Bracket for bathtubs
US6154893A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 20, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47K3/02
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The bracket is to be installed to the inner face of the peripheral rim of a bathtub, to attach the latter to the inner peripheral edge portion of a fixed casing. The bracket has a rigid head portion which is fixedly attached to the inner rim of the bathtub, and a downwardly depending arcuate resilient foot which carries at its lower end a foot. When installing the bathtub inside the casing and more particularly inside the casing peripheral edge portion, the tub is downwardly displaced until its rim comes into downward abutment against the casing peripheral edge portion, the bracket slidingly abutting against the casing peripheral edge portion with a corresponding resilient foot deformation, allowing the foot to slide under the casing peripheral edge portion and to snap itself thereunder for preventing vertical displacement of the bathtub relative to the casing peripheral edge portion. Indeed, the casing peripheral edge portion is then wedged between the bracket foot and the bathtub rim.
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