Tileable modular floor system and drain
AssigneeLaticrete International, Inc.
InventorsSpencer P Maheu, Dustin Prevete
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Abstract
Modular floor drain systems that include symmetric substrate segments each having outwardly extending flanges for overlapping an adjacent edge of the other substrate segment. The system also includes a drain segment connected to the two or more symmetric substrate segments via at least one of the outwardly extending flanges. The symmetric substrate segments have identical configurations enabling interchangeable use thereof and complementary mating for ease of installation of the modular floor drain system. The substrate segments may have hinges for bending the symmetric substrate segment to allow for folding thereof.
Claims20
A modular floor drain system comprising:
- two or more symmetric substrate segments each having outwardly extending flanges for overlapping an adjacent edge of the other substrate segment;
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- a drain segment connected to the two or more symmetric substrate segments via at least one of the outwardly extending flanges on each of the two or more symmetric substrate segments,
- whereby the two or more symmetric substrate segments have identical configurations enabling interchangeable use thereof and complementary mating for ease of installation of the modular floor drain system.
A modular floor drain system comprising
- a plurality of symmetric substrate segments each having one or more hinges for bending said symmetric substrate segment to allow for folding thereof;
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- one or more of the symmetric substrate segments having openings therein, which when positioned and adjoined to each other provide a drain segment in the plurality of symmetric substrate segments for forming a drain outlet.
A method of forming a modular floor drain system comprising:
- providing a first symmetric substrate segment having first outwardly extending flanges extending past one or more edges thereof;
- providing a second symmetric substrate segment having second outwardly extending flanges extending past one or more edges thereof, the first and second symmetric substrate segments having identical configurations;
- providing a drain substrate segment having an opening for a drain outlet;
- positioning the first and second symmetric substrate segments around the drain substrate segment whereby the first and second outwardly extending flanges overlap the drain substrate segment, the identical configurations of the first and second symmetric substrate segments enabling interchangeable use thereof and complementary mating for ease of installation of the modular floor drain system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.