Shower structure

Claim 1

In combination with a tubular water supply line that projects outwardly at an elevated position into a shower enclosure from one wall which partially defines the latter, a shower structure that selectively permits the body only of the user to be subjected to a spray, the hair and head of the user to be subjected to a spray, or the hair and head of the user, together with the body of the user, to be subjected to a spary, which shower structure includes: a. multi-position valve means connected to, and supported from, said water supply line, said valve means having first and second outlets, and said valve means including at least one movable element that selectively controls the water flow to either said first or second outlet or both, when said element is moved to a particular position as well as the rate at which water flows through said valve means to said outlets; b. a shower head that occupies a fixed position relative to said valve means and is in communication with said first outlet; c. two oppositely extending substantially horizontal tubular cross pieces connected to said second outlet and occupying a fixed position relative thereto; d. two vertically disposed, downwardly and inwardly tubular legs that depend from the outer ends of said cross pieces and are in communication therewith; e. a tubular cross member that connects lower ends of said legs and in communication with the interiors thereof; and f. spray-forming means on the interior surfaces of said cross pieces, legs, and cross member most adjacent said enclosure that direct fine jets of water into said enclosure below the head of a user when water is discharged into said cross pieces, legs, and cross member, with the height of said spray being controlled by the rate at which water is discharged into said legs and the height of the water level maintained therein, said handle when in a first position maintaining said first valve in a closed position, said handle when in a second position allowing said valve to discharge water through said second outlet to said cross pieces, legs and cross member only, said handle when in a third position allowing water to discharge concurrently through said first and second outlets to said shower head and said spray-forming means, and said handle when in a fourth position permitting water to discharge through said first outlet only to said shower head.