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The disclosure and prior art relates to shower rod devices and more particularly pertains to a new shower rod device for illuminating a shower.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tube that may be extended between opposing walls of a shower. A lighting unit is coupled to the tube. The lighting unit emits light outwardly from the tube. Thus, the shower is illuminated.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The tube 12 has a first end 18, a second end 20 and an outer wall 22 extending therebetween. The second end 20 is open and the outer wall 22 has an inner surface 24. Moreover, the tube 12 comprises a first half 26 slidably coupled to a second half 28. Thus, the tube 12 has a telescopically adjustable length. A first foot 30 is coupled to the first end 18. The first foot 30 frictionally engages an associated one of the opposing walls 14 of the shower 16.
A cap 32 is provided that has a primary end 34, a secondary end 36 and an outside wall 38 extending therebetween. The outside wall 38 is continuous such that the cap 32 has a cylindrical shape. Moreover, the outside wall 38 is threaded adjacent to the primary end 34. The outside wall 38 threadably engages the inner surface 24 of the tube 12 such that the cap 32 is removably coupled to the second end 20. A second foot 40 is coupled to the secondary end 36. The second foot 40 frictionally engages an associated one of the opposing walls 14 of the shower 16.
A lighting unit 42 is provided. The lighting unit 42 is coupled to the tube 12. The lighting unit 42 emits light outwardly from the tube 12. Thus, the shower 16 is illuminated in the absence of existing lighting.
The lighting unit 42 comprises a plurality of light emitters 44. Each of the light emitters 44 is coupled to the outer wall 22 of the tube 12. The light emitters 44 are spaced apart from each other and distributed between the first end 18 and the second end 20 of the tube 12. Each of the light emitters 44 may be an LED or the like.
A first conductor 46 is electrically coupled between each of the light emitters 44 corresponding to the first half 26 of the tube 12. The first conductor 46 is positioned within the tube 12. A second conductor 48 is electrically coupled between each of the light emitters 44 corresponding to the second half 28 of the tube 12. The second conductor 48 is positioned within the tube 12.
A third conductor 50 is provided. The third conductor 50 is electrically coupled between the first conductor 46 and the second conductor 48. The third conductor 50 is coiled up within the tube 12 when the tube 12 is positioned in a retracted position. The third conductor 50 is stretched between the first conductor 46 and the second conductor 48 when the tube 12 is positioned in an extended position.
A plurality of first contacts 52 is provided. Each of the first contacts 52 is coupled to the primary end 34 of the cap 32. A switch 54 is coupled to the outside wall 38 of the cap 32 and the switch 54 may be manipulated. The switch 54 is electrically coupled to each of the plurality of first contacts 52. A plurality of second contacts 56 is provided and each of the second contacts 56 is positioned within the tube 12. The first conductor 46 is electrically coupled to each of the second contacts 56.
A power supply 58 is provided. The power supply 58 is removably positioned within the second end 20 of the tube 12. The power supply 58 is placed in electrical communication between each of the first contacts 52 and each of the second contacts 56 when the cap 32 is coupled to the tube 12. Thus, the switch 54 turns each of the light emitters 44 on and off. The power supply 58 comprises at least one battery 60.
In use, the power supply 58 is positioned in the tube 12 and the cap 32 is coupled to the tube 12. The tube 12 is manipulated to extend between the opposing walls 14 of the shower 16. Moreover, the tube 12 is positioned such that each of the light emitters 44 faces the shower 16. The switch 54 is manipulated to turn the light emitters 44 on. Thus, the shower 16 is illuminated. The light emitters 44 facilitate the shower 16 to be illuminated in the absence of existing lighting in the shower 16.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.