Bathtub wall surround kit

A bathtub wall surround kit, comprising:

• a plurality of panels adapted to be secured to the walls of a bathtub opening and each having a vertical edge adapted to be disposed in overlapping relation to a corresponding vertical edge of the next adjacent of said panels;
• a plurality of vertical seals for joining the corresponding vertical edges of said overlapping panels in substantially watertight fashion, each of said vertical seals including a panel-receiving channel formed by a pair of spaced apart walls joined by a channel-defining bottom wall, each of said vertical seals also including seal means adapted to cooperate with said overlapping panels;
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• a continuous base seal for joining the bottom edges of said panels to a rim of a bathtub in substantially watertight fashion, said base seal including a wall portion adapted to be secured to the walls of a bathtub opening and a base portion adapted to be disposed in sealing engagement with the rim of the bathtub, said base seal including at least one downwardly and outwardly projecting finger associated with each of said wall and base portions.

A bathtub wall surround kit, comprising:

• a plurality of panels adapted to be secured to the walls of a bathtub opening and each having a vertical edge adapted to be disposed in overlapping relation to a corresponding vertical edge of the next adjacent of said panels;
• a plurality of vertical seals for joining the corresponding vertical edges of said overlapping panels in substantially watertight fashion, each of said vertical seals including a panel-receiving channel formed by a pair of spaced apart walls joined by a channel-defining bottom wall, each of said vertical seals also including seal means adapted to cooperate with said overlapping panels;
• said pair of spaced apart walls of each of said vertical seals including a back wall and a front wall, each of said vertical seals having said back wall disposed between said overlapping panels and having said front wall tapering toward said back wall, each of said vertical seals being formed such that said front wall is movable toward and away from said back wall;
• each of said vertical seals being formed such that said seal means includes a flexible finger inwardly of said channel, each of said inward flexible fingers extending from one of said walls so as to sealingly engage a surface of the outermost of the corresponding ones of said overlapping panels;
• each of said vertical seals also being formed such that said seal means includes a flexible finger outwardly of said channel, each of said outward flexible fingers extending from one of said walls so as to sealingly engage the outwardly facing surface of the innermost of the corresponding ones of said overlapping panels;
• means for securing each of said vertical seals to the innermost of the corresponding ones of said overlapping panels after said vertical edge of the outermost of the corresponding ones of said overlapping panels has been placed in said channel;
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• a continuous base seal for joining the bottom edges of said panels to a rim of a bathtub in substantially watertight fashion, said base seal including a wall portion adapted to be secured to the walls of a bathtub opening and a base portion adapted to be disposed in sealing engagement with the rim of the bathtub, said base seal including at least one downwardly and outwardly projecting flexible finger associated with each of said wall and base portions.