US 5,771,505 AGranted

Bathtub safety guard

OwnerJoseph R. Reynoldsinventor

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Abstract

A new Bathtub Safety Guard for preventing a child from accessing or contacting the spigot or water control knobs provided in a bathtub. The device includes a first gate section and a second gate section slidably attached to the first gate section, wherein the first and second gate sections each have an upper portion and a lower portion whereby the effective combined width of the first arid second gate sections can be varied such that the lower portions fit within the width of a bathtub. The upper portions of the first and second gate sections extend over the sides of the bathtub. The upper portion of the first gate section abuts an enclosure wall provided on the back side of the bathtub. A plurality of suction cups are provided on the edges of the first and second gate sections for releasably attaching the first and second gate sections to the bathtub and the enclosure wall.

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A Bathtub Safety Guard for use in a bathtub having an entry side, a back side, and a forward end wherein a spigot and a water control knob are provided at said forward end, said entry side and said back side each having an inner surface and a substantially horizontal top surface, said bathtub further having a back side enclosure wall extending upwardly from said substantially horizontal top surface of said back side, said Bathtub Safety Guard comprising:

a first gate section having an upper portion and a lower portion;
and
a second gate section having an upper portion and a lower portion, said second gate section slidably attached to said first gate section, said upper portion of said first gate section being wider than said lower portion of said first gate section and being adapted to extend over said top surface of said back side of said bathtub and abut said back side enclosure wall, said upper portion of said second gate section being adapted to extend over said substantially horizontal top surface of said entry side of said bathtub, whereby the effective combined width of said first gate section and said second gate section can be varied such that said lower portion of said first gate section and said lower portion of said second gate section fit within the width of said bathtub.

A Bathtub Safety Guard for use in a bathtub having an entry side, a back side, and a forward end wherein a spigot and a water control knob are provided at said forward end, said entry side and said back side each having an inner surface and a top substantially horizontal surface, and for use with a back side enclosure wall extending upwardly from said substantially horizontal top surface of said back side of said bathtub and a forward end enclosure wall extending above said forward end of said bathtub, said Bathtub Safety Guard comprising:

a first gate section having an upper portion and a lower portion,
said upper portion of said first gate section having an upper portion outer side edge and said lower portion of said first gate section having a lower portion outer side edge, said lower portion outer side edge of said first gate section adapted for abutting said inner surface of said back side of said bathtub and said upper portion outer side edge of said first gate section adapted for extending over said substantially horizontal top surface of back side and abutting said back side enclosure wall, said upper portion of said first gate section being wider than said lower portion of said first gate section;
and
a second gate section having an upper portion and a lower portion, said second gate section slidably attached to said first gate section, whereby the effective combined width of said first gate section and said second gate section can be varied such that said lower portion of said first gate section and said lower portion of said second gate section fit between said inner surface of said back side of said bathtub and said inner surface of said entry side of said bathtub,
said lower portion of said second gate section having a lower portion outer side edge, said lower portion outer side edge of said second gate section adapted for abutting said inner surface of said entry side of said bathtub.

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