Patent ID: 8046849

Claim:
A shower heated by solar energy, comprising: a platform having a lateral perimeter and comprising a base and a top, to which platform a piping is connected, said piping being connectable to a water supply; a tubular body extending from the top of the platform to a shower head, the tubular body defining within the tubular body a cold water passageway and a hot water passageway; the platform having internally thereof a plurality of conduits for retaining water, which plurality of conduits is exposable to solar rays to heat water therewithin, wherein a cold water conduit extends from adjacent the perimeter of the platform and beneath the plurality of conduits to a first location beneath the top of the platform and then extends substantially vertically via a first tract and connects to the cold water passageway in the tubular body for guiding cold water to the head, wherein said plurality of conduits comprises a substantially spiral-developing second tract which receives cold water adjacent the perimeter of the platform and guides said water to the top of the platform where the second tract connects to the hot water passageway in the tubular body for guiding hot water to the head.