Abstract: This invention provides a method and a test area to prevent tampering in the collection of specimens for substance abuse testing from a subject utilizing a specimen collection container. More particularly, the present invention prevents the substitution of the subject by another person and prevents the subject from introducing a previously obtained and concealed false specimen while minimizing intrusion on the subject's privacy.

Abstract: Panels which are assembled to form a stall shower are prefabricated. Each panel has a facing of tile adhered to a plywood backing. On the rear of the backings are elongated vertical ribs. The lower edges of the ribs are notched to interfit with a shower base. The upper edges are notched to interfit with a shower ceiling. The outer edges of the ribs are either attached to studding or are covered with wallboard. The panels comprise four corners, a back, two sides and two door jambs. In addition to the shower base and ceiling, additional members include a shower door curb and a header.

Abstract: A modular bathing cabinet is disclosed which is adapted to be easily transported to and assembled at the location of final use. The bathing cabinet may be in the form of either a shower stall or a bathing tub, and it includes a base, and an upright enclosure which includes a pair of opposite side sections which are of generally L-shape in cross-section and which are joined to each other along a vertical junction line in the back wall of the enclosure. Each of the side sections includes a plurality of horizontal reinforcing metal straps fixed along the outside surface, and the reinforcing straps of the side sections are bolted together to form a secure and rigid interconnection along the vertical junction line. Also, the straps are directly connected to the vertical wall studs of the building, to further rigidify the structure.

Abstract: A knockdown type bathing enclosure is disclosed. It can be manufactured as a one-piece plumbing fixture, cut into portions for transportation, and assembled at the installation site. The bathing enclosure has a joining strip attached to an external side of a wall structure. The joining strip has an attachment surface for abutting the wall structure, and an outer tubular bulge. The joining strip and the wall structure are cut into portions along a plane passing through the tubular bulge. A plurality of locator members are then inserted into an internal slot formed in each portion of the cut tubular bulge. Guided into proper alignment by the locator members, the cut portions are then fastened together using a clamp member.

Abstract: A toilet cubicle having a pair of post engaging side panels bracketed to a rear wall and a top headrail engaging the side panels have doors rotatably joined in spaced apart relationship to the posts. Each door is pivotally supported by a foot disposed in spaced relationship to the posts. The feet have a threaded insert supporting base receiving an adjustably threaded member, and a gravity hinge and door pivot supporting cap engaging the opposite end of the threaded member. A nut on the threaded member is movable to engage an upper surface of the base. The nut has a transverse thread for receiving a tapered end set screw to destructively engage the threads of the threaded member and fix the nominally open positioning of the door, and resist travel thereafter.

Abstract: A one piece molded plastic shower stall and room divider including a one piece plastic body member shaped to form the shower stall having a U-shaped side wall, an opposite flat side wall, a rear wall and a front wall having an opening therein, and a bottom and top wall. Wall forming material is foamed or otherwise secured to the front, rear and U-shaped side wall. When the enclosure so formed is installed in an enclosed living area, the exterior of the body divides the living area into two separate rooms. The exterior of the enclosure is finished to match the decor of the living area thus properly blending as a room divider.

Abstract: A transportable prebuilt room forming module for external attachment to the exterior of a building comprises an inner box defining a room and an outer box spaced from the inner box and defining an enclosure and risers and insulation between the two boxes and rigidly interconnecting them, the inner box including a sandwich type floor member interconnecting the walls of the room and a reinforced roof member also interconnecting the walls of the room.

Abstract: A building system in which the wet areas are constructed as a module at a construction site and transported to be placed on site for a building to be erected therearound. The modules are constructed to be positioned one on another for multi-storied buildings and incorporated into the floors of the building.

Abstract: A panelling system for the construction of cubicles having two upright posts, a panel connected to one of the posts by a hinge and two cross rails running between the posts. Each of the upright posts has a similar, but laterally inverted, cross-sectional shape. The posts are attached to the floor and ceiling by means of channel members and to a rear wall by means of wall brackets which also serve to support service supplies. The panels may support various items, such as W.C.'s, washbasins, etc.

Abstract: A modular booth structure is provided which is particularly useful in merchandising of food and drink items. The booth comprises a free-standing base portion comprising a plurality of vertical panels arranged to form a rectangular enclosure, a door in one of the panels, a plurality of cabinet units disposed within the enclosure and against the panels, with each of the cabinet units having a substantially planar top surface forming a countertop within the enclosure. The base includes a first plumbing system comprising a sink, a supply of water for the sink, a heater unit for heating water delivered to the sink, means for delivering water to the sink, and a holding tank for collecting water discharged from the sink. A second plumbing system is also provided which comprises a supply of water for a beverage dispenser, a supply of carbon dioxide for a beverage dispenser, and means for delivering water to the beverage dispenser.

Abstract: Wall construction including a wall header for mounting appliances, such as sinks, shelves, electrical receptacle boxes and the like on a wall. Parallel, C-shaped cross-sectional wall studs have major side members provided with vertically aligned mounted openings at regularly spaced intervals along the length thereof. The wall header includes a body having a flat front face for disposition relatively flush to the mounting plane defined by the wall studs, first and second mounting fingers extended from a first end, and third and fourth mounting fingers extended from a second end of the body. The mounting fingers engage mounting holes and are bent over the edges of the holes to secure the body in place. One end of the body has a peripheral recess. The purpose of the peripheral recess is to accommodate the inwardly turned lip portion usually associated with metal wall studs used in construction.

