[go: up one dir, main page]

CA1041399A - Tub protector - Google Patents

Tub protector

Info

Publication number
CA1041399A
CA1041399A CA253,230A CA253230A CA1041399A CA 1041399 A CA1041399 A CA 1041399A CA 253230 A CA253230 A CA 253230A CA 1041399 A CA1041399 A CA 1041399A
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
tub
generally annular
protector
annular member
base
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired
Application number
CA253,230A
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Peter W. Tokar
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Priority to CA253,230A priority Critical patent/CA1041399A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA1041399A publication Critical patent/CA1041399A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47KSANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/001Accessories for baths, not provided for in other subgroups of group A47K3/00 ; Insertions, e.g. for babies; Tubs suspended or inserted in baths; Security or alarm devices; Protecting linings or coverings; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting baths; Bath insulation

Landscapes

  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Epidemiology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Bathtubs, Showers, And Their Attachments (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A tub protector for preventing damage to a bathtub during construction and finishing work in a bathroom comprises a moulded plastics base intended for disposition within the tub, a generally annular moulded plastics member intended for supported disposition on the tub rim and a sleeve-like skirt of textile material secured to such base and to such generally annular member.

Description

~()4~ 99 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to tub pro-tectors and more particularly to structures intended to be used for reducing the risk of damage to bathtubs during cQnstruction and finishing operations in rooms in which bathtubs are in-stalled.
In the construction of new homes, apartments and other buildings, it is a common practice to install the bathtubs in the bathrooms of such buildings before completion of the tiling and/or decorating of such bathrooms. During such finishing operations, such installed bathtubs are often damaged or dis-figured by falling paint and plaster. Bath~ubs are also often damaged during re-tiling, reconstruction and redecoration of existing bathrooms and during which operations, falling building materials, 9uch as tiles, can seriously damage a bathtub.
Various proposals have heretofore been made for the purpose of reducing the risk of such accidental damage to bath-tubs. It has, for example, previously been suggested to pro-vide protective devices which, in use, completely enclose a bathtub to reduce the risk of damage thereto. It has also been suggested to provide tub protectors which can be formed from a suitably scored sheet of corrugated cardboard or similar ma-terial. Other previously proposed tub protectors have been in the form of three-dimensional structures, for example, moulded plastics structurqs, which are intended to fit in and around a ~1~
bathtub. 1-The tub protectors heretofore proposed have, however, presented certain practical disadvantages. For example, those known protectors which are formed of corrugated cardboard or similar material have a very limited life. Others of the pre--1- ~

... . . .
, ~ .~ .. .-,. . .

~04~399 ~: ~
viously proposed tube protectors present the significant disad- i vantage that they are relatively bulky and cumberqome and, there-fore, occupy considerable space in transportation and storage. ~;
It is a principal object of this invention to provide a tub protector which is more adapted to commercial use than those heretofore proposed.
Other objects of this lnvention will become apparent as the description herein proceeds.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Broadly, this invention provides a tub protector which comprises a base for supported disposition within a bath-tub, a generally annular member for supported disposition on the rim of such a bathtub, and a flexible sleeve-like skirt secured around its upper end to said generally annular member and around -~-its lower end to said base.
Such a tub protector as provided by this insertion has the important advantage that, by folding its flexible sleeve-like skirt, the protector, as a whole, re~uires much less space in storage and transportation. `
Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description herein proceeds.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention wîll now be described merely by way ... .
~ of illustration with reference to the accompanying drawings in ~ . .
which:
;
~ Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional bath-`; tub having positioned thereon and therein one embodiment of a tub-protector in accor-i 1 dance with this invention;
., :,; .
Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view
- 2 -.. , ~1 ' ,."
.
, , ~L~4~399 through the tub and protector shown in Fi-gure l when taken as indicated by the arrows : : :
2-2 of that figure and also showing the op~ .
tional provision of a supplementary protector ~
board for the front wall of the tub; -Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertica:L sectional view through the tub and protector shown in Fi~
: gure l when taken as indicated by the arrows ;`
3-3 of that figure; and ~ :
Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view through a unitary plastic moulded product as used in ~:`
the construction of the protector ~hown in the preceding figures.
DESCRIP1'I0~1 OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring first to Figure l of the accompanying draw-ings, it will be noted that there is shown therein generally - ~
at lO a conventional bathtub having a front wall 12 and an ~i outer end wall 14.
Internally,~the tub lO has a ba~e 16, inside walls 18 and 20 and inner end walls 22 and 24 as will be~t be understood by reference to Fi~ures 2 and 3. As is conventional, the side ~`
walls 18 and 20 and the end walls 22 and 24 are disposed slightly angularly with respect to the vertical while the base 16 also slopes slightly to facilitate draining of the tub lO
: through a drain 25.
As already indicated herei~ the principal purpose of the present invention is to provide a tub protector which can be positioned on and in a bathtub, such as the tub lO, for the -~
purpose of reducing the risk of accidental damage to such a tub ~ ~:
during the carrying out of construction, fini~hing and/or re- ,~

