Patent ID: 7448096

Claim:
A shower arrangement fixed in a shower room having at least one wall bordering a showering area, and a supply of water at said wall, a fitting housing affixed to said wall at an operating height and coupled to the supply of water at the wall, wherein said fitting housing has an operating element that controls the supply of water to a continuous hollow section of the shower arrangement, the continuous hollow section consisting of two parallel pipe legs and a cross-member, a first pipe leg of said two parallel pipe legs being permanently affixed with respect to the wall and extending upwardly from the fitting housing parallel to a plane of the wall, wherein the first pipe leg is coupled directly to said fitting housing so as to carry water from the fitting housing to the shower arrangement, a second pipe leg of said two parallel pipe legs being spaced from the first pipe leg and extending upwardly, the second pipe leg being parallel to the first pipe leg so that both said pipe legs lie in a plane, and the second pipe leg is adapted to be affixed to a wall, the cross-member connecting top ends of the first and second pipe legs so as to carry water from the fitting housing to the second pipe leg, the first and second pipe legs with the cross member forming an arced hollow section extending for a distance around the showering area, wherein the cross-member couples to the fitting housing through the first pipe leg, and wherein at least one nozzle is coupled to the arced hollow section and directs water from the fitting housing into the showering area.