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US 5,365,619 AGranted
Bathtub shield arrangement
OwnerJeff Solomoninventor
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Abstract
A shield member is arranged for mounting onto the sidewall portion of a bathtub, wherein the shield member includes a splash guard plate pivotally mounted to the shield member to permit securement of the splash guard plate to the wall surfaces of the surrounding bathroom in a raised orientation.
Claims6
A bathtub shield arrangement for use on an edge of a bath tub which is positioned between two end supports, comprising:
- a mounting plate, the mounting plate including a mounting plate bottom surface and a mounting plate top surface, with at least one pair of spring legs extending below the bottom surface for engaging sidewalls of an associated bathtub;
- a sealing cushion mounted to the bottom surface
- a support flange mounted to the top surface, with the support flange including a support flange side wall;
- a hinge mounted to the support flange side wall;
- a splash guard plate mounted to the hinge such that the splash guard plate may assume a lowered position and an upward splash guarding position extending above the tub rim between the two end supports;
- and,
- securement means mounted to the splash guard plate for permitting securement of the splash guard plate to the end supports while in said upward orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.