Trailered mobile showering facility

Abstract

An improved, uniquely configured, self-contained, trailered mobile shower facility for use at large attendance events, such as concerts, races, fairs or exhibitions, with 11 separate and private coined operated, timed showering units, each shower unit having a changing area and a shower stall separated by an interior access partition, and each accessible by an exterior access door. The queue line for each showering unit would be directly in front of the exterior access door, thus providing users with the availability of choosing similar length lines as their friends, or short lines for quickly accessing the showers. The trailered mobile shower facility also has its own separate water heater, generator, air conditioning unit, fuel tank and pressure tank, thus being a one-stop showering facility for a great number of people.

1 . A trailered mobile shower facility unit comprising a conventional semi-trailer structure with a plurality of wheels and having a length, a width, a height, an interior, an exterior, a side one and a side two, a plurality of exterior access shower unit doors on side one, a mechanical room door on side one, a plurality of mechanical access doors on side two, a plurality of shower units, a water heater, a fuel tank, a pressure tank, a generator, an air conditioning unit, an inlet water plumbing means, a waste water outlet drainage means, electric wiring and lighting means, and a timed water regulating system means; 
 the length sufficient to accommodate within the interior the plurality of shower units, the water heater, fuel tank, pressure tank, generator and air conditioning unit;    the width sufficient to accommodate within the interior one of the shower units, the timed water regulating system means and inlet water plumbing means;    the width sufficient to accommodate within the interior a mechanical room containing the water heater, fuel tank, and pressure tank and accessible through the mechanical room door;    the width sufficient to accommodate within the interior an electrical room containing the generator and air conditioning unit and accessible through a mechanical access door;    the height sufficient to comfortably accommodate within the interior persons wishing to shower, the electric wiring and lighting means, the inlet water plumbing means, and waste water outlet drainage means;    the shower unit having a shower stall, a changing area, a ceiling, a floor, an interior access partition, and accessible through the exterior access shower unit door; 
 the ceiling having the lighting means attached so as to illuminate the shower stall and changing area,  
 the floor having a shower stall floor drain and a changing area floor drain,  
 the shower stall having the interior access partition, three walls, one wall of which is located opposite the interior access partition and upon which is located the timed water regulating system means, a shower head connected to an inlet shower water means which is connected to the inlet water plumbing means, a faucet control located on one of the walls and further connected to the inlet shower water means such that the faucet control can regulate the temperature and the flow of water flowing to the shower head, and said floor with the shower stall floor drain centered in the shower stall, and the shower stall floor drain being connected to the waste water outlet drainage means; 
 the timed water regulating system means being connected to the inlet water plumbing means and the electrical means and operated by tokens such that a user would insert tokens into the timed water regulating system means to begin water flow in the shower stall;  
 the timed water regulating system means being accessible through the mechanical access doors on side two of the trailered mobile shower facility unit;  
 
 the changing area having a seat, two walls, the interior access partition, the exterior access shower unit door, and said floor with the changing area floor drain centered in the changing area, the changing area floor drain being connected to the waste water outlet drainage means;  
   the pressure tank having a pump to pump water from an outside source into the pressure tank;    the water heater and pressure tank connected to the inlet water plumbing means such that water from the pressure tank can flow into the water heater through a valve and out of the water heater through the inlet water plumbing means to the shower units for use in the shower stalls;    the fuel tank connected to the generator such that the fuel in the fuel tank can flow to the generator, thus providing fuel allowing the generator to generate electricity;    the air conditioner situated near the generator to provide cooling of the unit due to heat created by the generator;    the electrical means connecting the generator to the air conditioner, lighting means and timed water regulating system means such that electricity is provided to the air conditioner, lighting means and timed water regulating system means;    the waste water outlet drainage means being connected to the shower stall floor drain and the changing area floor drain such that the gray water from the shower stall and the changing area can flow into the waste water outlet drainage means and disposed of outside the trailed mobile shower facility unit;    whereby a user, choosing a queue line in front of one of the exterior access doors and waiting in the queue line for a turn to use the shower facility, then enters the changing area of the shower unit through the exterior access door, closes the exterior access door for privacy, disrobes and enters the shower stall with tokens, closes the interior access partition and inserts tokens into the timed water regulating system means, thereby starting the flow of water to the shower head for a determined period of time, the user also able to adjust the temperature and flow of the water with the faucet control, thus allowing the user to shower, and upon the determined period of time ending, the shower stops and the user opens the interior access partition and exits the shower stall, entering the changing area to dry off and dress, and after dressing, exits the shower unit through the exterior access door, thus providing another user the opportunity to use the shower facility.    
   
   
       2 . The trailered mobile shower facility unit of  claim 1 , wherein the ceiling, floor, walls, and floor drains of the shower stall and changing area and the faucet control, inlet water plumbing means and timed water regulating system means are made of stainless steel.  
   
