Patent Application
20220117432
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This invention was not federally sponsored.
This invention relates to the general field of furniture, and more specifically to the specific field of room dividers such as shower curtains and dividing curtains used in hospitals.
A shower curtain consisting of multiple layers of waterproof material, whose layers are easily removed one at a time, by tearing away individual layers along a perforated line, in order to expose a new clean layer. The shower curtain or divider curtain can be attached by the top portion of the curtain using the holes at the top. The curtain can be used to divide a room or contain water in a showering area. When the curtain gets dirty, a layer can be removed by pulling the tab of an outside layer and continuing to pull as the material tears away along a perforated line near the top of the curtain but below the holes used for attachment.
Statement of the Problem. Curtains have been used for years to separate rooms into various sections. Two common examples of this are shower curtains, that separate a bathtub or shower area from the rest of the bathroom, and room dividers in hospitals. A problem occurs when the curtain becomes dirty and needs to be replaced. With the current state of the art, a user has to take down the curtain and put up a new one. This can be difficult, as some curtains in hospital environments are above the reach of an average-sized person and require a ladder, and annoying, as in the case of a homeowner who wants to replace a dirty shower curtain by has to wait until he/she buys a new one.
The current invention provides just such a solution by having a curtain that is comprised of multiple layers of sheets. The perforations at the top of the sheet allow a user to merely rip off the outermost sheet, upon which there will be a clean sheet that is now exposed. This allows a single curtain to be used multiple times before it has to be replaced.
The curtain has several identical sheets of preferably waterproof material that are heat-sealed one on top of the next. Below the heat seal is a line of perforations, such that an outer sheet, when it becomes dirty, can be torn off, revealing a new, clean sheet beneath it. Above the heat-seal, holes are punched into the sheets, such that the invention can be hung from a series of hooks such as those used over a shower curtain rod or along a track in a hospital used to partition a room.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. The features listed herein and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following description and appended claims. The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
It should be understood the while the preferred embodiments of the invention are described in some detail herein, the present disclosure is made by way of example only and that variations and changes thereto are possible without departing from the subject matter coming within the scope of the following claims, and a reasonable equivalency thereof, which claims I regard as my invention.
One preferred form of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Many aspects of the invention can be better understood with references made to the drawings below. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. Instead, emphasis is placed upon clearly illustrating the components of the present invention. Moreover, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts through the several views in the drawings. Before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the embodiments of the invention are not limited in their application to the details of construction and to the arrangement of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The embodiments of the invention are capable of being practiced and carried out in various ways. In addition, the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
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The advantages of the present invention include, without limitation, easily keeping the shower curtain clean by removing layers of material as needed while not having to replace the entire curtain. This layering system makes shower cleanup easier, because one would not have to completely replace a shower curtain as often as well as removing the need to clean the shower curtain, which can be extremely difficult.
The advantages of the present invention also include uses outside of showering areas such as hospital room divider curtains and any area that requires a curtain either to contain water and or other fluids and particles.
While the foregoing written description of the invention enables one of ordinary skill to make and use what is considered presently to be the best mode thereof, those of ordinary skill will understand and appreciate the existence of variations, combinations, and equivalents of the specific embodiment, method, and examples herein. The invention should therefore not be limited by the above described embodiment, method, and examples, but by all embodiments and methods within the scope and spirit of the invention.
It should be understood that while the preferred embodiments of the invention are described in some detail herein, the present disclosure is made by way of example only and that variations and changes thereto are possible without departing from the subject matter coming within the scope of the following claims, and a reasonable equivalency thereof, which claims I regard as my invention.
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