Shower door assembly display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11058237-B2
Application number	US-201816058244-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2018
Priority date	Jan 29, 2014
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

A retail shower door display assembly is provided with a point-of-sale display unit sized to be received within a retail store aisle. A first array of shower door glass panes is oriented within the display unit. Each shower door glass pane of the first array has a height, a thickness and a width. A second array of shower door glass panes is oriented within the display unit. Each shower door glass pane of the second array has a height, a thickness and a width that is different than the width of the first array of shower door glass panes. An array of shower door tracks is oriented within the display unit. Each shower door track of the array has a common length. An array of towel bars is oriented within the display unit. Each towel bar of the array has a common length.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of installing a shower door assembly comprising:
selecting at least one shower door glass pane from a first array of separately packaged shower door glass panes oriented within a display unit, each shower door glass pane of the first array having a height, a thickness and a width, or from a second array of separately packaged shower door glass panes oriented within the display unit, each shower door glass pane of the second array having a height, a thickness and a width, wherein the width is different than that of the first array of shower door glass panes;
selecting at least one towel bar from a plurality of towel bars oriented within the display unit, each towel bar of the plurality of towel bars having a common length; and
installing the at least one towel bar to the at least one shower door glass pane.

2. A method of installing a shower door assembly comprising:
selecting at least one shower door track from only one array of separately packaged shower door tracks oriented within a display unit, each shower door track of the array having a common length;
installing the at least one shower door track;
selecting at least one shower door glass pane from a first array of separately packaged shower door glass panes oriented within the display unit, each shower door glass pane of the first array having a height, a thickness and a width, or from a second array of separately packaged shower door glass panes oriented within the display unit, each shower door glass pane of the second array having a height, a thickness and a width that is different than the width of the first array of separately packaged shower door glass panes; and
installing the at least one shower door glass pane to the at least one shower door track.

3. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 2 further comprising a step of cutting the at least one track before installing the at least one track.

4. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 2 further comprising selecting the at least one shower door track from one of a plurality of styles in the array of separately packaged shower door tracks.

5. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 2 further comprising selecting the at least one shower door track from one of a plurality of finishes in the array of separately packaged shower door tracks.

6. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 2 wherein the common length of each shower door track is sized for a shower opening of sixty inches.

7. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 2 further comprising selecting the at least one shower door glass pane from one of a plurality of styles in the first array of separately packaged shower door glass panes.

8. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 2 further comprising selecting the at least one shower door glass pane from one of a plurality of styles in the second array of separately packaged shower door glass panes.

9. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 2 wherein the width of the first array of separately packaged shower door glass panes is sized so that a pair of the shower door glass panes span over forty-eight inches.

10. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 2 wherein the width of the second array of separately packaged shower door glass panes is sized so that a pair of the shower door glass panes span over sixty inches.

11. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 2 further comprising:
cutting the at least one track before installing the at least one track;
selecting at least one towel bar from a plurality of separately packaged towel bars oriented within the display unit, each towel bar of the array having a common length;
installing the at least one towel bar into an aperture pattern formed in the at least one shower door glass pane;
selecting the at least one shower door track from one of a plurality of styles in the array of separately packaged shower door tracks;
selecting the at least one shower door track from one of a plurality of finishes in the array of separately packaged shower door tracks;
wherein the common length of each shower door track is sized for a shower opening of sixty inches;
selecting the at least one shower door glass pane from one of a plurality of styles in the first array of separately packaged shower door glass panes;
selecting the at least one shower door glass pane from one of a plurality of styles in the second array of separately packaged shower door glass panes;
wherein the width of the first array of separately packaged shower door glass panes is sized so that a pair of the shower door glass panes span over forty-eight inches;
wherein the width of the second array of separately packaged shower door glass panes is sized so that a pair of the shower door glass panes span over sixty inches;
wherein each shower door glass pane of the first array has a common aperture mounting pattern;
wherein each shower door glass pane of the second array has a common aperture mounting pattern with the aperture mounting pattern of the first array; and
wherein the common length of each towel bar is sized to be mounted to the common aperture mounting pattern of the first array of shower door glass panes and the second array of shower door glass panes.

12. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 2 further comprising selecting at least one towel bar from a plurality of separately packaged towel bars oriented within the display unit, each towel bar of the plurality of separately packaged towel bars having a common length; and
installing the at least one towel bar into the at least one shower door glass pane.

13. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 12 further comprising installing the at least one towel bar into an aperture pattern formed in the at least one shower door glass pane.

14. The method of installing a shower door assembly of claim 12 wherein each shower door glass pane of the first array has a common aperture mounting pattern;
wherein each shower door glass pane of the second array has a common aperture mounting pattern with the aperture mounting pattern of the first array; and
wherein the common length of each towel bar is sized to be mounted to the common aperture mounting pattern of the first array of shower door glass panes and the second array of shower door glass panes.

15. A method of displaying shower door assembly components at retail, the method comprising:
displaying only one array of separately packaged shower door tracks for sliding shower door assemblies of varying styles and finishes, oriented within a display unit, each shower door track of the array having a common length for a shower opening of sixty inches;
displaying a first array of separately packaged shower door glass panes of varying styles oriented within the display unit, each shower door glass pane of the first array having a height, a thickness and a width sized so that a pair of the shower door glass panes of the first array have a combined width spanning over forty-eight inches, each shower door glass pane of the first array having a common aperture mounting pattern;
displaying a second array of separately packaged shower door glass panes of varying styles oriented within the display unit, each shower door glass pane of the second array having a height, a thickness and a width sized so that a pair of the shower door glass panes of the second array have a combined width spanning over sixty inches, each shower door glass pane of the second array having a co

Assignees

• Liberty Hardware Mfg Corp

Inventors

• Austin Iii James Allen
• Klein Matthew
• Boehnen Patrick
• Hawkins Laura

Classifications

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• A47F7/0042 Primary

  for flat articles, e.g. panels, tiles (A47F7/0014, A47F7/14, A47F7/16 take precedence) · CPC title