EP2676586A1 - Cabine de douche avec éléments supplémentaires associés - Google Patents

Cabine de douche avec éléments supplémentaires associés Download PDF

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EP2676586A1
EP2676586A1 EP13171531.0A EP13171531A EP2676586A1 EP 2676586 A1 EP2676586 A1 EP 2676586A1 EP 13171531 A EP13171531 A EP 13171531A EP 2676586 A1 EP2676586 A1 EP 2676586A1
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groove
insert
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Alessandro Moretto
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
    • A47K3/281—Accessories for showers or bathing douches, e.g. cleaning devices for walls or floors of showers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/04—Towel racks; Towel rails; Towel rods; Towel rolls, e.g. rotatable
    • A47K10/10—Towel racks; Towel rails; Towel rods; Towel rolls, e.g. rotatable characterised by being mounted on cabinets, walls, doors, or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
    • A47K3/30—Screens or collapsible cabinets for showers or baths
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/06—Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B96/00—Details of cabinets, racks or shelf units not covered by a single one of groups A47B43/00 - A47B95/00; General details of furniture
    • A47B96/14—Bars, uprights, struts, or like supports, for cabinets, brackets, or the like
    • A47B96/1466—Bars, uprights, struts, or like supports, for cabinets, brackets, or the like with longitudinal grooves
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K10/00—Body-drying implements; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/16—Paper towels; Toilet paper; Holders therefor
    • A47K10/18—Holders; Receptacles
    • A47K10/22—Holders; Receptacles for rolled-up webs

