Watertight fastener

Details Watertight fastener Watertight fastener

1989-08-17

1990-08-14

Safavi, Michael

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Sheetlike element assembled parallel to existing wall,...

With separate fastener extending beyond margin

52 35, 52506, 52512, E04B 138

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049476084

ABSTRACT:
A watertight fastener for mounting a peripherally grooved prefabricated bathtub surround panel on a wall. The fastener includes a rigid support and a resilient seal. The support has a mounting portion adapted to be secured to the wall, and a surround-receiving portion adapted to enter the peripheral groove of the surround panel and defining adjacent the free end thereof an aperture extending at least partially therethrough. The seal has an elongate body portion and a sealing portion. The body portion is adopted to enter the peripheral groove of the surround panel with the surround-receiving portion, has a serrated front surface, and defines a transversely-extending plug resiliently retained by the aperture. The sealing portion is adapted to extend intermediate the surround and an adjacent surface to form a watertight seal therebetween.

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patent: 4262464 (1981-04-01), Ludowici

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