443336 was filed with the patent office on 2005-12-22 for double curtain-hanging platform.
Invention is credited to Boyd, Freddie Alton JR..
Application Number | 20050278844 10/443336 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 35478987 |
Filed Date | 2005-12-22 |
United States Patent
Application |
20050278844 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Boyd, Freddie Alton JR. |
December 22, 2005 |
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.
Inventors: |
Boyd, Freddie Alton JR.;
(Las Vegas, NV) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Freddie Alton Boyd Jr
P.O. Box 14206
Las Vegas
NV
89114
US
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Family ID: |
35478987 |
Appl. No.: |
10/443336 |
Filed: |
May 22, 2003 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
4/558 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47K 3/38 20130101; A47H
13/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
004/558 |
International
Class: |
A47K 003/38 |
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.
Description
[0001] 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 (1/4) plywood paneling, cut to a length of
58{fraction (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
11/4 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
[0002] 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
[0003] 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
[0004] The double-curtain shower-platform is designed from a single
1/4 inch plywood panel (illustrated in FIGS. 1A,B,C and D). Being
58{fraction (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 5/8 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 5/8 inch in diameter to
correspond with the standard shower curtain and liner. All four (4)
end holes are spaced 11/2 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 11/2 inch in
length and a quarter inch wing nut.
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