Shower door assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10123660-B2
Application number	US-201514966657-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2015
Priority date	Dec 12, 2014
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

A shower door assembly includes a header, a door, and an elongated member. The header includes a track and a channel disposed above the track. The door is in moving engagement with the track. The elongated member is received within and slidably coupled to the channel and is configured to be moved within the channel between a first position to allow for removal of the door from the track, and a second position to substantially impede upright movement of the door when the door is moved along the track between an open and a closed position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shower door assembly comprising:
a header including a track and a channel disposed above the track;
a door in moving engagement with the track; and
an elongated member received within and slidably coupled to the channel and configured to be slid within the channel between a first position to allow for removal of the door from the track and a second position to substantially impede upright movement of the door when the door is moved along the track between an open and a closed position.

2. The shower door assembly of claim 1 , wherein the door includes a plurality of rolling members in rolling engagement with the track, wherein when the elongated member is at the first position, a gap is created within the header between the track and the channel to allow for removal of the plurality of rolling members from the track.

3. The shower door assembly of claim 2 , wherein when the elongated member is at the second position, at least one of the plurality of rolling members located nearest the center of the header is substantially constrained by the elongated member to prevent the at least one of the plurality of rolling members from jumping off of the track when the door is moved along the track.

4. The shower door assembly of claim 1 , wherein the elongated member is further configured to substantially impede lateral movement of the door when the elongated member is at the second position.

5. The shower door assembly of claim 1 , wherein the elongated member has a length that is less than half of an overall length of the header.

6. The shower door assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first position is located at an end of the header, and wherein the second position is located at a middle portion of the header.

7. The shower door assembly of claim 1 , wherein the channel is located near and upper inside corner of the header.

8. A shower assembly comprising:
a header including a track and a channel disposed above the track; and
an elongated member received within and slidably coupled to the channel and configured to be slid within the channel between a first position to allow for installation or removal of a door to or from the track and a second position to substantially impede upright movement of the door while the door is in moving engagement with the track;
wherein the first position is located at an end of the header, and wherein the second position is located at a middle portion of the header.

9. The shower assembly of claim 8 , wherein the elongated member is further configured to substantially impede lateral movement of the door when the elongated member is at the second position.

10. The shower assembly of claim 8 , wherein the elongated member has a length that is less than half of an overall length of the header.

11. The shower assembly of claim 8 , further comprising a door in moving engagement with the track.

12. The shower assembly of claim 11 , wherein the door includes a plurality of rolling members in rolling engagement with the track, wherein when the elongated member is at the first position, a gap is created within the header between the track and the channel to allow for removal of the plurality of rolling members from the track.

13. The shower assembly of claim 12 , wherein when the elongated member is at the second position, at least one of the plurality of rolling members located nearest the center of the header is substantially constrained by the elongated member to prevent the at least one of the plurality of rolling members from jumping off of the track when the door is moved along the track.

14. A shower door assembly comprising:
a header including a track and a channel located above the track;
a door in moving engagement with the track; and
an elongated member received within and slidably coupled to the channel and configured to be moved within the channel between an end of the header to allow for installation or removal of the door to or from the track and a middle portion of the header to substantially impede upright movement of the door while the door is being moved along the track between an open and a closed position.

15. The shower door assembly of claim 14 , wherein the door includes a plurality of rolling members in rolling engagement with the track, and wherein when the elongated member is at the end of the header, a gap is created within the header between the track and the channel to allow for removal of the plurality of rolling members from the track.

16. The shower door assembly of claim 15 , wherein when the elongated member is at the middle portion of the header, at least one of the plurality of rolling members located nearest the center of the header is substantially constrained by the elongated member to prevent the at least one of the plurality of rolling members from jumping off of the track when the door is moved along the track.

17. The shower door assembly of claim 14 , wherein the elongated member is further configured to substantially impede lateral movement of the door when the elongated member is at the middle portion of the header.

18. The shower door assembly of claim 14 , wherein the elongated member has a length that is less than half of an overall length of the header.

19. The shower door assembly of claim 14 , wherein the channel is located near an upper inside corner of the header.

20. The shower door assembly of claim 14 , wherein the elongated member is configured to be slid within the channel.

Assignees

• Kohler Co

Inventors

• Ball Matthew
• Johnson Mark

Classifications

• E05D15/08

  consisting of two or more independent parts movable each in its own guides · CPC title

• A47K3/34 Primary

  Slidable screens (A47K3/36 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E05Y2900/114

  for showers · CPC title

• E05D15/063

  on wheels with fixed axis · CPC title

• E05D15/0652

  Tracks (E05D15/063 - E05D15/0647 and E05D15/0656 take precedence) · CPC title