ShowerBow
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ShowerBow is the tradename for a shower stall product to counter the shower-curtain effect and add extra space within the shower stall. ShowerBow uses a flexible rod and a counterweight device to press the shower curtain outward, resulting in extra space for a person's upper body within the enclosure of the shower stall.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] After the shower is completed, the counterweight may be tilted back inward to restore the shower curtain to a typical vertical orientation, making the product nearly invisible from outside of the shower enclosure when not in use.
The product was designed by former advertising executive Patrick Raymond. He claims this was his first ever invention, and that his first prototype was based on a wire hanger and a stapler. Raymond, a tall man, said that he was tired of wet clingy shower curtains ruining his shower experience, a phenomenon sometimes called the Shower-curtain effect.
[edit] References
- ^ Colorado Springs Gazette
- ^ House Smarts Deal of the week (Season 2 Episode 32)
- ^ Bend Weekly (Bend, OR)
- ^ (audio file) WOR - Launchpad - Small Business/Entrepreneurs (radio interview - "Find out how to bring a product to market when most of telling you it is going to be a hard road with the inventor of the ShowerBow, a product that helps the shower curtain from sticking to you!")(SIC)
- ^ United Press International
- ^ New York State Small Business Development Center
- ^ WCBS TV (video file) WCBS-TV (Practicality key at International Home and Housewares show - Tanka Rivero)
- ^ NY Times
