Grasp for slidable shower door

Abstract

A grasp for a slidable shower door includes a main portion and a pivotable handle portion biased relative to the main portion for automatic retractment from an extended position to a retracted position. A shower door assembly includes a housing for a shower door, a shower door slidably mounted to the housing for movement between a first position and a second position. The grasp is fixed to the shower door. The grasp may be magnetically or adhesively fixed to the shower door. A mounting fixture may be attached to the grasp through an aperture in the shower door for mounting the grasp to the shower door.

1 . A shower door assembly, comprising:
 a housing for a shower door;   a shower door slidably mounted to said housing for movement between a first position and a second position, said door having an interior side and an exterior side;   a grasp fixed to said shower door, said grasp including a main portion and a pivotable handle portion biased relative to the main portion for automatic retractment from an extended position to a retracted position; and   a partition attached to said housing, said partition including an outer facing surface;   when said shower door is in the first position, the interior side is exposed from the outer facing surface with the handle portion extendable, and   where, when said shower door is in the second position, the interior side faces the outer facing surface with the handle portion in the retracted position.   
     
     
         2 . The shower door assembly of  claim 1  where said shower door defines an aperture extending between the interior side and the exterior side and the shower door assembly further comprising a mounting fixture attached to said grasp through the aperture in said shower door for mounting said grasp to said shower door. 
     
     
         3 . The shower door assembly of  claim 2  where said mounting fixture is a towel bar. 
     
     
         4 . The shower door assembly of  claim 2  where said mounting fixture is a knob. 
     
     
         5 . The shower door assembly of  claim 2  where said mounting fixture is a handle. 
     
     
         6 . The shower door assembly of  claim 1  where the pivotable handle portion has a recess disposed toward the interior side of said shower door. 
     
     
         7 . The shower door assembly of  claim 1  where said partition is a second shower door slidably mounted to said housing. 
     
     
         8 . The shower door assembly of  claim 1  where said partition is a panel mounted to said housing. 
     
     
         9 . The shower door assembly of  claim 1  where the handle portion has an extended length normal to the interior side that is greater than the distance between the interior side and the outer facing surface when the shower door is in the first position. 
     
     
         10 . The shower door assembly of  claim 1  where the grasp further includes a spring connected between the handle portion and the main portion for biasing the handle portion. 
     
     
         11 . The shower door assembly of  claim 10  where the spring is a stainless steel spring. 
     
     
         12 . The shower door assembly of  claim 1  where said grasp is adhesively fixed to said shower door. 
     
     
         13 . The shower door assembly of  claim 12  where said grasp is adhesively fixed to said shower door with a UV curable glass-metal bonding adhesive. 
     
     
         14 . The shower door assembly of  claim 1  where said grasp is magnetically fixed to said shower door. 
     
     
         15 . A shower door, comprising:
 a shower door including hardware for slidably mounting to a shower door housing, said door having an interior side and an exterior side;   a grasp fixed to said shower door, said grasp including a main portion and a pivotable handle portion biased relative to the main portion for automatic retractment from an extended position to a retracted position; and   where the main portion extends a distance from the interior side, and   where the handle portion extends farther away from the interior side than the main portion when extended and extends no more than the main portion when retracted.   
     
     
         16 . The shower door of  claim 15  where said shower door defines an aperture extending between the interior side and the exterior side and the shower door assembly further comprising a mounting fixture attached to said grasp through the aperture in said shower door for mounting said grasp to said shower door. 
     
     
         17 . The shower door of  claim 16  where said mounting fixture is a towel bar. 
     
     
         18 . The shower door of  claim 16  where said mounting fixture is a knob. 
     
     
         19 . The shower door of  claim 16  where said mounting fixture is a handle. 
     
     
         20 . The shower door of  claim 15  where the pivotable handle portion has a recess disposed toward the interior side of said shower door. 
     
     
         21 . The shower door of  claim 15  where the grasp further includes a spring connected between the handle portion and the main portion for biasing the handle portion. 
     
     
         22 . The shower door of  claim 21  where the spring is a stainless steel spring. 
     
     
         23 . The shower door of  claim 15  where said grasp is adhesively fixed to said shower door. 
     
     
         24 . The shower door of  claim 23  where said grasp is adhesively fixed to said shower door with a UV curable glass-metal bonding adhesive. 
     
     
         25 . The shower door of  claim 15  where said grasp is magnetically fixed to said shower door. 
     
     
         26 . A grasp for a slidable shower door, comprising:
 a grasp including a main portion and a pivotable handle portion biased relative to the main portion for automatic retractment from an extended position to a retracted position; and   said grasp fixable to a slidable shower door; and   where the handle portion extends beyond the main portion when extended and extends no more than the main portion when retracted.   
     
     
         27 . The grasp of  claim 26  where said grasp is attachable to a mounting fixture through an aperture in the slidable shower door. 
     
     
         28 . The grasp of  claim 26  where the pivotable handle portion has a recess. 
     
     
         29 . The grasp of  claim 26  where the grasp further includes a spring connected between the handle portion and the main portion for biasing the handle portion. 
     
     
         30 . The grasp of  claim 29  where the spring is a stainless steel spring. 
     
     
         31 . The grasp of  claim 26  further comprising a means for fixing said grasp to the slidable shower door.