US3378857A

US3378857A - Stall shower

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Publication number: US3378857A
Application number: US648651A
Authority: US
Inventors: Arsene N Lucian
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1967-06-26
Filing date: 1967-06-26
Publication date: 1968-04-23
Anticipated expiration: 1985-04-23

Description

April 23, 1968 A. N. LUCIAN 3,373,357

STALL SHOWER Filed June 26, 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIGB INVENTOR ARSENE- N. LUU

ATifiRNEY April 3, 1968 A. N. LUCIAN 3,378,857

STALL SHOWER Filed June 26, 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIGS INVENTOR ARSENE N .LU CIAN A RNEY United States Patent 3,378,857 STALL SHOWER Arsene N. Lucian, P.0. Box 300, Manasquan, NJ. 08736 Filed June 26, 1967, Ser. No. 648,651

7 Claims. (Cl. 4-146) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The present invention relates to baths, and more particularly to an improved stall shower. A stall shower wherein spnays of water are directed upwardly against a person in the shower from a pipe on a ledge at the floor of the shower, and mechanism is provided for moving the pipe to vary the angle at which the sprays are directed against the person.

Background of the invention A conventional shower head sprays water only from above and does not direct the water onto all parts of the persons body whereby it is difiicult to rinse the armpits and the crotch. Also, the scalp and hair are wetted unless a shower cap is worn.

Summary of the invention Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a stall shower wherein sprays of water are directed upwardly against a person in the shower at varying angles Another object is to provide such a stall shower which may be either rectangular or circular.

A further object is to provide such a stall shower which is simple, practical and economical.

Other and further objects of the invention will be obvious upon an understanding of the illustrative embodiment about to be described, or will be indicated in the appended claims, and various advantages not referred to herein occur to one skilled in the art upon employment of the invention in practice.

In accordance with the present invention, the foregoing objects are generally accomplished by a stall shower which comprises a floor, wall means having an entrance, a ledge on the floor adjacent the wall means, a pipe having apertures therein for directing sprays of water upwardly and away from the ledge, the pipe having an open end and a closed end, means for movably mounting the pipe on the ledge to vary the angle at which the sprays of water are directed upwardly, a conduit for supplying water, coupling means connecting the open end of the pipe to the conduit to permit the pipe to turn with respect to the conduit, and means for effecting movement.

of the pipe to vary the angle at which water is sprayed.

Brief description of the drawings In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a stall shower in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the lower portion of the stall shower at one side thereof with certain structure omitted.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-3 on FIG. 2 illustrating a coupling.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4-4 on FIG. 1 illustrating one form of control mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view illustrating another manner of mounting the spray pipe.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view illustrating still another manner of mounting the spray pipe.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a circular stall shower.

Patented Apr. 23, 1968 ice FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line 8--8 on FIG. 7

Description of the preferred embodiments Referring now to FIGS. 1 to 4 of the drawings in detail, there .is shown a stall shower which generally comprises a floor 10, three

walls

11, 12 and 13 forming an entrance provided with a door (not shown), a ledge 14 on the floor adjacent the walls, hot and cold water controls 15 on the wall 11, a drain 16, and shower apparatus generally indicated by the reference numeral 17 and about to be described in detail.

The shower apparatus 17 includes a pipe 18 on the portion of the ledge 14 adjacent the wall 11 having apertures 19 therein for directing sprays of Water upwardly and away from the ledge. The pipe has a closed end 20 and has an open end 21 connected by a coupling 22 to a pipe or conduit 24 for supplying water.

The pipe 18 is rotatably mounted on the ledge 14 by straps 25 and preferably extends partially into a groove 26 formed in the upper surface of the ledge which serves as a bearing for the pipe. The coupling 22 (FIG. 3) rotatably connects the pipe 18 to the conduit 24- so that the pipe 18 can be turned about its longitudinal axis to vary the angle at which the sprays of water are directed upwardly.

Turning of the pipe 18 from a remote location readily accessible to a person in the stall shower is effected by any suitable mechanism. One form of such mechanism 27 is shown in FIG. 4 and comprises a vertical guideway 28 on the wall 11, a bar 29 slidably mounted in the guideway having a gear rack portion 36 at its lower end and a manually engageable knob .31 at its upper end, a gear segment 32 secured to the pipe 18 by a rod 34, and a gear 35 rotatably mounted on the wall 11 by a bracket (not shown) and in mesh with the rack and the segment.

