Combined shower splash guard and shower curtain holder

Claim 1

For use with the existing combination of a shower-equipped tub for a bathroom, in which a person who is showering stands while showering, and where one end of said tub is located adjacent to a generally upright end wall that at least partially bounds the region above the tub; the tub providing a horizontal upper edge positioned in a substantially vertical plane, and with a flexible shower curtain being provided, suspended from a support spaced above the tub, with said curtain's lowermost end extending downwardly to enter into the confines of the tub, and functioning to limit water splash within the tub from migrating to a region outwardly of the tub; the improvement of providing a shower splash guard member for limiting water splash from migrating outwardly of the tub to be deposited onto a bathroom floor surface that is located adjacent the tub; said splash guard member comprising, in combination, a unitary shower splash guard member, that is molded of plastic and is constructed to provide a pair of orthogonally arranged mounting legs that are joined together by a web which is formed integral with, and which extends between, said mounting legs; a first of said mounting legs being adapted to overlie a portion of a horizontal upper edge of the tub wall that is spaced above a bathroom's floor; said splash guard member providing a second mounting leg that projects upwardly relative to said first mounting leg and which is positioned to lie adjacent to, and being adapted to be secured to, said upright end wall; an opening being provided extending through said web, and being located adjacent to said second mounting leg; a tongue extending from said second mounting leg in a direction away from the second mounting leg and projecting into said opening that extends through said web, said tongue and said opening into which the tongue projects cooperating to provide a means for gripping a portion of a shower curtain, by friction developed between the tongue and the shower curtain and between the web and shower curtain and being operative to hold the shower curtain in a selected position against the web of the splash guard member and against the tongue of the splash guard member.