Shower door assembly display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12144441-B2
Application number	US-202117344050-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2021
Priority date	Jan 29, 2014
Publication date	Nov 19, 2024
Grant date	Nov 19, 2024

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 shower door retail comprising:
a first array of separately packaged shower door glass panes, each shower door glass pane of the first array having a height, a thickness, and a width for a first shower door opening;
a second array of separately packaged shower door glass panes, each shower door glass pane of the second array having a height, a thickness, and a width for a second shower door opening that is different than the width of the first array of shower door glass panes; and
an array of shower door tracks, each shower door track of the array sized for a shower door opening that is the larger of the first shower door opening and the second shower door opening, wherein each shower door track of the array of shower door tracks is packaged separately from the first array of separately packaged shower door glass panes, and wherein each shower door track of the array of shower door tracks is packaged separately from the second array of separately packaged shower door glass panes.

2. The shower door retail of claim 1 wherein the width of the second array of shower door glass panes is greater than the width of the first array of shower door glass panes; and
wherein each shower door track of the array of shower door tracks is sized for the second shower door opening.

3. The shower door retail of claim 2 wherein the array of shower door tracks is adapted to be shortened to correspond to the first shower door opening.

4. The shower door retail of claim 2 wherein the first array of shower door glass panes is sized to span a forty-eight inch shower door opening.

5. The shower door retail of claim 2 wherein the second array of shower door glass panes are sized to span a sixty inch shower door opening.

6. The shower door retail of claim 1 wherein a length of each of the array of shower door tracks is greater than forty-eight inches.

7. The shower door retail of claim 1 wherein a length of each of the array of shower door tracks is sized for a sixty inch shower door opening.

8. The shower door retail of claim 2 further comprising an array of towel bars, each towel bar of the array having a common mounting pattern.

9. The shower door retail of claim 8 wherein the array of towel bars is packaged separately from the array of shower door tracks.

10. The shower door retail of claim 9 wherein the first and second arrays of shower door glass panes, the array of shower door tracks, and the array of towel bars are oriented sequentially for user selection of a shower door glass pane first, a shower door track second, and subsequently a towel bar.

11. The shower door retail of claim 10 further comprising signage to explain a sequence for a customer to select components.

12. The shower door retail of claim 1 wherein an aperture pattern is formed in each of the first array of shower door glass panes to mount a towel bar to the aperture pattern.

13. The shower door retail of claim 12 wherein an aperture pattern is formed in each of the second array of shower door glass panes to mount a towel bar to the aperture pattern.

14. The shower door retail of claim 13 wherein the aperture pattern formed in the first array of shower door glass panes corresponds to the aperture pattern formed in the second array of shower door glass panes.

15. The shower door retail of claim 14 further comprising an array of towel bars, each towel bar of the array having a mounting pattern to mount to the aperture pattern of the first and second arrays of shower door glass panes.

16. The shower door retail of claim 1 , wherein the shower door glass panes of the first array are separately packaged by presenting the shower door glass panes of the first array in an upright orientation in a display unit; and
wherein the shower door glass panes of the second array are separately packaged by presenting the shower door glass panes of the second array in an upright orientation in the display unit.

17. The shower door retail of claim 16 , further comprising an array of towel bars;
wherein towel bars of the array each have a common length and a common mounting structure;
wherein the shower door glass panes of the first array and the shower door glass panes of the second array each have a common aperture pattern; and
wherein the common mounting structure is corresponding to the common aperture pattern.

18. The shower door retail of claim 17 further comprising signage having indicia for a sequenced selection from among the shower door glass panes of the first array, the shower door glass panes of the second array, the array of shower door tracks, and the array of towel bars.

19. A shower door assembly display system comprising the shower door retail of claim 1 , and further comprising:
a third array of shower door glass panes presented in an upright orientation in the display system and sized for a third shower door opening having a third width and a third height;
a fourth array of shower door glass panes presented in an upright orientation in the display system and sized for a fourth shower door opening;
a second array of shower door tracks presented in the display system sized for the third shower door opening;
a third array of shower door tracks presented in the display system sized for the fourth shower door opening;
an array of towel bars and/or pull handles presented in the display system having a common length and a common mounting structure, wherein at least the third array of shower door glass panes and the fourth array of shower door glass panes have a common aperture pattern corresponding to the common mounting structure; and
signage indicating configuring a shower door assembly by selecting from among any of the first array of shower door glass panes, the second array of shower door glass panes, the third array of shower door glass panes and the fourth array of shower door glass panes, the array of shower door tracks, the second array of shower door tracks, the third array of shower door tracks, and the array of towel bars and/or pull handles.

20. The shower door assembly display system of claim 19 , wherein the third array of shower door glass panes and the fourth array of shower door glass panes comprise a plurality of glass design styles.

21. The shower door assembly display system of claim 20 , wherein the second array of shower door tracks and the third array of shower door tracks comprise a plurality of material finishes and a plurality of design styles; and
wherein the array of towel bars and/or pull handles comprises a plurality of material finishes and a plurality of design styles.

22. The shower door assembly display system of claim 21 wherein the third width is approximately 48 inches.

23. The shower door assembly display system of claim 22 wherein the third shower door opening is a tub shower door opening.

24. The shower door assembly display system of claim 23 wherein the fourth shower door opening is a sliding shower door opening without a tub.

25. The shower door assembly display system of claim 21 wherein the third width is approximately 60 inches.

26. The shower door assembly display system of claim 25 wherein the third shower door opening is a tub shower door opening.

27. The shower door assembly display system of claim 26 wherein the fourth shower door opening is a sliding shower door opening without a tub.

28. A shower door retail c

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