Shower curtain holder

Abstract

A shower curtain holder having a body with a bowed shape and a hook at its upper end which is adapted to engage a shower curtain rod. The holder is placed on the rod inside of the shower curtain. Its size and shape is such that the shower curtain is held away from the person taking the shower. The holder includes a counterweight near or at its top to help in keeping the holder, and thus the curtain as well, away from the person within the shower.

1 . A shower curtain holder for holding a shower curtain away from a person taking a shower, comprising: 
 a body having a bowed shape,    a hook at the top of the body for engaging a shower curtain rod, and    a counterweight for maintaining the body in a position where a shower curtain that engages the body is held away from a person in the shower when the hook engages a shower curtain rod.    
   
   
       2 . A shower curtain holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the body is in the form of an elongated wire.  
   
   
       3 . A shower curtain holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the holder is in the form of a paddle.  
   
   
       4 . A shower curtain holder according to  claim 1 , wherein the counterweight is attached to the holder near the top of the holder.  
   
   
       5 . A shower curtain holder according to  claim 4 , wherein the counterweight is in the form of a receptacle adapted to retain bathing implements.  
   
   
       6 . A shower curtain holder according to  claim 1 , further comprising a shower curtain integral with the body.  
   
   
       7 . A shower curtain holder according to  claim 6 , wherein the hook solely supports the shower curtain on the shower curtain rod.