Tightly shielding screen

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6834704
  • Patent Number
    6,834,704
  • Date Filed
    Monday, January 27, 2003
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, December 28, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
A tightly shielding screen is suspended from a rod body so as to be expanded by the rod body; thereby, the screen shielding a space confined by the rod body. At least one joint is arranged between a connection of the screen and the rod body. The joint is formed by a piece body to firmly secured to the screen. A foldable strip parallel to a wall is formed on the piece body. One edge of the foldable strip facing to an edge of the screen is firmly secured to the screen. One side of the foldable strip of the piece body far away from an edge of the screen is a turnable portion so that a connecting unit can be turned along the foldable strip of the piece body facing to the wall to be adhered to the wall. Thereby, the space inside the screen is shielded.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to screens, and particularly to a tightly shielding screen which is especially used in a shower room.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




Referring to

FIG. 1

, the screen A is suspended from to a rod body A extending from a wall of a shower room so that the screen A is expanded or folded along the rod body B. The expanding screen A will shield a space confined by the rod body B. Thereby, the screen A can stop the water to drain out of the space confined by the rod body B. In general the screen A is made of Nylon since Nylon is flexible so that it can be operated inconveniently.




However, since above mentioned prior art screen A easily shakes due to wind or shower water or movement of the users. Thereby, the edge of the screen A can not tightly adhere to the wall W so that the function of the screen is affected. Thereby, the shower water may sputter out or drop out to pollute the floor of the whole shower room. As a result, the function of the screen is not achieved.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a tightly shielding screen suspended from a rod body so as to be expanded by the rod body, thereby, the screen shielding a space confined by the rod body. At least one joint is arranged between a connection of the screen and the rod body; the joint is formed by a piece body to be firmly secured to the screen. A foldable strip parallel to a wall is formed on the piece body. One edge of the foldable strip facing to an edge of the screen is firmly secured to the screen. One side of the foldable strip of the piece body far away from an edge of the screen is a turnable portion of the connecting means; so that the connecting means can be turned along the foldable strip of the piece body facing to the wall to be adhered to the wall. Thereby, the space inside the screen is shielded.




The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a structural schematic view of a prior art screen used in a shower room.





FIG. 2

is a structural schematic view of the screen of the present invention.





FIG. 3

is an enlarged schematic view showing edges of the screen of the present invention.





FIGS. 4A and 4B

are schematic view showing the connection of the connecting means and the tightly shielding screen according to the present invention.





FIG. 5

is a structural exploded view showing another embodiment of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




Referring to

FIG. 3

, the screen of the present invention is illustrated. The screen


10


is suspended from a rod body B so as to be expanded by the rod body B. Thereby, the screen


10


will shield a space confined by the rod body B. The screen


10


is made of Nylon plastics to be easily expanded and folded. At least one joint


20


is arranged between the connection of the screen


10


and the rod body B. The joint


20


is formed by a piece body


21


to firmly secured to the screen


10


. A foldable strip


211


parallel to the wall W is formed on the piece body


21


. One edge of the foldable strip


211


facing to an edge of the screen


10


is firmly secured to the screen


10


, as shown in

FIGS. 4A and 4B

. The piece body


21


of the joint


20


can be made by Nylon plastics as the screen


10


. The position of the foldable strip


211


of the piece body


21


is used to connect the piece body


21


to the screen


10


by high frequency welding connection.




One side of the foldable strip


211


of the piece body


21


far away from an edge of the screen


10


is a turnable portion


212


which has a connecting means


22


, as shown in

FIGS. 2 and 3

so that the connecting means


22


can be turned along the foldable strip


211


of the piece body


21


facing to the wall W to be adhered to the wall W. The foldable strip


211


of the piece body


21


retains to the edge of the screen


10


with a distance equal to the thickness of the connecting means


22


. Thereby, when the connecting means


22


is adhered to the wall W, the edge of the screen


10


is exactly flushed with the wall W. Moreover, in the present invention, the connecting means


22


can be formed by a suction disk directly. Thereby, when the screen


10


is expanded, the connecting means


22


can be directly adhered to a smooth wall surface, such as the surface of a tile. The edge of the screen


10


is tightly retained with the wall W so that the screen


10


has a preferred shielding effect.




Moreover, referring to

FIG. 5

, sticky strip


20


is adhered to a portion of the turnable portion


212


corresponding to the wall W. The sticky strip is formed as a connecting means


22


. The sticky strip forming the connecting means


22


may be double face tapes


221


which are adhered to the screen


10


and the wall W so that the connection of the screen


10


and the rod body B can be performed rapidly. Furthermore, the position of the connecting means


22


can be changed so that the edge of the screen


10


resists against the wall W in an optimum condition.




The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.



Claims
  • 1. A shield screen retaining device retaining a shielding screen suspended from a rod body, the device comprising:at least one joint being arranged between a connection of the screen and a wall; the joint having a piece body for securing the screen to the wall; a foldable strip parallel to the wall and formed on the piece body; one edge of the foldable strip facing an edge of the screen being firmly secured to the screen; one side of the foldable strip of the piece body distant form the edge of the screen being a turnable portion; a connecting means on the turnable portion for adhering to the wall and being secured to the foldable strip of the piece body so as to face the wall of which it is to be adhered, thereby shielding the space inside the screen; wherein the foldable strip of the piece body is positioned with a distance to the edge of the screen, and the distance is equal to the thickness of the connecting means; wherein the screen and the piece body are made of nylon; the piece body and the screen are connected through the foldable strip by high frequency welding; and wherein the connecting means is a suction disk.
  • 2. A shield screen retaining device retaining a shielding screen suspended form a rod body; the device comprising;at least one joint being arranged between a connection of the screen and a wall; the joint having a piece body for securing the screen to the wall; a foldable strip parallel to the wall and formed on the piece body; one edge of the foldable strip facing an edge of the screen being firmly secured to the screen; one side of the foldable strip of the piece body distant form the edge of the screen being a turnable portion; a connecting means on the turnable portion for adhering to the wall and being secured to the foldable strip of the piece body so as to face the wall of which it is to be adhered, thereby shielding the space inside the screen; the connecting means is a sticky strip adhered to a portion of the turnable portion; wherein the sticky strip is a double face tape; and wherein the foldable strip of the piece body is positioned with a distance to the edge of the screen, and the distance is equal to the thickness of the connecting means; and wherein the screen and the piece body are made of nylon; the piece body and the screen are connected through the foldable strip by high frequency welding.
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