Patent ID: 9332883
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A47K,E03F

Claim Text:
1. An integral one-piece waterproof shower receptor module comprising: a floor having a plurality of edges and a drain opening and being continuously and upwardly sloped from drain opening to each edge; a plurality of flanges bonded to a plurality of the edges of the floor, said flanges having a thickness such that, when the flanges abut a surface over which wallboard will be secured, wallboard can overlap the flanges and be secured to the surface such that there is no abutment of a bottom edge of the wallboard to a top edge of a flange and only an insubstantial gap between a backside of the wallboard and the surface to which the wallboard will be secured, the flanges extending directly to the edges of the floor such that the wallboard can extend substantially to the edges of the floor; wherein the floor comprises a cast, waterproof, non-porous and matrix tile ready substrate formed on an open mold, and has a roughened surface suitable for bonding tile or stone by means of an adhesive, and having a hardness such that removal of the tile or stone by means of an implement such as a screwdriver or chisel will not damage the substrate.