Patent ID: 6023794
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A47K,E05Y

Abstract:
A shower-bathtub installed adjacent to three walls of a bathroom, comprising:A) a bathtub defining four bathtub walls, said bathtub being installed with three of said four walls adjacent to said three bathroom walls and said fourth wall comprising a lower dam,B) three shower sides defining two short sides, wherein said three shower sides extend upward from three of said four bathtub walls installed adjacent to said bathroom walls, said two short sides of said three shower sides each comprising a side dam,C) an upper track, wherein said upper track is rigidly attached to said two short sides, said upper track comprising:i) at least two wheel supports,ii) at least two wheel stays positioned above said two wheel supports, andiii) at least two lower bearing supports positioned at least five inches below said at least two wheel supports, andD) at least two sliding doors, each of said at least two sliding doors comprising,i) at least two roller assemblies rigidly connected to each of said at least two sliding doors comprising rollers positioned to roll on one of said at least two wheel supports and immediately below one of said wheel stays, andii) at least two L-brackets rigidly connected to each of said at least two sliding doors, wherein each of said two L-brackets comprises a bearing rotationally connected to said L-bracket wherein said bearing glides in each of said two lower bearing supports to prevent rocking motion of said at least two sliding doors.