Movable bathroom fixtures
AssigneeThe Research Foundation of SUNY at Buffalo
InventorsAbir Mullick, Edward Steinfeld, Drew Kelley
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Abstract
A movable bathroom-fixture system, comprising bathroom fixtures modified to allow adjustment of their position in a bathroom; and the means to mount said fixtures on bathroom walls so that the fixture placement is adjustable. The modifiable fixtures include a moveable sink fixture, a moveable shower fixture, a moveable wet wall, a height adjustable toilet seat, and drainage tiles. Depending on the size of the bathroom the modifiable fixtures can be slideably and/or removably attached to moveable wall panel units, moveable walls, moveable panels, or fixture interface units.
Claims3
A movable sink fixture secured to a wall, comprising:
- a) a sink, wherein said sink is formed within said moveable sink fixture;
- b) means for vertically moving said sink with respect to said wall;
- c) means for moving said sink fixture horizontally with respect to said wall, wherein
- said horizontal moving means is operatively arranged to maintain an immutable distance between said sink and said wall;
- and,
- d) means for locking said sink fixture in place once said sink fixture has been moved to a desired location with respect to said wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.