Patent ID: 6178571
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A barrier free shower enclosure system having a barrier free threshold, comprising:a. a base member having a barrier free threshold formed therein, said barrier free threshold extending along one side of said base member, said base member having a plurality of channels which are formed in said base member and immediately adjacent to barrier free threshold, each of said plurality of channels formed generally parallel to a front side of said barrier free threshold;b. a drain sump which is formed in said base member; andc. a continuously weighted shower curtain, said continuously weighted shower curtain comprising a curtain having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion of said curtain having therein a multiplicity of attachment devices, the lower portion having extending across substantially the entire width thereof, a weighting mechanism, said weighting mechanism comprising a continuous and flexible length of a weighting material sufficient to hold the curtain in a vertically extended position, and being of a length sufficient to extend substantially across the entire width of the lower portion of the curtain near a lower edge thereof, and wherein said lower portion of said curtain is positioned generally parallel to and above said barrier free threshold.