Showerless Bathtub Installation Bracket and Method of Installation

a showerless bathtub and installation bracket technology, which is applied in the field of showerless bathtub installation brackets and devices for fastening showerless bathtubs to the wall, can solve the problems of difficult use of three stringers and the inability of bathtubs without such flanges to be installed, and achieve the effect of reducing installation time, materials and tools

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-09-07
NAGLEY MARC W
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"The invention is a device and method for installing a tub in a more efficient and cost-effective way. The device is a single piece bracket with a horizontal and angled vertical leg, a guide flange, and one or more holes for fastening to a supporting wall or walls. The method involves placing the bracket around the tub's drip flange, placing the tub on its support pad(s), on the floor, adjusting the brackets, engaging the bracket with the tub's shelf, and fastening the bracket to the wall. This process reduces installation time, materials, and tools needed."

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Tubs without such flanges cannot be installed using the installation device and method claimed herein.
While there are usually three walls in an alcove, it is difficult to use three stringers because the pipes that carry water to the faucets and the faucets themselves are in the way.

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[0017] The present invention is a device and a method for installing a shower-less bathtub. This disclosure describes numerous specific details in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, the practice of the present invention includes details other than those described. One skilled in the art will appreciate that one may practice the present invention without these specific details. Additionally, this disclosure does not describe some well known structures in detail in order not to obscure the present invention.

[0018] The preferred embodiment of the claimed device is best understood by referring the FIGS. 1 through 4.

[0019] The bracket is a single object with a horizontal leg 1 and a vertical leg 2. These legs are substantially at right angles. The horizontal leg in the preferred embodiment is 1¼41 wide by ¾″ deep. The vertical leg is 1 1 / 4″ wide by 1 13 / 16″ high.

[0020] A guide flange 3 extends outward from the vertical leg 2 and thence downwar...

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Abstract

Disclosed is a Showerless Bathtub Installation Bracket and a Method of Installation of using said bracket to install said bathtub. The bracket has horizontal and vertical legs with a guide flange extending outward from the vertical leg then downward towards the horizontal leg thus forming a channel. The vertical flange has holes for attaching the bracket to a wall. The Method of Installation involves disposing one or more of said brackets around a tub by placing the tub's drip flange within brackets' channels then placing the tub on its support pad(s) on the floor so the drip flange is adjacent to the supporting walls. One adjusts the brackets so they are positioned at the desired places with respect to the walls, engages the upper surface of the horizontal legs of the brackets with the lower surface of the tub's shelf and fastening the bracket to the walls.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates generally to a device for fastening a showerless bathtub to a wall. More particularly, this invention comprises a device that fastens and supports a shower-less bathtub to the studs of a framed room and a method for installing the tub using the claimed device. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART [0002] Bath tubs may be made or installed with or without showers. This invention pertains only to tubs that are made without showers and installed and used without showers. [0003] In addition, the related art pertains to only such tubs that have an integral splash flange on one or more sides. Tubs without such flanges cannot be installed using the installation device and method claimed herein. Additionally, the tub, or at least its splash flange, must be made of a stiff material such as metal as opposed to a flexible material like acrylic. [0004] Tubs are typically installed after the room is framed but before walls are finished. Currently, th...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47K3/16
CPCA47K3/008A47K3/16
InventorNAGLEY, MARC W.
OwnerNAGLEY MARC W