_ 3 _ ~04~399 ~ ~
pair work in the room in which such a tub 10 ls installed. For example, it can be used to protect a tub such as the tub 10 during the removal of tiles such as the tiles indicated at 26 i~;
in Figure 1.
In Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings, there is indicated generally at 28 one embodiment of a tub pro-tector in accordance with the present invention. The protector 28 comprises a base 30 which is integrally formed with an up-turned peripheral flange 32 and which is shaped and dimensioned so that it can be positioned within a bathtub, such as the tub 10 . '``'' The protector 28 also comprises a generally annular member 34 which is integrally formed about its internal edge with a depending 1ange 36. The protector 28 is essentially completed by a flexible sleeve-like skirt 38 which is secured around its upper end to the depending flange 36 of the general-ly annular member 34 and around its lower end to the upstanding peripheral flange 32 of the base 30.
Having completed the description herein of the essen-tial components of the protector 28, the manner in which thatprotector is used will now be briefly reviewed. In such use, the generally annular member 34 is supported on the rim of the tub 10 with the internal depending flange 36 thereof normally ~ i being inwardly offset relative to the inside walls of the tub ~-10. The base 30 rests on the base 16 of the tub 10 with the upstanding flange 32 normally spaced inwardly apart from the in-side walls of that tub. The flexible skirt 38 permits the base 30 of the protector 28 to rest on the base 16 of the tub i 10 despite the slope of that tub base 16.
It will now be understood that the generally ann~lar
- 4 -~`
:. 1. , 1 ' `

39~
member 24 serves to protect the rim of the tub 10 while the base 30 similarly serves to protect the base 16 of the tub 10. ~-The skirt 38 protects the inside wall~ 18, 20, Z2 and 24 of the tub 10 to an extent which, it will be understood~ will be de-termined by both the extent to which the generally annular member 24 projects inwardly beyond the inside walls of the tub and the extended length of the skirt 38. It has been found that it is possible to construct a protector 28 with such di- -mensions that it can be used on quite a large range of tubs of -~
different sizas with satisfactory results.
It will further be understood that, when the protec-tor 28 is not in use, for example, when it is belng stored or transported to a new location for use, the flexibility of the sleeve 38 allows the protector to be flattened and, therefore, to occupy less space so providing a much more compact unit. ~-It is also within the scope of the present invention to secure the protector 28 temporarily in position for use on a bathtub, for example, by means of double-sided adhesive tape 40 disposed bptween the underside of the generally annular mem-ber 34 and the top surface of the tub rim. ;~
When using the protector 28, it is also possible to obtain further protection of a tub such as the tub 10 by posl-tioning some form of padding material, such as newspapers or a piece of carpet underlay material as indicated at 42 on top of the base 16 of the tub 10 and below the base 30 of the protec-tor 28. This additional protection is especially valuable if a workman wishes to stand on the protector base 30. Such sub-base padding then reduces the risk of scratching of the tub base 16 by any sand, dust, pieces of plaster or the like which might have allen into the tub before the base 30 o thle protec-l399 tor 28 was placed in position therein.
In accordance with an optional but useful feature of this invention, the generally annular member 34 of the protector 28 is provided along one of its extended edges with a depending flange 44. As shown in Figure 2, such a flange 44 can be used to hold in position against the tub lO the top edge of a verti-cal protective panel 46, the lower edge of which can, if desired, be temporarily held in position against the front wall 12 of the tub lO by double-sided adhesive tape 48.
A tub protector in accordance with this invention, such as the protector 28, can be formed from any suitable material~. It ha~, however, proven to be practical to form ;~' "~ I
hoth the base 30 and the generally annular member 34 rom a plastics material and especially from a formable thermoplastic material. The skirt 38 can usefully be formed rom a flexible plastic sheet or more preferably from a heavy duty textile -material. The skirt 38 can be secured to the base 30 and to the generally annular member 34 in any appropriate manner, for `
: ~, . ..
example, by riveting or adhesive bonding as actually illustra-ted in the accompanying drawings.
While the present invention is in no way restricted to the method by which the novel tub protectors are manufac- ~;
tured, it has been found to be advantageous to manufacture the generally annular member 34 and the base 30 of such a protector 28 by thermally forming those component parts from a single ~`
sheet of thermoplastic material to provide a moulded product as indicated generally at 49 in Figure 4. Such a moulded product 49 can then be severed as indicated by the line 50 to provide the generally annular member 34 and the ba~e 30 of the protec- l;
tor.

