A roll-up shower curtain for a bathtub and shower enclosure is provided and consists of an elongated casing, which carries a roller shaft, secured between the end walls of the shower enclosure by adjustable retainer members on the sides of the casing. A shower curtain can be readily raised and lowered on the roller shaft by manually operating the roller shaft. When the shower curtain is completely lowered it can slide within a recessed track in the roller shaft to be pushed to one side.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The instant invention relates generally to enclosure devices and more 
specifically it relates to a roll-up shower curtain. 
Numerous enclosure devices have been provided in the prior art that are 
adapted to cover and protect particular areas in a building, such as 
showers and baths or the like. 
For example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 580,697 to Kraemer; 1,824,673 to Lee; 1,898,233 
to Woods; 1,968,719 to Smurr; 2,120,155 to Shera; 2,481,397 to Dalton, 
Jr.; 2,756,438 to Soberman; 2,776,439 to Rondinelli, 2,840,827 to Calvano; 
2,914,775 to Kauffman; 3,050,742 to Munson; 3,110,343 to Guffan; 3,222,689 
to Efron et al; 3,582,998 to Morse; 3,747,132 to Foster; 3,952,337 to 
Hansow; 3,965,960 to Massey; 4,068,816 to Anderson and 4,122,559 to Kelly 
all are illustrative of such prior art. While these units may be suitable 
for the particular purpose to which they address, they would not be as 
suitable for the purpose of the present invention as hereafter described. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
A primary object of the present invention is to provide a roll-up shower 
curtain that will overcome the shortcomings of the prior art devices. 
Another object is to provide a roll-up shower curtain which can be readily 
raised and lowered by manually operating a roller shaft and when the 
shower curtain is completely lowered it can slide within a track in the 
roller shaft to be pushed to one side. 
An additional object is to provide a roll-up shower curtain that includes 
an elongated casing, which carries the roller shaft, secured between the 
end walls of a bathtub and shower enclosing by adjustable retainer members 
on the sides of the casing to cause axial compression forces through the 
casing. 
A further object is to provide a roll-up shower curtain that is simple and 
easy to use. 
A still further object is to provide a roll-up shower curtain that is 
economical in cost to manufacture. 
Further objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds. 
To the accomplishment of the above and related objects, this invention may 
be embodied in the form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 
attention being called to the fact, however, that the drawings are 
illustrative only and that changes may be made in the specific 
construction illustrated and described within the scope of the appended 
claims.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which like reference 
characters denote like elements throughout the several views, the Figures 
illustrate a roll-up shower curtain 10 for a bathtub 12 and shower 
enclosure 14 having opposite end walls 16. The invention consists of an 
elongated rectangular casing 18 having an opening 20 along the bottom 
thereof and a pair of side panels 22. A mechanism 24 is for mounting the 
side panels 22 of the casing 18 to the end walls 16. A roller shaft 26 is 
rotatively mounted between the side panels 22 of the casing 18, while a 
generally rectangular shower curtain 28 is retained along its upper edge 
30 to the roller shaft 26. A mechanism 32 is for manually rotating the 
roller shaft 26 so that when the roller shaft is rotated, the shower 
curtain 28 will roll upon the roller shaft 26 in one direction and unroll 
down from the roller shaft in an opposite direction. A mechanism 34 is for 
allowing the upper edge 30 of the shower curtain 28 to slide along the 
roller shaft 26 when the shower curtain 28 is completely unrolled down so 
as to be pushed to one side. 
The mounting mechanism 24 is a pair of adjustable retainer members 36 each 
affixed to one of the side panels 22 of the casing 18. When the retainer 
members 36 are extended they will bear against each respective end wall 16 
of the shower enclosure 14 to cause axial compression forces through the 
casing 18. A removable decorative member 54 is mounted on the front of the 
casing 18, as best seen in FIG. 6. 
The manually rotating mechanism 32 includes the roller shaft 26 having an 
annular sprocket groove 38 formed about the circumference in one side 
thereof. A continuous elongated operating chain 40 extends about the 
annular sprocket groove 38. When a person pulls on one side of the 
operating chain 40 it will engage with and turn the annular sprocket 
groove 38 thus rotating the roller shaft 26. 
The slide mechanism 34 includes the roller shaft 26 having an elongated 
recessed track 42. A sleeve 44 having an elongated slot 46 fits upon the 
roller shaft 26 so that the slot 46 will line up with the recessed track 
42. A plurality of hangers 48 are provided with each having an enlarged 
head 50. The hangers 48 are spaced apart and affixed to the upper edge 30 
of the shower curtain 28 with the heads 50 of the hangers 48 riding 
between the recessed track 42 in the roller shaft 26 and the slot 46 in 
the sleeve 44. 
A plurality of magnets 52 are spaced apart and connected to the bottom of 
the shower curtain 28 so that the bottom of the shower curtain 28 will be 
retained against the inside of the bathtub 12 to prevent water leakage 
therefrom. 
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and 
described and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it will be understood 
that various omissions, substitutions and changes in the forms and details 
of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those 
skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.