Shower door
An apparatus for providing a seal between a door jamb and a hinged door leaf of a shower, the apparatus having a flexible body configured to be attached to the door jamb and configured to contact the door leaf when the door leaf is in a closed position.
1. A shower door set comprising:
a door frame;
a door leaf;
a hinge to join the door leaf to the door frame; and
a sealing element for providing a seal between the door frame and the door leaf, the sealing element comprising:
a flexible body attached to the door frame and configured to contact the door leaf when the door leaf is in a closed position;
wherein the flexible body is elongate and is hollow in a cross-section perpendicular to a longest dimension of the flexible body,
the shower door set further comprising:
a stiffening element at one end of the flexible body, the stiffening element inserted into the flexible body and directly connected to one of a header jamb at the top of the door frame, and a floor.
2. The shower door set of claim 1 , wherein the flexible body extends the length of the door frame.
3. The shower door set of claim 1 further comprising:
a first magnet inserted in the flexible body, the first magnet configured to interact with a second magnet in the door leaf;
wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are configured to attract the door leaf towards the closed position.
4. The shower door set of claim 1 further comprising a fixing element extending the length of the flexible body and to attach the flexible body to the door frame.
5. The shower door set of claim 1 wherein the flexible body is resilient such that the flexible body is configured to return to an original shape after deformation.
6. The shower door set of claim 1 , where the hinge is configured to allow the door leaf to open in two directions from the closed position.
7. The shower door set of claim 1 , wherein the door leaf comprises a top surface that slopes downward from a hinge side of the door leaf to a seal side of the door leaf distal the hinge side.
8. The shower door set of claim 1 , wherein the door leaf comprises a rounded corner between a top surface of the door leaf and a surface of the door leaf on a seal side of the door leaf.