   
       3 . The trailered mobile shower facility unit of  claim 1 , wherein the interior access partition is a door.  
   
   
       4 . The trailered mobile shower facility unit of  claim 1 , wherein the interior access partition is a shower curtain.  
   
   
       5 . The trailered mobile shower facility unit of  claim 1 , wherein the shower units number 11.  
   
   
       6 . The trailered mobile shower facility unit of  claim 1 , wherein the changing area seat is a bench.  
   
   
       7 . The trailered mobile shower facility unit of  claim 1 , having stairs and a hand railing at each exterior access door.  
   
   
       8 . The trailered mobile shower facility unit of  claim 1 , having a towel and clothes hanger attached to one of the walls of the changing area.  
   
   
       9 . A trailered mobile shower facility unit comprising a conventional semi-trailer structure with 6 wheels and having a length of 50 feet, a width of 98 inches, a height 10 feet 6 inches, an interior, an exterior, a side one and a side two, 11 exterior access shower unit doors on side one, a mechanical room door on side one, 4 mechanical access doors measuring 64 inches by 36 inches and one mechanical access door measuring 105 inches by 24 inches on side two, 11 shower units, a 125 gallon diesel fired water heater, a diesel fuel tank, a pressure tank, a 20 kilowatt DSL generator, a 5 ton air conditioning unit, an inlet water plumbing means, a waste water outlet drainage means, electric wiring and lighting means, and a stainless steel timed water regulating system means; 
 the shower unit being 37 inches long by 83 inches wide by 7 feet 6 inches tall, and having a shower stall being 37 inches long by 32 inches wide by 7 feet 6 inches tall, a changing area being 37 inches long by 50 inches wide by 7 feet 6 inches tall, a stainless steel ceiling, a stainless steel floor, an interior access partition, and accessible through the exterior access shower unit door; 
 the ceiling having the lighting means attached so as to illuminate the shower stall and changing area,  
 the floor having a stainless steel shower stall floor drain and a stainless steel changing area floor drain,  
 the shower stall having the interior access partition, three stainless steel walls, one wall of which is located opposite the interior access partition and upon which is located the stainless steel timed water regulating system means, a stainless steel shower head connected to a stainless steel inlet shower water means which is connected to the inlet water plumbing means, a stainless steel faucet control located on one of the walls and further connected to the stainless steel inlet shower water means such that the stainless steel faucet control can regulate the temperature and the flow of water flowing to the stainless steel shower head, and said stainless steel floor with the stainless steel shower stall floor drain centered in the shower stall, and the stainless steel shower stall floor drain being connected to the waste water outlet drainage means; 
 the stainless steel timed water regulating system means being connected to the inlet water plumbing means and the electrical means and operated by tokens such that a user would insert tokens into the timed water regulating system means to begin water flow in the shower stall;  
 the stainless steel timed water regulating system means being accessible through the mechanical access doors on side two of the trailered mobile shower facility unit;  
 
 the changing area having a seat, two stainless steel walls, a towel hanger and clothes hanger attached to one of the walls, the interior access partition, the exterior access shower unit door, and said stainless steel floor with the stainless steel changing area floor drain centered in the changing area, the stainless steel changing area floor drain being connected to the waste water outlet drainage means;  
   the pressure tank having a pump to pump water from an outside source into the pressure tank;    the water heater and pressure tank connected to the inlet water plumbing means such that water from the pressure tank can flow into the water heater through a valve and out of the water heater through the inlet water plumbing means to the shower units for use in the shower stalls;    the fuel tank connected to the generator such that the fuel in the fuel tank can flow to the generator, thus providing fuel allowing the generator to generate electricity;    the air conditioner situated near the generator to provide cooling of the unit due to heat created by the generator;    the electrical means connecting the generator to the air conditioner, lighting means and timed water regulating system means such that electricity is provided to the air conditioner, lighting means and timed water regulating system means;    the waste water outlet drainage means being connected to the shower stall floor drain and the changing area floor drain such that the gray water from the shower stall and the changing area can flow into the waste water outlet drainage means and disposed of outside the trailed mobile shower facility unit;    whereby a user, choosing a queue line in front of one of the exterior access doors and waiting in the queue line for a turn to use the shower facility, then enters the changing area of the shower unit through the exterior access door, closes the exterior access door for privacy, disrobes and enters the shower stall with tokens, closes the interior access partition and inserts tokens into the timed water regulating system means, thereby starting the flow of water to the shower head for a determined period of time, the user also able to adjust the temperature and flow of the water with the faucet control, thus allowing the user to shower, and upon the determined period of time ending, the shower stops and the user opens the interior access partition and exits the shower stall, entering the changing area to dry off and dress, and after dressing, exits the shower unit through the exterior access door, thus providing another user the opportunity to use the shower facility.