Strip to protect and seal bath tub corners
OwnerPierre E. Dokaninventor
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Abstract
The invention concerns, for combination with a corner defined by an upright wall, and a generally horizontal surface as defined by a bath tub or the like, and cured mastic applied to said corner, the following: (a) a longitudinally elongated, plastic strip, which is generally crescent shaped in cross section, the strip having terminal edges defined by laterally spaced lips adapted to be supported adjacent the wall and the surface so that the strip confines the mastic in the corner in strip installed position, (b) the mastic in cured state being incompletely rigid, (c) and barb structure integral with the strip and projecting therefrom into the mastic, which in cured state anchors the barb means to retain the strip in said installed position.
Claims13
The combination with a corner defined by an upright wall, and a generally horizontal surface as defined by a bath tub or the like, and cured mastic applied to said corner,
- (a) a longitudinally elongated, plastic strip, which is generally crescent shaped in cross section, the strip having terminal edges defined by laterally spaced lips supported adjacent said wall and said surface so that the strip confines the mastic in said corner in strip installed position,
- (b) the mastic in cured state being incompletely rigid,
- (c) and barb means integral with the strip and projecting therefrom into the mastic, which in said cured state anchors the barb means to retain the strip in said installed position,
- (d) said strip having geater thickness medially between said lips than at said lips, whereby the lips support said strip for flexing toward the corner, said mastic being resilient in cured state, and tensioning said barb means to urge the strip toward said corner, with said lips resiliently engaging said wall and surface, the mastic engaging the strip proximate both lips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.