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US 8,037,556 B2Granted
Shower cubicles
AssigneeDLP Limited
InventorsGraham Robin Lock, Robert William Stimpson, James Self
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AssigneeDLP Limited
InventorsGraham Robin Lock, Robert William Stimpson, James Self
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A shower cubicle panel comprises a main panel element (14) of composite construction with at least two layers of different material, and means for interconnecting the cubicle panel (10) to an adjacent panel (10) and a shower tray (80). A connector for adjacent shower cubicle panels comprises a first part (36), a second part (38). The first part (36) has a first elongate channel portion (22b) for receiving an edge of a first shower cubicle panel, and a male connector portion (42). The second part (38) has a second elongate channel portion (22b) for receiving an edge of a second shower cubicle panel, and a female connector portion (50) substantially complementarily shaped to receive the male connector portion (42). A sealing element (40) is interposable between the first and second parts (36, 38) for preventing their disengagement.
A shower cubicle panel comprising a main panel element which is a composite construction of a substrate and an external layer of a different material to the substrate and which fully watertightly encapsulates the substrate, and means for directly interconnecting the cubicle panel to an adjacent panel and a shower tray, the interconnecting means being provided on the peripheral edge or edges of the main panel element and including one or more edge elements which receive the edges of the main panel element without breaching the encapsulating external layer, the or each edge element along the bottom edge of the main panel element including a slot, and the interconnecting means further including a shower part which is on or attachable to the shower tray and which is engageable with the slot of the or each edge element, so that the panel is releasably securable to the shower tray.
A connector for connecting adjacent shower cubicle panels, the connector comprising a first part having a first elongate channel portion for receiving an edge of a first shower cubicle panel, and a male connector portion;
A connector for connecting a shower cubicle panel to a shower tray, the connector comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.