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Bath and shower device with a bath tub and a related shower partition

US5274857A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Ideal-Standard GmbH · DE

Inventors

Ludger Strack · Hürth, DE
-Ing. K. Bergmann · Wittlich, DE
Klaus Laeller · Meckenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 25, 1990
Grant date	Jan 4, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 25, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA63C10/08
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A bath and shower device with a bathtub (1) and a related shower partition (4) attached to a wall (2) above an upper edge (3) of the bathtub (1), the bathtub (1) having a bottom (5) with a planar base (6) and the shower partition (4) having several segments (7) that are hinged to one another so as to be able to swing and fold from an unfolded shower position, forming a shower stall, into a rest position, folded against the wall (2), freeing bathtub (1), and vice versa. The bath and shower device is improved with regard to shower and safety engineering in that base (6) of the bathtub (1) , seen in the longitudinal direction of bathtub (1), is placed approximately in the center of bottom (5).

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