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Support system for bath or shower tubs

US5960489A · kind A · utility

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43Claims

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Assignee

E. Missel GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Bernd Hanel · Wittlich, DE
Hans-Joachim Mai · Neubiberg, DE
Dieter Krist · Winnenden, DE
Gerhard Schmitt · Bensheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 29, 1997
Grant date	Oct 5, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47K3/17
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A support system for bath tubs or shower tubs, which are provided with a tub rim which in particular extends around the tub, comprises at least one support rail which can be secured to a wall and support members which can be provided between the tub and the floor. In this arrangement, the surfaces of the wall and/or of the support rail facing the tub rim are covered, at least regionally, with an acoustic decoupling layer. The support members have at least one acoustically decoupling insulating element and an acoustically decoupling sectional element is provided, which can be positioned between the tub rim and the region confronting it of a support wall which can be erected beneath the tub rim.

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