Patent ID: 8307582
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: A47K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for transforming an enclosure space into a shower or bath enclosure, the enclosure space defined by a boundary, comprising the steps of: determining proposed dimensions of the enclosure space; selecting a prefabricated floor module, said module comprising a floor and at least one sidewall extending upwardly therefrom, said module defining an outer peripheral edge adapted to be placed within the enclosure space wherein the outer peripheral edge of the floor module defines an area that is substantially smaller than an area defined by the boundary of the enclosure space; selecting a shower bench to occupy substantially all of any open space(s) between the outer peripheral edge of the floor module and the boundary of the enclosure space; said bench comprising a seat, a backrest extending upwardly from the seat, and a legwall extending downwardly from the seat, the backrest defining an upper backrest edge and the legwall defining a lower legwall edge; said sidewall defining an upper sidewall edge; attaching wallboard to the studs such that a lower edge of the wallboard rests substantially in registry with the upper backrest edge, and the lower legwall edge rests substantially in registry with the upper sidewall edge; wherein a shower-facing side of the sidewall and a shower-facing side of the wallboard do not lie in the same plane; and installing at least one of tile, stone and marble on the wallboard, the module, and the shower bench, thereby resulting in a tiled shower.