Abstract: A prefabricated building system comprising a portable wall unit having a supporting frame and utility apparatus mounted on the supporting frame. The utility apparatus preferably is adjustably mounted on the supporting frame and may comprise plumbing, electrical, heating and/or cooling apparatus for the rooms adjacent to the portable wall unit in the building in which it is to be installed. Prefabricated wall partitions for the adjacent rooms can be assembled with the portable wall unit before shipment to the building site or at the building site. The portable wall unit is provided with means for aligning the wall unit with the adjacent wall partitions to facilitate the assembly thereof.

Abstract: Sleeping modules are disclosed which are of elongated box shape construction with open ends for access. The are about length and width of a single bed and of sufficient height for an occupant to sit upright. The modules assembled in stacks or columns of two or more modules supported one above the other in parallel relation in a supporting framework and arranged in rows together with bathrooms and other accommodations. The sleeping modules are assembled into portable building units which may be used for portable sleeping accommodations at parks, sporting events, and other locations where temporary or permanent inexpensive sleeping accommodations are desired. Additionally, the sleeping modules may be assembled into larger building units or other suitable accommodations to provide facilities for dormitories, barracks, or places of confinement such as correctional institutions.

Abstract: A dwelling in which the utilities are built around a small core room with a bath arranged to either side of the core room and a kitchen arranged adjacent one bath so that all sewer lines may extend from the various facilities to a main single sewer line in the core. The core also provides for a water heater, air conditioning equipment, as well as water lines to the various facilities.

Abstract: A fixture core including plumbing for a building in which all of the fixtures are either permanently or temporarily supported from the side walls of the core and the core is transported on a shipping pallet which served as a template for the erection of the core and the fixtures and is removable when the core reaches the job site so that the fixture core may be removed from the pallet, if desired, and supported directly upon the floor or slab of a building in which the core is to be installed.

Abstract: Backwall and sidewall panels for assembly with a bathtub in the forming of a shower enclosure are molded with integral interlockable portions respectively thereon whereby the sidewall panel can be assembled with the backwall panel to provide firm engagement therebetween by the interengaging of the interlockable portions with each other.

Abstract: A junction and connection terminal between, on one hand, a drinking water mains and an electric mains and, on the other hand, a fixed or mobile sanitary unit. This terminal also ensures the connection between this unit and a system for discharging sewage liquids and household waste liquids. The terminal comprises a unit of a strong material comprising two compartments the main compartment of which is buried in the ground but is flush with the surface of the ground. The other compartment projects from the ground. The terminal unit is provided with rapid couplings for its connection with the sanitary unit which is provided with complementary couplings. The terminal unit groups in its lower compartment, a system for discharging sewage liquids and the household waste liquids and, in its upper part, the drinking water mains and the electric mains.

Abstract: A prefabricated building in which utilities are provided for in a core unit in which ceilings are provided by prefabricated panels and in which the panels are tied to roof trusses.

Abstract: A knocked-down kit for assembling a shower stall or bath tub enclosure comprises a base panel, dome panel and three side panels, the side panels being interlocked by a split clamping tube which resiliently clamps together outwardly extending flanges along the abutting vertical edges of the side panels, and the side panels being interlocked with the base panel by a resilient flange which snaps over an outwardly extending flange along the upper periphery of the base panel as the side panels are lowered onto the base panel. The interlock between the dome and side panels is symmetrically opposite to the base-side panel interlock.

Abstract: An ablution compartment includes a base tray and a plurality of booth elements supported on the base tray. The booth elements comprise a plurality of first wall elements and a plurality of second wall elements. Each first wall element is of an angled configuration having a single, substantially planar wall limb and a single, substantially planar ceiling limb arranged at right angles to the wall limb. Each second wall element has a wall surface and connects two first wall elements to one another. The wall limbs of the first wall elements and the wall surfaces of the second wall elements together form an all-around enclosure above the base tray.

Abstract: A rest room module adapted for rapid, efficient and thorough manual or automatic cleaning is provided having a unitary floor, ceiling and four walls, an entrance in one of said walls, a sealable closure for said entrance, a drain opening in said floor, lighting means sealingly recessed in one of said walls and/or ceiling, a toilet fixture positioned between two of said walls and forming an integral part thereof, and a lavatory and counter fixture on at least one wall adjacent said toilet and forming an integral part of said wall, and one of a urinal fixture and counter on the other wall adjacent to said toilet and forming an integral part of said wall, said wall and fixtures being an integral unitary assembly with all intersecting surfaces being arcuately contoured.

Abstract: A tornado protection building, one of the rooms of which has a tornado protection assembly extending across the top and sides of its interior, the building having a concrete slab under it, into which the protection assembly is anchored, the protection assembly having a design providing much greater strength than sheet material so as to resist forces in all directions exerted by a tornado, the protection assembly protecting a first floor space which is but a small part of a basementless house.

Abstract: A combination support frame and security barrier for operatively supporting a plumbing facility in confronting relation with an opening in a poured concrete wall, partition, or the like, the assembly including a plurality of frame elements extending around the periphery of the opening and at least one security bar extending across the opening and supported at the opposite ends thereof by the frame elements to prevent unauthorized movement of a person, object, or the like through the opening.