Shower door assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10327598-B2
Application number	US-201816156179-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2018
Priority date	Dec 12, 2014
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

An elongated member for a shower door assembly includes a protrusion configured to be received within a channel of a header to slidably couple the elongated member to the header. The elongated member is configured to be slid within the channel between a first position to allow for a shower door to be installed onto, or removed from, the header and a second position to substantially impede upright movement of the shower door when the shower door is moved along the header.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An elongated member for a shower door assembly comprising:
a protrusion configured to be received within a channel of a header to slidably couple the elongated member to the header;
wherein the elongated member is configured to be slid within the channel between a first position to allow for a shower door to be installed onto, or removed from, the header and a second position to substantially impede upright movement of the shower door when the shower door is moved along the header.

2. The elongated member of claim 1 , further comprising a bottom wall configured to substantially impede upright movement of the shower door when the shower door is moved along the header.

3. The elongated member of claim 2 , further comprising a leg extending laterally past the bottom wall and configured to substantially impede lateral movement of the shower door.

4. The elongated member of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion has an arcuate shape defined by an arcuate surface.

5. The elongated member of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion has a surface profile that is configured to be complementary to a surface profile of the channel such that the elongated member can be received within and slidably coupled to the channel.

6. The elongated member of claim 1 , wherein the elongated member is a one-piece extrusion.

7. An elongated member for a sliding shower door assembly comprising:
a protrusion configured to be slidably received within a channel of a header to slidably couple the elongated member to the header;
wherein the elongated member is configured to be slid within the channel via the protrusion between a first position to allow for a shower door to be installed onto, or removed from, the header and a second position to substantially impede upright movement of the shower door when the shower door is moved between an open position and a closed position along the header.

8. The elongated member of claim 7 , further comprising a bottom wall configured to substantially impede upright movement of the shower door when the shower door is moved along the header between the open and closed positions.

9. The elongated member of claim 8 , further comprising a leg extending laterally past the bottom wall and configured to substantially impede lateral movement of the shower door.

10. The elongated member of claim 7 , wherein the protrusion has an arcuate shape defined by an arcuate surface.

11. The elongated member of claim 7 , wherein the protrusion has a surface profile that is configured to be complementary to a surface profile of the channel such that the elongated member can be slidably received within and slidably coupled to the channel.

12. The elongated member of claim 7 , wherein the elongated member is a one-piece extrusion.

13. An elongated member for a sliding shower door assembly comprising:
a protrusion configured to be slidably received within a channel of a header to slidably couple the elongated member to the header;
wherein the elongated member is configured to be selectively slid within the channel via the protrusion between a first position to allow for a shower door to be installed onto, or removed from, the header and a second position to substantially impede upright and lateral movement of the shower door when the shower door is moved between an open position and a closed position along the header.

14. The elongated member of claim 13 , further comprising a bottom wall configured to substantially impede upright movement of the shower door when the shower door is moved along the header between the open and closed positions.

15. The elongated member of claim 14 , further comprising a leg extending laterally past the bottom wall and configured to substantially impede lateral movement of the shower door.

16. The elongated member of claim 14 , further comprising a sidewall, wherein the bottom wall extends perpendicularly from a lower portion of the side wall.

17. The elongated member of claim 16 , wherein the protrusion extends outwardly between the sidewall and the bottom wall.

18. The elongated member of claim 13 , wherein the protrusion has an arcuate shape defined by an arcuate surface.

19. The elongated member of claim 13 , wherein the protrusion has a surface profile that is configured to be complementary to a surface profile of the channel such that the elongated member can be slidably received within and slidably coupled to the channel.

20. The elongated member of claim 13 , wherein the elongated member is a one-piece extrusion.

Assignees

• Kohler Co

Inventors

• Ball Matthew
• Johnson Mark

Classifications

• E05Y2201/614

  Anti-derailing means · CPC title

• A47K3/34 Primary

  Slidable screens (A47K3/36 takes precedence) · 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

• E05Y2900/114

  for showers · CPC title