Patent ID: 6857140

Claim:
A device for temporarily expanding available space defined by a shower curtain within a shower area of a bathtub including a side wall, said device comprising: a space expanding member including a first elongate planar portion for, in use, resting on an upper surface of the side wall of the bathtub, a second elongate planar portion affixed to one edge of said first portion for, in use, extending downwardly from said first portion adjacent an inner side surface of the side wall and a third elongate planar portion affixed to an opposite edge of said first portion for, in use, extending upwardly from said first portion away from the upper surface of the side wall so that, in use, the third portion holds a portion of the shower curtain in a position spaced away from the interior of the bathtub, with a lower portion of the shower curtain being captured between the first portion of the member and the upper surface of the side wall of the bathtub and between the second portion of the member and said inner side surface of the side wall of the bathtub.