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US 4,541,130 AGranted
Bathtub assembly
AssigneeOwens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
InventorsScott A. Calvert, Robert J. Gelin, Dale Aberegg
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Abstract
A tub assembly is provided wherein a bathtub assembly comprised of a bowl section having an apron extending downwardly therefrom and a pivotally mounted apron brace releasably secured to the bottom of the bowl in a first position to permit nestable stacking of one tub assembly within another for shipping and rigidly securable in a second position to provide lateral support to the apron.
Claims6
A bathtub assembly comprising;
- a receptacle body having a plurality of support legs and attachment posts extending therefrom, said body having an apron portion extending therefrom, said apron having a lip and plurality of pins forming a plurality of recesses therebetween adapted to receive an after defined foot;
- a brace member having integral planar section, hinge sections and base sections, the hinge sections pivotally connecting the planar section and base sections, said planar section having a foot extending therefrom adapted to fit between said lip and pins of said apron, said planar section having a stud extending therefrom, said base sections having a locating socket adapted to receive said stud extending from said planar section when said brace is oriented in the installed position, said stud and socket being adapted to positively locate said brace along the bottom of said receptacle body;
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- fastening means adapted to attached said base sections to said posts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.