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  • the present invention refers to a shower box with associated additional elements, such as for example a wrapper holder, a toilet paper holder, a shelf, a wall board, a clothes horse, a magazine stand, or the like.
  • Document EP 1 428 942 A2 describes a shower box wherein the additional elements are movable along the groove of a post.
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a shower box with associated additional elements wherein the connection among them and the same shower box is flexible, in other words not excessively bound both by the positioning and the kind of additional elements.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a shower box wherein the assembly and disassembly operations of the additional elements are simple and therefore can be easily done.
  • reference number 1 indicates a shower box.
  • shower box 1 defines on one of its inner sides a shower compartment 2, in which an user can have a shower when the shower box 1 is assembled.
  • shower box 1 comprises a main structure 3 defining the above mentioned shower compartment 2.
  • Main structure 3 can have a closed structure, in other words such to define by itself the shower compartment 2, or an open structure, in other words such to define the shower compartment 2 for example with walls of a bathroom, which shower box 1 can be abutted against.
  • the main structure 3 is an open structure, comprising only two sides, adapted therefore to define the shower compartment 2 with one or more walls of the bathroom.
  • the main structure 3 can be differently shaped. According to a possible embodiment, it comprises a frame 4 defining openings 5 on each side. Such openings 5 can be for example provided with transparent panels made of glass or cut-glass, or can be also opaque. At at least one of said openings 5 for example a door for entering shower compartment 2 can be further provided.
  • the main structure 3 can for example comprise cross members 6 and posts 7 connected to each other so that to define the above mentioned openings 5.
  • the shower box 1 comprises one or more additional elements 8 associated to the main structure 3.
  • the additional elements 5 can be arranged on the outer side (in other words on the side opposite to the side where it is made the shower compartment 2, as shown for example in Figure 1 ), and/or on the inner side.
  • additional elements 8 can be of different types.
  • additional elements 8 can comprise:
  • the additional elements 8 are advantageously located in a raised position, in other words, with reference to a normal state of use of the shower box 1, over the shower box base. In this way, besides gaining more volume in the bathroom, the bathroom floor can be easily accessed and therefore the cleaning thereof is simplified.
  • the above mentioned additional elements 8 are associated to the main structure 3 by one or more support members 9 connected to the main structure 2.
  • Such support members 9 can comprise horizontally located cross members or vertically located posts.
  • the support members 9 as posts or cross members extend according to rectilinear extension axes.
  • the support members 9 are in the shape of posts.
  • the support members 9 can be connected to the main structure 3 at its outer side (as shown for example in Figure 1 ) and/or its inner side, facing the shower compartment 2.
  • the shower box 1 comprises suitable means 10 for reciprocally connecting them.
  • such connecting means 10 comprise a fixing member 11 which is coupable to a groove 12 formed in the support members 9.
  • the fixing member 11 is coupable to the groove 12 according to two different arrangements. In a free arrangement, the fixing member 11 is capable of sliding inside the groove 12. Therefore, it is possible to position the fixing member 11 in any position in the groove 12 and therefore in any position relative to the support member 9.
  • the fixing member is instead capable of maintaining a fixed position in groove 12 and therefore with respect to support member 9. Therefore, the fixing member 11 can be positioned, as desired, along the groove 12 and fixed in a desired position.
  • the position of the additional elements 8 is related to the position of the fixing member 11 in the groove 12, consequently in the shower box 1 according to the invention it is possible to position, as desired, the additional elements 8 along the cross members or posts forming support members 9 and fix them in such position.
  • the groove 12 longitudinally extends along the cross members or posts forming the support member 9 and is preferably formed by a cavity, accessible by an user when the support member 9 is connected to the main structure 3.
  • the groove 12 is formed on a face opposite to the face facing the main structure 3 when the support member 9 is connected to the main structure 3 itself.
  • the posts or cross members forming the support member 9 comprise one or more openings 13 for coupling the connecting elements, particularly connecting screws 14 located in the main structure 2 in positions corresponding to the positions of the coupling openings 13 of the support member 9.
  • such coupling openings 13 can be provided in the cross members 6 and/or posts 7 of the main structure 2, and the coupling openings 13 can be provided at opposite ends of the support members 9.
  • the coupling openings 13 are advantageously arranged on the side of the fixing members opposite to the side which the groove 12 is formed in.
  • the coupling openings 13 comprises a first and a second portions 13', 13" having different sizes ( Figure 2 ).
  • the first portion 13' has sizes greater than the second portion 13".
  • the first portion 13' has an extension greater than the one of the connecting screw 14 heads, while the second portion 13" has an extension less than the one of such connecting screws 14 heads.
  • the support member 9 can be connected to the main structure 3 by inserting the connecting screws 14 in coupling openings 13 at the first portion 13' ( Figure 3a ).
  • the support member 9 can be moved with respect to the main structure 3, preferably along the longitudinal extension direction of the same support member 9, so that the connecting screws 14 heads engaging the second portion 13" of the openings 13 are prevented from become loose from the latter ( Figure 3b ).
  • the operation of assembly the support member 9 is therefore simple and does not necessarily require skilled technicians.
  • its cross section (in other words orthogonally to the longitudinal extension axis of the support member 9) has a profile having a first portion 12' and second portions 12" having an extension greater than the first portion 12' ( Figure 4 ).
  • the first and the second portions 12', 12" are relatively arranged so that the second portion 12" is accessible through the first portion 12'.
  • the first portion 12' faces the outer side of the shower box, so that the second portion 12", positioned inside the support member 9, is accessible from the outer side through the first portion 12'.
  • the first and the second portions 12', 12" of the groove 12 have, referring again to the cross-section, a rectangular shape.
  • the cross section of the second portion 12" has a width L and a height H defining a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal extension axis of the groove 12.
  • groove 12 can have a dovetail shape.
  • the fixing member 11 is shaped so that it can take the above mentioned free and fixed arrangements in said groove 12.
  • the fixing member 11 comprises an insert 15 having a first and a second portions 15', 15", wherein the first portion 15' is overlapped with the second portion 15".
  • the first and the second portions 15', 15" of the insert 15 are reciprocally arranged so that the first portion 15' of the insert 15 can be received in the first portion 12' of the groove 12, and the second portion 15" of the insert 15 can be received in the second portion 12" of the groove 12. Therefore, the first portion 15' of the insert 15 has generally dimensions and sizes less than the second portion 15" of the insert 15.
  • the second portion 15" of the insert 15 has an elongated shape, having a longest size D1 and a shortest size D2 ( Figure 5 ).
  • the second portion 15" of insert 15 has further a third size, coinciding with its height, preferably slightly less than the height H of the second portion 12" of the groove 12.
  • the second portion 15" of the insert 15 is substantially shaped as a parallelepiped.
  • the longest size D1 of the second portion 15" of the insert 15 has an extension greater than width L of the second portion 12" of the groove 12, while the shortest size D2 has an extension less than the width L of the second portion 12" of the groove 12. In this way, the insert 15 by rotating in the groove 12 can take the above mentioned free and fixed arrangements.
  • the longest size D1 of the first portion 15' of the insert is perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the groove 12, and therefore the insert 15 is blocked by interference fit in the groove 12 since, as said, the longest size D1 is greater than the width L of the groove 12 ( Figure 5b ).
  • Such position of the insert 15 in the groove forms therefore the above mentioned fixed arrangement.
  • the longest size D1 of the second portion 15" of the insert 15 is approximately aligned with longitudinal extension direction of groove 12 and therefore the insert 15 can freely slide inside the same groove 12 since, as said, the second size D2 is smaller than width L of groove 12 ( Figure 5a ).
  • the insert 15 can be inserted in the groove 12, for example at one of the support member 9 ends, in the second position and can slide to the desired area of groove 12. Once the insert 15 has reached such area, it can be taken to the fixed arrangement by rotating the same inside groove 12.
  • the insert 15 ends 22, extending along the shortest size D2, are radiused ( Figure 5a ).
  • such ends 22 form constant radius arcs connecting the sides of insert 15, extending along longest size D1.
  • the first portion 15' of insert 15 has preferably a cylindrical shape, so that it can rotate without jamming inside the first portion 12' of the groove 12.
  • the first portion 15' of the insert 15 comprises a notch 16 arranged in its upper end, in other words in the area accessible through the first portion 12' of the groove 12 when the insert 15 is positioned inside the groove 12 ( Figures 5a and 5b ).
  • the insert 15 can be easily handled for example by a screwdriver so that it can switch between the fixed arrangement and the free arrangement.
  • the insert 12 comprises a threaded hole 17, preferably extending concentrically to the cylindrical first portion 15' of the insert 15 itself. Threaded hole 17 enables to connect the insert 15, and therefore the support member 9, to the additional elements 8 or to intermediate elements 18 which are in turn connected to such additional elements 8. The connection can be done by suitable connecting screws 19.
  • intermediate elements 18 are supports having a L-shape for positioning, for example, a wallboard or magazine stand, while in Figures 6c-6d intermediate elements 18 have the shape of cramps for abutting shelves.
  • the intermediate elements 18 advantageously comprise a through hole 20 receiving connecting screws 19, which are screwed in the threaded holes 17 of the inserts 15, in the fixed arrangement.
  • the through holes 20 are shaped so that the corresponding heads of the connecting screws 19 are stopped in the through holes 20 in order to prevent the additional elements 19 from becoming loose.
  • additional elements 8 can be fixed to the insert 15, without requiring the provision of the intermediate elements 18.
  • the additional element has the shape of a wrapper holder 8' and is fixed to the insert 15 in the same way as previously described with reference to the L-shape supports in Figures 6a-6b and the cramps of Figures 6c-6d .
  • the additional elements 8 and/or the intermediate members 18 comprise a projecting portion 21 adapted to be inserted in the groove 12, particularly in its first portion 12'.
  • the presence of the projecting portion 21 has further the function of simplifying the assembly operation because it enables to orient according to the correct position the additional elements 8 and/or intermediate members 18 with respect to support members 9.
  • the shower box enables to save space in a small-sized environment since it makes possible to associate additional elements to the main structure of the shower box itself, therefore avoiding to arrange such additional elements in the scarce available space.
  • shower box according to the invention, can be assembled also by unskilled persons.

