Patent ID: 7222376

Claim:
A shower rod and bracket apparatus comprising: a bowed rod having a substantially elliptical cross section; a substantially semi-capsular wall bracket comprising: a substantially semi-cylindrical middle section; and a cutout in the middle section having a height between one quarter and one half the height of the bracket; and a swivel comprising: a substantially cylindrical vertical member longer than the height of the bracket cutout of a diameter selected to fit completely within the bracket middle section; and a substantially elliptical horizontal member secured perpendicularly to the vertical member on a first end and sized to receive the rod in an overlapping fit on a second end, whereby the swivel vertical member can be assembled into the bracket with the swivel horizontal member protruding through the bracket cutout, and the elliptical rod can come into communication with the swivel horizontal member, thereby assembling the shower rod and bracket apparatus.