The pipe 18 in the position shown in FIG. 4 directs sprays of water at about the knees of the person in the stall shower. By pulling the bar 29 upwardly, the rack turns the gear and the gear turns the segment 32 so that the sprays of water are directed upwardly at a greater angle which can be selected by the bather.

In FIG. 5, another arrangement is shown for turning the pipe 18 to vary the angle of the sprays of water. This arrangement comprises a resilient bendable strip 36 secured in a groove 37 formed in the ledge 14, a lever 38 on the pipe 18, and a flexible shaft or rod 39 for rocking the lever 38 to turn the pipe 13. The rod or shaft 39 has a manually operable knob at its upper end (not shown). The open end of the pipe 18 preferably is connected to the water supply pipe by a section of flexible tubing (not shown).

In FIG. 6, an arrangement is shown which is similar to that shown in FIG. 5, except that the ledge portion 14 at the wall 11 is formed of a material which enables a strip portion 36 formed integral therewith to be bent.

In FIGS. 7 and 8, the present invention is illustrated as applied to a circular stall shower which comprises a floor 10, a circular wall 40 having an entrance 41 provided with a sliding door (not shown), a generally circular ledge 42, and shower apparatus 44 on the ledge opposite the entrance.

The shower apparatus 44 comprises a pipe 45 having an arcuate middle section 46 formed with spray directing apertures 47 and having cylindrical longitudinally

end sections

48 and 49, the end section 48 being closed and the end section 49 being open, a water supply conduit 24 connected by a coupling 22 to the open end section 49, bearing structure 50 in the wall 40 for rotatably 3 mounting the

end sections

48 and 49, and an upright rod 51 secured to the end section 49.

When the rod 51 is tilted towards the right as viewed in FIG. 8, the middle section 46 of the pipe 45 is swung upwardly to vary the angle at which the sprays of water are directed upwardly.

In the arrangement shown in FIG. 7 and 8, the apertures 47 are formed in the pipe section 46 to direct the sprays of water towards the head of the bather when the pipe section 46 is resting on the ledge 42. Upon swinging the pipe section 46 upwardly, the sprays of Water are directed onto lower portions of the bathers body.

Preferably, the middle pipe sections has a circular extent of at least 90, but may have a circular extent of as high as 270, that is, from one side to the other side of the entrance. Such a spray pipe surrounds about three quarters of the body of the bather.

In the embodiments of the present invention just described, one or more rows of apertures may be provided in the spray pipe to direct sprays of water at different elevations of the bathers body.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the present invention provides an improved stall shower which directs sprays of water upwardly at various angles under the control of the bather.

As various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts herein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and without sacrificing any of its advantages, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in any limiting sense.

I claim:

1. A stall shower comprising a floor, wall means having an entrance, a pipe having apertures therein for directing sprays of water therefrom, said pipe having an open end and a closed end, means for movably mounting said pipe adjacent said floor and said wall means to vary the angle at which the sprays of water are directed upwardly, a conduit for supplying water, coupling means connecting the open end of said pipe to said conduit to permit said pipe to turn with respect to said conduit, and means for effecting movement of said pipe to vary the angle at which water is sprayed.

2. A stall shower according to claim 1, including a ledge on said floor adjacent said wall means, said pipe being mounted on said ledge.

3. A stall shower according to claim 2, wherein said ledge has a groove on the upper surface thereof, and said pipe extends partially into said groove.

4. A stall shower according to claim 3, wherein said groove and said pipe are straight, and said pipe rests in said groove and is rotatably mounted in said groove by said mounting means.

5. A stall shower according to claim 2, wherein said ledge is generally circular, said pipe has a middle arcuate section and has cylindrical end sections, and said mounting means are constructed and arranged to rotatably mount said end sections.

6. A stall shower according to claim 2, wherein said mounting means includes a bendable resilient element connecting said pipe to said ledge for turning movement on said ledge.

7. A stall shower according to claim 1, wherein said movement effecting means include mechanism for converting linear movement into turning movement, and include a manually engageable element at a level on said wall means accessible to a person standing in the shower for effecting linear movement.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,100,186 11/1937 Hagopian 4--150 2,654,894 10/1953 Van Dijck 4-182 2,956,565 10/1960 Anderson 4182 3,251,071 5/1966 Wood 4-180 FOREIGN PATENTS 882,798 11/1961 Great Britain. 1,019,619 2/1966 Great Britain.

324,886 10/1902 France.

LAVERNE D. GEIGER, Primary Examiner.

H. K. ARTIS, Assistant Examiner.