Under mud shower pan with seat
AssigneeInnovative Leak Solutions, Inc.
InventorLeonard Eriksson
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Abstract
Described is a one-piece shower pan with a seat having no openings for water leakage, other than the drain hole. The shower pan includes a drain hole designed to fit a conventional drain pipe such that when the conventional drain pipe is fastened to the shower pan, the conventional drain pipe extends ½ to 2 inches above the bottom of the shower pan. In this way, when cement or other adhesive is floated on the interior surface of the shower pan, tiles of varying thickness can be installed in such a manner that the top surface of the tiles are substantially flush with the top portion of the conventional drain pipe. The shower pan also has a water dam with a fin extending vertically on the outer edge of the water dam as added protection against water migration outside the shower pan.
Claims10
A one-piece prefabricated shower pan with a seat, comprising:
- a horizontal floor area having at least one drain hole, the horizontal floor area being gradually inclined towards the at least one drain hole;
- a pair of opposing sidewalls extending upwardly from a peripheral edge of the horizontal floor area at a near 90 degree angle;
- wherein one of the opposing sidewalls rises to a vertical edge, with a seat extending laterally from the vertical edge;
- a third sidewall extending upwardly from the peripheral edge of the horizontal floor area at a near 90 degree angle, the third sidewall being in contact with a back end of the pair of opposing sidewalls and the laterally extending seat;
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- a water dam extending upwardly from the at least one peripheral edge of the horizontal floor area.
A one-piece prefabricated shower pan with a seat, comprising:
- horizontal floor area having at least one drain hole positioned substantially on a center portion thereof, the horizontal floor area being gradually inclined towards the at least one drain hole;
- a pair of opposing sidewalls extending upwardly from a peripheral edge of the horizontal floor area at a near 90 degree angle;
- wherein one of the opposing sidewalk rises to a vertical edge, with a seat extending laterally from the vertical edge:
- a third sidewall extending upwardly from the peripheral edge of the horizontal floor area at a near 90 degree angle, the third sidewall being in contact with a back end of the pair of opposing sidewalls and the laterally extending seat;
- a water dam extending upwardly from the at least one peripheral edge of the horizontal floor area;
- wherein the at least one drain hole has a circumference that allows for a conventional drain pipe to be inserted through it and a depression around the borders of the drain hole to allow a conventional drain pipe to be fastened to the horizontal floor area with the use of flanges, such that when the conventional drain pipe is fastened to the horizontal floor area, approximately one half to two inches of the conventional drain pipe extends above the horizontal floor area;
- wherein there are no openings in the shower pan for water to escape, other than the drain;
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- wherein troughs jut outwardly from the at least one drain hole to facilitate the exit of water down the drain hole.
A one-piece prefabricated shower pan with a seat, comprising:
- a horizontal floor area having at least one drain hole positioned substantially on a center portion thereof, the horizontal floor area being gradually inclined towards the at least one drain hole;
- a pair of opposing sidewalls extending upwardly from a peripheral edge of the horizontal floor area at a near 90 degree angle;
- wherein one of the opposing sidewalls rises to a vertical edge, with a seat extending laterally from the vertical edge;
- a third sidewall extending upwardly from the peripheral edge of the horizontal floor area at a near 90 degree angle, the third sidewall being in contact with a hack end of the pair of opposing sidewalls and the laterally extending seat;
- a water dam extending upwardly from the at least one peripheral edge of the horizontal floor area;
- wherein the at least one drain hose has a circumference that allows for a conventional, drain pipe to be inserted through it and a depression around the borders of the drain hole to allow a conventional drain pipe to be fastened to the horizontal floor area with the use of flanges, such that when the conventional drain pipe is fastened to the horizontal floor area, approximately one half to two inches of the conventional drain pipe extends above the horizontal floor area;
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- wherein there are no openings in the shower pan for water to escape, other than the drain, and wherein a depression borders the at least one drain hole so that a conventional drain pipe can be fastened to the horizontal floor area with flanges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.