Bathtub extension liner
AssigneeLinda Jeanne Clewell
InventorLinda Jeanne Clewell
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Abstract
A bathtub extension liner includes, but is not limited to a plurality of horizontally inflatable tubes adapted to be positioned around an outer perimeter of a bathtub; a vinyl assembly connected to the plurality of horizontally inflatable tubes, the vinyl assembly adapted to line an interior area of a bathtub; and a drain assembly, said drain assembly centrally positioned within the vinyl assembly adapted to line the interior area of the bathtub near an end of a lengthwise dimension of the vinyl assembly wherein water that is held inside the inflatable bathtub liner is released through the drain assembly and exits through a conventional bathtub drain as provided on the conventional bathtub.
Claims20
An inflatable bathtub liner comprising:
- a plurality of horizontally inflatable tubes adapted to be positioned around an outer perimeter of a bathtub to extend a vertical dimension of the bathtub;
- a vinyl assembly coupled to the plurality of horizontally inflatable tubes, the vinyl assembly adapted to line an interior area of a bathtub;
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- a drain assembly, said drain assembly centrally positioned within the vinyl assembly adapted to line the interior area of the bathtub near an end of a lengthwise dimension of the vinyl assembly wherein water that is held inside the inflatable bathtub liner is released through the drain assembly and exits through a conventional bathtub drain.
A method for extending a bathtub comprising:
- releasably attaching a bathtub extension liner to the bathtub, the bathtub extension liner including a plurality of horizontally inflatable tubes defining an outer perimeter of a bathtub;
- lining an interior area of the bathtub with a vinyl assembly portion of the bathtub extension liner, the vinyl assembly coupled to the plurality of horizontally inflatable tubes;
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- closing a drain assembly centrally positioned within the vinyl assembly portion near the end of a lengthwise dimension of the vinyl assembly portion;
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- filling one or more of the plurality of horizontally inflatable tubes to extend a vertical dimension of the bathtub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.