Patent ID: 6745415
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A splash block for use with a combination shower/bathtub structure of the type including:a bathtub of the type defining a bathing recess and including a rim having a substantially horizontal, planar upper rim surface extending in substantially rectangular framing relation about the opening of the bathing recess, said rim surface having a pair of longitudinally extending sides and a pair of laterally extending sides; an alcove structure including a pair of parallel, planar end wall structures bracketing the rim surface on its laterally extending sides, and a back wall structure abutting one of the longitudinally extending sides of the rim surface and extending between the end wall structures; a shower head facility extending from one of said end wall structures and which is adapted to produce a spray directed generally into the bathing recess; a curtain rod arranged above and parallel to the other of the longitudinally extending sides of said rim surface, opposite to that abutted by the back wall structure; a shower curtain suspended from the curtain rod and extending into the bathing recess, thereby to drape over said other of the longitudinally extending sides of said rim surface, leaving exposed the corners of said rim surface contiguous therewith; said splash block comprising: a ramp portion having a drainage surface bounded by a peripheral edge thereof defined by a drip edge and a collar-receiving edge, a portion of the collar receiving edge being disposed opposite the drip edge, when viewed in plan the drainage surface fanning outwardly from the portion of the collar receiving edge toward the drip edge; and a collar portion extending around the collar-receiving edge, said splash block being positionable at an operative position on said rim surface whereat said ramp portion substantially overlies one of said exposed contiguous corners with the drip edge presenting towards the bathing recess, with the drainage surface of said ramp portion presenting upwardly and sloping downwardly to the drip edge, and with the collar portion projecting upwardly.