A47K2003/365

FOLDING SHOWER STALLS
20230146252 · 2023-05-11 ·

Described herein are examples of devices which include a folding shower stall including a shower pan, a shower wall and optionally a shower curtain enclosure. The shower pan includes a drain wall and drain slots configured to drain wastewater from the folding shower stall. A shower pan support disposed on a shower pan outer surface and configured to angle the shower pan directing wastewater backwards towards the drain. The shower wall including apertures configured to receive plumbing infrastructure to receive shower components including a shower head a mixer. The shower pan and the shower wall are pivotally connected via a hinge configured to allow the shower pan to rotate upward toward the shower wall to close and downward to be in an open position.

Shower door hinge mechanism

A shower door hinge mechanism (201) for a half-height shower door, operable to lift the shower door (203) to remove any contact between the bottom seal element (209) and the shower floor area (203). The hinge mechanism (201) comprises first and second co-operable hinge parts (204, 205) mountable to a shower door (203), and a manually-operable element (206) engageable with at least one of the first and second parts (204, 205) such that operating the manually-operable element (206) causes one of the first and second parts (204, 205) to be moved into a raised position relative to the other. Shower door apparatus (202) comprising the hinge mechanism (201), and a shower door installation (301) comprising the shower door apparatus (202). A method of enabling a shower door (203) to be lifted to enable rotation of the shower door (203) free of contact with the shower area floor.

Folding shower stalls
12082755 · 2024-09-10 ·

Described herein are examples of devices which include a folding shower stall including a shower pan, a shower wall and optionally a shower curtain enclosure. The shower pan includes a drain wall and drain slots configured to drain wastewater from the folding shower stall. A shower pan support disposed on a shower pan outer surface and configured to angle the shower pan directing wastewater backwards towards the drain. The shower wall including apertures configured to receive plumbing infrastructure to receive shower components including a shower head a mixer. The shower pan and the shower wall are pivotally connected via a hinge configured to allow the shower pan to rotate upward toward the shower wall to close and downward to be in an open position.

SHOWER DOOR HINGE MECHANISM
20170183900 · 2017-06-29 ·

A shower door hinge mechanism (201) for a half-height shower door, operable to lift the shower door (203) to remove any contact between the bottom seal element (209) and the shower floor area (203). The hinge mechanism (201) comprises first and second co-operable hinge parts (204, 205) mountable to a shower door (203), and a manually-operable element (206) engageable with at least one of the first and second parts (204, 205) such that operating the manually-operable element (206) causes one of the first and second parts (204, 205) to be moved into a raised position relative to the other. Shower door apparatus (202) comprising the hinge mechanism (201), and a shower door installation (301) comprising the shower door apparatus (202). A method of enabling a shower door (203) to be lifted to enable rotation of the shower door (203) free of contact with the shower area floor.