Safety insert for a child's water device
AssigneeCreating Klees LLC
InventorsSarah Hirsch, Katherine Greathouse
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Abstract
A flexible liner that is inserted onto bathtubs or children swimming pools to help cushion an impact and mitigate injury when a bather or swimmer falls on the hard ledges covered by the flexible liner. The device covers the ledges of the bathtub or pool with a soft, cushioning material and is attached to the bathtub or pool to maintain its position along dangerous, hard surfaces. The flexible liner has connectors where toys or other useful devices can be attached for the bather or swimmer to play with or utilize. The flexible liner is designed to add cushioning to decrease impact injury and entertain the bather or swimmer.
Claims23
A bathtub insert for mounting in a bathtub, the insert comprising:
- a flexible liner comprising:
- ledge portions for positioning on top edges, respectively, of the bathtub having a plurality of side walls;
- skirt portions extending down respectively from the respective ledge portions on inner surfaces, respectively, of the plurality of side walls;
- an inner surface of the flexible liner disposed between the flexible liner and the bathtub;
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- an outer surface of the flexible liner opposite the inner surface of the flexible liner;
- and
- one or more fasteners disposed between the inner surface of the flexible liner and the bathtub for securing the flexible liner to the bathtub,
- wherein each skirt portion has a length shorter than that of each side wall of the bathtub such that an inner bottom surface of the bathtub is fully exposed.
A pool insert for mounting in a pool, the insert comprising:
- a flexible liner comprising:
- a ledge portion for positioning on a top edge of the pool;
- a skirt portion extending down from the ledge portion;
- an inner surface of the flexible liner disposed between the flexible liner and the pool;
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- an outer surface of the flexible liner opposite the inner surface;
- and
- one or more fasteners disposed between the inner surface of the flexible liner and the pool for securing the flexible liner to the pool,
- wherein the skirt portion has a length shorter than that of each side wall of the pool such that an inner bottom surface of the pool is fully exposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.