3~3~ ~
While the inventio`n h~hereinbefore been specifical- ~;
ly described with reference to the specific embodiment thereof as shown in the accompanying drawings, it will be understood that numerous variations in and modifications of the described structure are possible within the scope of this invention.
For example, the generally annular member 34 of the protector 28 could be formed with a depending flange ~or disposition along the outer end wall 14 of the tub 10 in addition to the described flange 44.

"

~. ~

`:

';~
- '1 , : ' : , . .

Claims (12)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A tub protector which comprises:
a base for supported disposition within a bath-tub;
a generally annular member for supported dispo-sition on the rim of such a bathtub; and a flexible sleeve-like skirt secured around its upper end to said generally annular member and around its lower end to said base.
2. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 1, in which said generally annular member is defined by a plurality of external edges and in which a depending flange is provided along at least one such external edge.
3. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 1 and in which said base is formed with an upturned peripheral flange to which said skirt is secured.
4. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 1 and in which said generally annular member is formed about an internal edge thereof with a depending flange to which said skirt is secured.
5. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 4 and in which said base is formed with an upturned peripheral flange to which said skirt is secured.
6. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 5, in which said generally annular member is defined by a plurality of external edges and in which a depending flange is provided along at least one such external edge.
7. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 5 and in which said upturned peripheral flange of said base and said depending flange of said generally annular member have essentially iden-tical mating edge configurations.
8. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 5 and in which said base and said generally annular member are formed from a plastics material.
9. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 8 and in which said skirt is formed from a textile material.
10. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 8 and in which said base and said generally annular member have such configura-tions as would be obtained by thermally forming said base and said generally annular member from a single sheet of thermo-plastic material and then severing the resulting formed product into two separate parts.
11. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 10, in which said generally annular member is defined by a plurality of external edges and in which a depending flange is integrally formed with said generally annular member along at least one such external edge thereof.
12. A tub protector as claimed in Claim 10 and in which said skirt is formed of a textile material.
CA253,230A 1976-05-25 1976-05-25 Tub protector Expired CA1041399A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA253,230A CA1041399A (en) 1976-05-25 1976-05-25 Tub protector

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA253,230A CA1041399A (en) 1976-05-25 1976-05-25 Tub protector

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA1041399A true CA1041399A (en) 1978-10-31

Family

ID=4106038

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA253,230A Expired CA1041399A (en) 1976-05-25 1976-05-25 Tub protector

Country Status (1)

Country Link
CA (1) CA1041399A (en)

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0015355A1 (en) * 1978-05-25 1980-09-17 Raffaele Lasalandra Folding water reservoir to be placed in a bath-tub
FR2723979A1 (en) * 1994-08-26 1996-03-01 Destouches Michel Protective covering for bath and taps whilst on building site
GB2454636A (en) * 2006-05-19 2009-05-20 Iain Brown A protective cover for a bath
US20240298848A1 (en) * 2023-03-06 2024-09-12 Michael A. Kessler Tub Protection System

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0015355A1 (en) * 1978-05-25 1980-09-17 Raffaele Lasalandra Folding water reservoir to be placed in a bath-tub
FR2723979A1 (en) * 1994-08-26 1996-03-01 Destouches Michel Protective covering for bath and taps whilst on building site
GB2454636A (en) * 2006-05-19 2009-05-20 Iain Brown A protective cover for a bath
US20240298848A1 (en) * 2023-03-06 2024-09-12 Michael A. Kessler Tub Protection System
WO2024186921A3 (en) * 2023-03-06 2024-10-10 Kessler Michael A Tub protection system

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3816234A (en) Impact absorbing laminate and articles fabricated therefrom
US4067071A (en) Bathtub, wall and ceiling liner assembly
US3045254A (en) Bathtub with liner
US4290154A (en) Bathtub structure
US2843868A (en) Disposable door mats
US5069951A (en) Magnetized bath mat
US5333325A (en) Bathtub apron system
WO1991001108A1 (en) Disposable tub/shower or shower stall wall liner
CA1041399A (en) Tub protector
US2379595A (en) Floor slab
US6996860B1 (en) Construction protective covering
US2671907A (en) Bathtub liner
US3722151A (en) Back and end walls for bathtub alcove
US3024471A (en) Bath tub protective covers
US3192667A (en) Wall fixtures and method
JP3029386B2 (en) Bathroom unit
JPS62194357A (en) Floor panel support leg
JPH0647072Y2 (en) Underfloor material
JPH0240868Y2 (en)
US2207369A (en) Holder
JPH0720266Y2 (en) Building guardrail
JPS5836528Y2 (en) Gypsum board for base
JPH0712535Y2 (en) Floor structure
JPS6110547Y2 (en)
JP2024122116A (en) Components for around drain, bathroom floor structure and bathroom floor construction method