Patent ID: 8869321

Claim:
A wall panel holder for a shower pan having a floor, comprising: a holding body including first and second spaced apart sidewalls defining a holding gap therebetween, the holding gap being sized and shaped to permit a lower portion of a wall panel to be snuggly received therein, the holding gap being located away from a perimeter wall of the shower pan so as to hold the wall panel away from the perimeter wall and to permit water to flow between the perimeter wall and under the lower portion of the wall panel, the perimeter wall being angled downwardly towards the floor, wherein the holding gap has a first gap axis disposed parallel to the perimeter wall and a second gap axis disposed orthogonal to the floor, the wall panel being held in the holding gap orthogonal to the floor along the second gap axis, and further wherein the perimeter wall includes first and second perimeter wall sections, the first perimeter wall section being angled towards the second gap axis, the second perimeter wall section being connected to the first perimeter wall section, the second perimeter wall section being angled downwardly towards the floor.