Storage Or Support Means Patents (Class 4/548)
  • Publication number: 20140325750
    Abstract: A baby bath station including: a top surface; a bathtub, where a soap dish and sponge dish are at a top edge of the bathtub; a spout below the bathtub, where the spout allows for the release of water from the bathtub; a valve, where the valve is at the top of the spout and enables the release of water into the spout; a small built-in bucket adjacent to the bathtub; a flat surface; and at least two legs to support the baby bath station. The bucket may be removable and a towel holder may provided on one side of the top surface. Further in one particular embodiment, wheels may be provided on each leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Chinwe Anyika, Nkemdirim Anyika
  • Patent number: 8819876
    Abstract: An example shower assembly includes a mount for removeably securing and supporting an accessory item to a shower wall. The mounts are permanently attached to the shower wall and are spaced apart a set desired distance. Slots on the accessory item receive the mounts to support the accessory item firmly and substantially rigidly to the shower wall. Removal of the accessory item is performed by lifting to allow installation of another accessory item as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Peter Dabrowski, Michael Krushlin
  • Patent number: 7854030
    Abstract: A utility tub is provided with a sink area having support surfaces for removably supporting a tray. The tray may hold items that are drying. In addition, the utility tub may be provided with an enlarged area for supporting other items, and various accessories such as a towel rack or towel pegs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: American Shower and Bath
    Inventors: Chia Ying Lee, Victor Hoernig
  • Publication number: 20090112293
    Abstract: An improved device for carrying out a treatment comprising the following features: the treatment is carried out with the film hanging only slightly down, and, in order to carry out the treatment, the film can brought into a position in which the lateral portions of the film, which lead to its lateral edge support, ascend in a relation to a horizontal plane at an angle smaller than 45°, the film being of such a type of such a configuration that its top face is slidable at least with additional use of treatment medium and/or lubricant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Paul Haslauer
  • Publication number: 20090100591
    Abstract: A utility tub is provided with a sink area having support surfaces for removably supporting a tray. The tray may hold items that are drying. In addition, the utility tub may be provided with an enlarged area for supporting other items, and various accessories such as a towel rack or towel pegs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Chia Ying Lee, Victor Hoernig
  • Patent number: 6799336
    Abstract: A sink support shell apparatus and method of making a sink support shell are provided. The sink support shell apparatus is a shell shaped to be compatible with the sink that is to be placed in the sink support shell. The sink support shell includes a rim for mounting the shell either above or below the countertop level. The shell further includes an overflow/vent channel and stand-off in the base for attaching the shell to the necessary plumbing fixtures to allow for drainage of the water from the sink. The overflow/vent channel is formed in the material of the shell and allows water to flow down the channel to be drained by the attached plumbing fixtures as well as air to be vented to reduce suction noise. The sink support shell is made of high-impact material, such as a metal or hard plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Inventor: William D. Freeman
  • Patent number: 6327722
    Abstract: A planar support pad for a spa comprising at least two individual planar sections of rigid plastic foam, each of the sections defined by broad top and bottom surfaces in parallel, spaced-apart arrangement and bounded by at least two peripheral edges, a rounded or beveled surface formed on at least one of the edges of the section for spreading the force of incidental contact therewith from a solid object over a broad area to reduce damage to the foam from the contact, and tape used adjacent at least another edge of the section for permitting joining one the section to another the section in contiguous assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Noble
  • Patent number: 5640723
    Abstract: A shower or bath stool having a storage area for items used in the toilet provides four non-skid legs, a movable top seating surface, and a storage space within. A series of vents and drain holes is provided so as to assure rapid drying and low humidity maintenance within the storage space. A grooming aids mount provides facility for hanging items such as a toothbrush, and a compartment for storing small items such as an electric shaver is provided. The top cover provides a convex surface for shedding water and a peripheral flange for directing the water away from the stool and for shielding the ventilation holes. Slots in the peripheral flange are used for hanging washcloths and such.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Inventor: Michael Stanek
  • Patent number: 4846356
    Abstract: A clothes drying rack adapted to be fixed to a ceiling and between lateral walls surrounding a bathtub. It includes a rectangular frame having cross-bars secured to the frame. The frame is supported to the ceiling by a pair of brackets having a flange in the plane of the frame. Each bracket is mounted on two opposite long sides of the frame. The frame is also supported by two pairs of S-shaped hooks slidingly mounted on the two opposite short side of the rectangular frame. These hooks have an eyelet at each end. The eyelets are twisted in planes perpendicular from each other. The frame is preferably made to be sidingly adjustable relative to the bracket and the hooks so that the rack can be installed above the bathtub while it is secured to the most solid parts of the surrounding walls and the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Inventor: Marie C. Dubuc
  • Patent number: 4472843
    Abstract: A bathtub accessory holder is provided and consists of a platform having a support member with a fog proof mirror on one side and a pair of pivotally connected arms so that the support member can be positioned on the platform in such manner to create a writing tablet, a book support or a make up mirror. The bathtub accessory holder also contains a first container to hold cotton balls and the like, a second container to hold pencils and the like, a drinking container and a nail polish holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Inventor: Linda Chermak
  • Patent number: 4357721
    Abstract: A collapsible bathing assembly utilizes a flexible liner housed within a cabinet. Rigid side walls for supporting the side walls of the liner are pivotally joined to the cabinet, and by pivoting action move the liner into and out of the cabinet. The rigid side walls and a rigid bottom support plate serve as the side walls and front wall of the cabinet when the liner is positioned within the cabinet and the bathing assembly is not in use. A rigid end wall is mounted for pivotal movement about an axis adjacent to the bottom of the liner to provide for the adjustable supporting of one of the ends of the liner, particularly to provide for collapsing of that liner end onto the bottom of the liner, resulting in easy access to the bathtub for an invalid. A framework is provided to support the top of the cabinet and to facilitate installation of the bathing assembly, including plumbing. The liner may be omitted, if desired, in which case the walls are provided with water-tight seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1982
    Inventor: Babette B. Newburger
  • Patent number: 4216552
    Abstract: An infant bathing device having the undersurface thereof contoured for being removably received in resting position on a double sink, the device having a first trough portion configured and contoured for receiving the body of the infant, the first trough portion adjacent one end of the device having an upwardly extending back and head supporting portion extending above the highest point of the first trough portion. The device includes a second shallower trough portion adjacent the other end thereof for receiving bathing articles such as soap and the like. Intermediate the two trough portions is an overflow divider spaced below the upper periphery of the main body of the device, the divider having the undersurface thereof configured for resting on the divider of a double kitchen sink with the back and head supporting portion abutting one end of the sink. The back supporting portion may optionally be provided with handle means with the entire device being formed in an integral unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1980
    Assignee: Product Source Inc.
    Inventor: Richard C. Gurolnick