Bathing enclosure sliding door panels having complementary visual characteristics

Abstract

A bathing enclosure on which an overall image feature is displayed, as well as a method of displaying an overall image feature on a bathing enclosure, are disclosed herein. The bathing enclosure includes a sliding door including a first panel, and a first portion including a second panel, the sliding door being capable of moving in relation to the first portion between an open position in which the second panel substantially overlaps the first panel, and a closed position. At least one of the first and second panels includes a section that is one of transparent and translucent, and the first and second panels include first and second image features, respectively. Additionally, the first and second image features are complementary in appearance so that, when the sliding door is in the open position, the first and second image features are combined to form the overall image feature.

1 . A door assembly for a bathing enclosure, the assembly comprising: 
 a first door suitable to slide along an entry of the bathing enclosure, the first door having a transparent or translucent portion and a portion with a first imagery; and    a second door suitable to slide along the entry of the bathing enclosure into and out of an overlapping relationship to the first door, the second door having a portion with a second imagery;    wherein the first imagery and second imagery are complementary in appearance so that when the first and second doors overlap each other to a specified extent the first and second imagery combine to form an overall image feature that is a representation of a real object and is visible from a front side of the first door.    
   
   
       2 . The door assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the overall image feature comprises a target having a bull's eye.  
   
   
       3 . The door assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the overall image feature comprises at least two linear components extending outward away from the target in two different directions.  
   
   
       4 . The door assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the overall image feature comprises a keyboard.  
   
   
       5 . The door assembly of  claim 1 , wherein both the first and second doors have a transparent or translucent portion.  
   
   
       6 . The door assembly of  claim 1 , wherein both the first and second doors have a transparent portion.  
   
   
       7 . A bathing enclosure, comprising: 
 enclosure walls with a frontal entry; and    the door assembly of  claim 1  mounted across the frontal entry.