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The present invention relates to a marine or other recreational vehicle receptacle for receiving and storing a marine shower. The marine shower may or may not accommodate a hot-cold water mixing valve as required by the consumer.
While the invention has multiple uses readily apparent to those skilled in the art it will be described primarily for use in connection with the marine industry.
Marine showers are most often mounted in the transom of a boat or in the cockpit coaming of a boat and in modern day boat designs these transoms and coamings comprise a multitude of surfaces with orientations from vertical to horizontal and therebetween. These orientations require different shower head receptacle designs and when a mixing valve is required a still further design is needed. Thus multiple items must be kept in inventory in order to accommodate all requirements.
A shower receptacle designed for a vertical surface will not be useful for a horizontal surface and a receptacle adapted for a straight shower handle will not accommodate a Euro-style handle with a projecting on-off lever. When a hot-cold water mixing valve is desired a further receptacle is needed to accommodate the valve. Some prior art designs feature the shower wand and hot and cold water valves in one box but this requires a large opening to be cut in the boat transom with its attendant disadvantages.
The disadvantages and limitations of the prior art devices are obviated by the present invention.
An object of the present invention is to provide a shower head receptacle adapted to be mounted on surfaces having different angles of orientation.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a shower head housing or receptacle for receiving either a straight or Euro-style shower wand or handle.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a receptacle with a lid which is relatively easy to manufacture.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a receptacle which can accommodate various shower heads or wands as well as a hot and cold water mixing valve as the case may be.
Another object of the invention is to provide a receptacle for a shower head and a receptacle for a mixing valve in side by side relation with a single cover for both receptacles.
Other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description which with referencess to the accompanying drawings discloses a preferred embodiment of the invention.