(19)
(11) EP 0 283 236 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.03.1989 Bulletin 1989/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.09.1988 Bulletin 1988/38

(21) Application number: 88302229.5

(22) Date of filing: 15.03.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A47K 3/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 19.03.1987 US 27903

(71) Applicant: WATERLINE PRODUCTS CO. LTD.
Rexdale Ontario M9W 1L4 (CA)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sambrook, David N.
    Concord Ontario, L4K 2M4 (CA)
  • Hermetz, Robert G
    Concord Ontario, L4K 2M4 (CA)

(74) Representative: Jones-Robinson, Stanley 
Sunny Bank, The Slad, Pope's Hill
Newnham-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, GL14 1JS
Newnham-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, GL14 1JS (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Shower door


    (57) A shower door (10) comprises hinge elements (35, 42) including a tongue (46) which is telescopically received in a tubular rail (32, 34); a snap connector (54) passes through the door panel (16), a blind opening (50) in the rail, and the tongue to secure the hinge element to the panel, so as to delocalize the stress over a wide area thereof without being visible to detract from the appearance of the door. The panels may be mounted from a support column (100) using variable length support rods (102) securing thereto, which permit the doors to be used with various width enclosures and to accommodate out of verticality of the enclosure walls. The hinge elements (38, 42) connecting the door (10) to the support rods (102) include a stationary sleeve (66) and a bushing (110) which may be rotated relative to the sleeve by using a tool. The bushing includes indexing means (114) which serves to define the plane of shut of the door (10).







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