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US4035097A (en) * 1975-03-21 1977-07-12 Pierre Bachand Knockdown connector and guideway assembly
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AU674401B2 (en) * 1993-04-08 1996-12-19 Michael Ronald Morris A connector for a shopfitting system
CA2259720A1 (fr) * 1999-02-08 1999-04-24 Rousseau Metal Inc. Glissiere de rail pour accessoires
WO2003027403A1 (fr) * 2001-09-21 2003-04-03 Hansgrohe Ag Unite de montage d'installations sanitaires
EP1428942A2 (fr) 2002-12-13 2004-06-16 Hansgrohe AG Support de pomme de douche
US20060191066A1 (en) * 2005-02-23 2006-08-31 Johnson Mark A Shower door storage assembly

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US4035097A (en) * 1975-03-21 1977-07-12 Pierre Bachand Knockdown connector and guideway assembly
JPH044960U (fr) * 1990-04-27 1992-01-17
AU674401B2 (en) * 1993-04-08 1996-12-19 Michael Ronald Morris A connector for a shopfitting system
CA2259720A1 (fr) * 1999-02-08 1999-04-24 Rousseau Metal Inc. Glissiere de rail pour accessoires
WO2003027403A1 (fr) * 2001-09-21 2003-04-03 Hansgrohe Ag Unite de montage d'installations sanitaires
EP1428942A2 (fr) 2002-12-13 2004-06-16 Hansgrohe AG Support de pomme de douche
US20060191066A1 (en) * 2005-02-23 2006-08-31 Johnson Mark A Shower door storage assembly

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