Self-sustaining base
AssigneeThe Praxis Companies, LLC
InventorChristopher Scott Stonecipher
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Abstract
A base for a shower stall comprising a first layer of fiber glass and resin, and layer of filament material, and a second layer of fiberglass and resin. The base also includes at least one external edge, an external opening, and a thickness that increases from the at least one external edge to the internal opening. Included is a shower stall comprising a plurality of shower walls, a sloped floor attached to the shower walls, and a base attached to the slope floor. Also included is a method of attaching a base to a shower stall. The method comprises creating the base by applying fiberglass, resin, and filament material to a mold, engaging the base to the shower stall by removably attached the mold to the shower stall, curing the base, and removing the mold from the shower.
Claims13
A base for supporting the floor of a shower stall, the floor of said shower stall having a perimeter and a drain point within the bounds of said perimeter and the floor sloping from said perimeter to said drain point, and said shower stall having at least one flanged edge, the base comprising:
- a sloped top shaped and sized to substantially mirror the slope of the shower stall floor;
- a substantially flat surface positioned opposite the top, wherein the flat surface is substantially flush with the flanged edge;
- at least one external edge;
- an internal opening;
- a first layer of fiberglass and resin,
- a layer of filament material;
- a second layer of fiberglass and resin;
- and
- wherein the top slopes from the at least one external edge to the internal opening.
A base for a low threshold shower stall comprising:
- a sloped top:
- a substantially flat bottom:
- a thickness of less than three inches between said top and bottom;
- a first layer of fiberglass and resin,
- a layer of filament material;
- and
- a second layer of fiberglass and resin.
A shower stall comprising:
- a plurality of shower walls;
- a sloped floor attached to the shower walls;
- and
- a base attached to the sloped floor and including a first layer of fiberglass and resin, a layer of ifiament material, and a second layer of fiberglass and resin, said base having a substantially flat surface positioned substantially perpendicular to said walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.