Patent ID: 7644453
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A kit for use in a shower enclosure with a shower curtain, said kit comprising: a wall component having a back wall and at least one front wall, the back wall being removably attachable to a wall surface of the shower enclosure; a connecting component having a front portion and a back portion, said connecting component having its back portion detachably connectable to one of said at least one front wall of the wall component by means of magnets attached thereto, said wall component and said connecting component once connected forming a watertight barrier, the front portion of said connecting component having a protrusion in the form of two spaced apart, elongated symmetrical arms that are each provided with an abutting edge against which part of the shower curtain may be positioned; and a retaining component detachably connectable to the protrusion of the connecting component with the part of the shower curtain snapped in between, said retaining component comprising a pair of arms defining an aperture in communication with a hollow portion, the pair of arms having end edges that face toward each other and are sized to snap onto the abutting edges of the elongated symmetrical arms of the protrusion of the connecting component with the part of the shower curtain pinched in between the arms and within the hollow portion, wherein said magnets comprise a first magnet continuously positioned substantially along the entire length of the at least one front wall of the wall component, and a second magnet continuously positioned substantially along the entire length of the back portion of the connecting component.