Condensation-free shower mirror heated by hot shower stream

Claim 1

A shower mirror assembly comprising: a mirror having front and rear surfaces, said front surface being a reflecting surface, said rear surface being in thermal contact with said front surface such that hot water from a shower stream applied to said rear surface will be conducted to heat and be retained by said front surface sufficiently to keep said front surface fog-free in a steamy shower environment for a predetermined time period, even when said mirror is no longer in front of said shower steam, an elongated postionable arm comprising a continuous elongated bendable member, said member having distal and proximal opposite ends, said distal end being connected to said mirror to support said mirror, said arm being easily bendable to any position within a range of different positions, but able to stay in a chosen position when released, and attaching means for securely attaching said proximal end of said continuous elongated bendable member to a stationary object, said attaching means comprising a fixed C-shaped clip, said fixed C-shaped clip having predetermined dimensions so that it can be snapped onto a shower head supply arm having a predetermined diameter, rotated to any circumferential position on said supply arm and removed from said shower head supply arm, said continuous elongated bendable member being long and flexible enough so that when said fixed C-shaped clip is attached to said shower head arm adjacent a shower head, said mirror can be positioned so that said rear surface can either (a) be moved to a first position in front of said shower head so that the hot water stream from said shower head will flow onto said rear surface for immediate fog-free use, or (b) can be moved to a second standby position away from said shower head for either storage or for further fog-free use during said predetermined time period.

Claim 17

A method for keeping a mirror free of condensation in a steamy shower environment, comprising: (a) providing a mirror having front and rear surfaces, said front surface being a reflecting surface, said rear surface being in thermal contact with said front surface such that hot water applied to said rear surface from a shower steam will be conducted to heat and be retained by said front surface sufficiently to keep said front surface fog-free in a steamy shower environment for a predetermined time period, even when said mirror is no longer in contact with said hot water, (b) providing an elongated positionable arm having distal and proximal opposite ends, said distal end being attached to said mirror for supporting said mirror, said elongated arm being a continuous elongated bendable member comprising a plurality of swivel joints so that said arm can easily be bent to any position within a range of different positions, but will stay in a chosen position when released, said elongated positionable arm being long and flexible enough so that when said proximal end is attached to a stationary object adjacent a shower head, said mirror can be moved away from said shower head or in front of said shower head with said rear surface of said mirror in front of said shower head so that a hot water stream from said shower head will flow onto said rear surface and thereby heat said rear surface and hence said front surface of said mirror, (c) providing attaching means on proximal end of said elongated positionable arm for removably attaching said second end of said elongated positionable arm to said stationary object, (d) attaching said attaching means to a shower head supply arm so that said elongated positionable arm and said mirror extend from said supply arm, (e) causing said shower head to spray a hot water therefrom, (f) positioning said mirror so that said rear surface of said mirror is in front of said shower head so that said hot water from said shower head sprays onto said rear surface of said mirror and thereby heats said rear surface of said mirror and hence keeps said front surface of said mirror above the dew point of water and thus keeps said front surface free of condensation, (g) and wherein said attaching means comprises a fixed C-shaped clip which is sized and shaped so that it can be snapped onto and removed from said shower head supply arm of a predetermined diameter, and rotated to any circumferential position on said supply arm.

Claim 18

A method for keeping a mirror free of condensation in a steamy shower environment, comprising: (a) providing a mirror having front and rear surfaces, said front surface being a reflecting surface, said rear surface being in thermal contact with said front surface such that hot water applied to said rear surface from a shower steam will be conducted to heat and be retained by said front surface sufficiently to keep said front surface fog-free in a steamy shower environment for a predetermined time period, even when said mirror is no longer in contact with said hot water, (b) providing an elongated positionable arm having distal and proximal opposite ends, said distal end being attached to said mirror for supporting said mirror, said elongated arm being a continuous elongated bendable member comprising a plurality of swivel joints so that said arm can easily be bent to any position within a range of different positions, but will stay in a chosen position when released, said elongated positionable arm being long and flexible enough so that when said proximal end is attached to a stationary object adjacent a shower head, said mirror can be moved away from said shower head or in front of said shower head with said rear surface of said mirror in front of said shower head so that a hot water stream from said shower head will flow onto said rear surface and thereby heat said rear surface and hence said front surface of said mirror, (c) providing attaching means on proximal end of said elongated positionable arm for removably attaching said second end of said elongated positionable arm to said stationary object, (d) attaching said attaching means to a shower head supply arm so that said elongated positionable arm and said mirror extend from said supply arm, (e) causing said shower head to spray a hot water therefrom, (f) positioning said mirror so that said rear surface of said mirror is in front of said shower head so that said hot water from said shower head sprays onto said rear surface of said mirror and thereby heats said rear surface of said mirror and hence keeps said front surface of said mirror above the dew point of water and thus keeps said front surface free of condensation, (g) and wherein said attaching means comprises a fixed C-shaped clip which is sized and shaped so that it can be snapped onto and removed from said shower head supply arm of a predetermined diameter, and rotated to any circumferential position on said supply arm.