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Portable solar shower system

CA 2211974 C · Owner: Mccormack, Alan Edward · Inventors: Mccormack, Alan Edward

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As a portable showering system intended for both consumer and industrial applications the system will provide for the universal mounting on a wall post, shelf, a top a recreational vehicle or slung from a tree and not limited to the aforementioned through the use of various mounting apparatus contained as optional equipment in the portable showering system kit. Installation can be performed by a literate adult equipped with screwdriver pliers and household power drill with assorted bits. The 20 litre solar heated reservoir supplies a generous amount of showering liquid to the shower head via communicator plumbing in a fashion typical to regular household shower units and for a duration of …

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  • Filed August 27, 1997 and granted October 17, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 27, 2017.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 27, 2019.
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FiledAugust 27, 1997
GrantedOctober 17, 2000
Term endedAugust 27, 2017
Patent numberCA 2211974 C
Classification (IPC)A47K3/28

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1998200020022004200620082010201220142016Application filedAug 27, 1997Patent grantedOct 17, 2000Term endedAug 27, 2017

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