Patent ID: 6154894
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A shower curtain closure system for a bathtub interposed between a pair of opposing vertical wall surfaces with a shower curtain rod extending between said wall surfaces above said bathtub, said shower curtain closure system comprising:a flexible shower curtain for downwardly depending from said shower curtain rod;said shower curtain having a pair of side edges;a pair of elongate angle rods;each of said angle rods having a longitudinal axis, exterior and interior faces, and first and second elongate portions substantially perpendicular to each other such that each angle rod has a generally L-shaped transverse cross section taken from a plane substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of the respective angle rod;said first elongate portion of said angle rods being adapted for coupling opposing wall surfaces adjacent a bathtub such that said second elongate portions of said angle rods are extended towards each other;one of said side edges of said shower curtain being detachably attached to second elongate portion of one of said angle rods and the other of said side edges of said shower curtain being detachably attached to the other of said side edges of said shower curtains;wherein each of said angle rods comprises a magnetizable metal, wherein said side edges of said shower curtain are magnetically detachably attached to the second elongate portion of the respective angle rod;wherein said shower curtain has a plurality of magnets provided thereon, at least one of said magnets being positioned adjacent one of said side edges of said shower curtain and at least one other of said magnets being positioned adjacent the other of said side edges of said shower curtain for magnetically detachably attaching each side edge to the respective angle rod; andwherein said shower curtain has a plurality of pockets arranged into a pair of rows, one of said rows of pockets being extended along one of said side edges of said shower curtain and the other of said rows of pockets being extended along the other of said side edges of said shower curtain, each pocket having one of said magnets disposed therein, each of said pockets having an open upper end such that said magnet of said respective pocket can be removed and cleaned when necessary.