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US 4,080,710 AGranted
Molded bathtub fixture and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeHessco Industries, Inc.
InventorStephen Walter Hess
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Abstract
An improved molded bathtub fixture adapted to be manufactured as a single piece to allow separation into two integral elements for installation and handling is disclosed. The subject bathtub fixture, including a bathtub and three upwardly extending contiguous walls is characterized by having a lateral bulge which extends for the length of the walls and which serves to permit the molded bathtub fixture to be separated into two separate pieces at a construction site to facilitate handling and installation.
Claims7
The method for forming a molded bathtub and associated wall extending above the bathtub, comprising:
- molding a plastics bathtub with an integral wall extending above a rim of the tub and forming in said wall an outwardly extending bulge having three connected wall portions along a length of the wall;
- severing said wall along its length in the vicinity of the bulge to form mating upper and lower flanges, from said wall portions, which can be interfitted together to form said bathtub with said associated wall extending above the bathtub.
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