Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Tubs – With movable closure
Patent
1996-10-15
1999-04-13
Phillips, Charles E.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Tubs
With movable closure
160211, A47K 300
Patent
active
058931813
ABSTRACT:
An enclosure for the entrance to a bathing facility, such as a bathtub/shower combination, or other area that can be completely closed, completely opened, or partially closed or opened. The preferred embodiment includes a column mounted in the plane of and at one side of the entrance; a dual cantilever extended from the column intermediate its upper and lower ends; and dual shower doors mounted on the cantilever so that a vertical plane containing the center of gravity of the doors intersects the column. The doors are mounted so that one of the doors is translationally movable for changing the degree of closure of the bathing facility and so that both doors can be pivoted out of the entrance to the facility to open it completely. The mounting of the doors, which features a bearing carriage in the dual cantilever, eliminates both a header and the typical tub rail, and allows the doors to be frameless. Moreover, the mounting enables the described translational and pivoting movement to be accomplished without sag or misalignment of the doors and thus without scraping or rubbing of the doors against each other or adjacent surfaces. Hinge assemblies providing useful adjustment features are included.
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Costello Leo F.
Phillips Charles E.
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