US3024471A - Bath tub protective covers - Google Patents

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March 13, 1962 Filed May 27, 1960 INVENTOR. 592a H. Hzvaez:

8Y6 z fi ga 1 t Jaen cqTTa-E United States Patent 3,024,471 BATH TUB PROTECTIVE COVERS Sara H. Anderson, 840 NE. 16th Ave., Fort Landerdale, Fla. Filed May 27, 1960, Ser. No. 32,369 3 Claims. (Cl. 4-173) My invention relates to protective coverings for temporary use in connection with bath tubs and similar porcelain and enamel plumbing goods, during the plastering, painting and other work conducted in a bathroom or the like.

The purpose of the cover is to prevent marring or staining of the glazed or highly finished surface of a bath tub or the like, such as frequently occurs during building construction, through the dropping of plaster, lime, paint or other injurious materials into the tub, or through workmen standing in the tub or dropping their tools into it.

My invention has for its object the provision of a cover of simple form which will readily be applicable to bath tubs of different lengths and which will adequately protect the interior areas and the rim areas, as well as the exposed side wall area of the tub, the cover being conveniently made in two pieces, which may be approximately duplicates of one another and each cover approximately one-half of the exposed areas of the tub.

In the accompanying drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of one of the sheets that comprise the cover for the tub of FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the tub with a complete cover.

The blank shown in FIG. 1, can conveniently be formed by slitting and cutting a stack of sheets, instead of cutting each blank separately. Two of the sheets constitute a complete cover. In applying the cover to a tub, two of the blanks will be placed in relatively reversed arrangement in the tub, in that their long,straight edges 4 will adjoin one another at the transverse center line of the tub, so that the diagonally slitted edge of one blank will be at the left hand end of the tub and the diagonally slitted portion of the other blank will be at the other end of the tub. Each of a pair of cover sections has abottom panel 5 which covers approximately one-half of the tub bottom, although in the case of short tubs, the sections will overlap each other more or less at the adjacent ends of the panels. The blank has also aside panel 6 that will lie against the rear inner surface of the tub and overlie the tub rim somewhat. The blank has also a side wall panel 7 disposed oppositely to thepanel 6 and which will extend upwardly and partly over the outer rim of the tub. Avertical panel 8 consitutes an intergral extension of the panel 7 and will hang down and protect the exposed outer face of the tub against damage through the impact of extraneous objects.

The blank has also anend panel 9 which will protect the inner vertical surface at an end of the tub.

Where the side panel 7 and theend panel 9 meet, the cover sheet is slit diagonally at 10 and 11 so that the two cover sheets will neatly conform to the curved contours where the front side and the ends of the tub merge. 6

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Theslit 11 permits of the overlapping of these twopanels 7 and 8 at one corner of the tub, without pleating or forming wrinkles.

In the particular shape of the tub here shown, the interior contours at the rear corners of the tub, where the vertical wall and the end wall meet, are of somewhat different curvature than are the front corners of the tub, therefore, there are two slits at 12 and 13 instead of a single slit as at 11. Here again, there will be some overlapping of the cover panels at those slits, to enable the cover to neatly fit into the rear corners of the tub. The slitted extensions of the end panel overlie the upper rim surfaces of the tub and the extreme edge of theend panel 9 is curved at 14, so that when it is bent down slightly to protect the extreme end of the rim, it will lie neatly against the endmost side of the rim.

Sealing tapes 15 such as one of the well-known pressure-sensitive types, will be used to hold the parts of the cover together at the various slits and thus also prevent entry of grit. Likewise, where the two half-sections meet at the middle of the tub, the tape will be applied.

I claim as my invention:

1. A protective bath tub liner comprising a pair of flexible sheets each proportioned to cover substantially one-half of the interior bath tub surface, each of said sheets having front and rear side panels and a bottom panel, an end panel integral with the bottom panel, at least one slit formed at the juncture of the end panel and front side panel and extending from the sheet edge toward the bottom panel to provide underlap and overlap between the adjoining edges of said front side panel and end panel to effect conformable contact between said front side panel and end panel, said slit being such that the adjoining edges of the front side panel and end panel will be in substantial abutting relationship when the sheet is flat, and at least one slit formed at the juncture of said rear side panel and said end panel and extending from the sheet edge toward the bottom panel to provide underlap and overlap between said rear side panel and end panel to effect thereby conformability of said flexible sheet with a variously contoured interior bath tub surface, said last-mentioned slit also being such that the adjoining edges separated thereby are in substantial abutting relation when the sheet is flat.

2. The protective bath tub liner in accordance with claim 1 wherein each of said pair of flexible sheets is identically constructed and each of its opposite sides provides a protective surface to be usable at either bath tub end by turning the sheet surface on one side or the other for location at the foot or head of said bath tub.

3. The protective bath tub liner in accordance with claim 1 wherein each of said sheets includes a panel extension which is integral with the front side panel which overlies the exposed exterior front side surface of the bath tub.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,665,206 Henry Apr. 10, 1928 1,686,560 Hewlett Oct. 9, 1928 2,319,603 Henry May 18, 1943

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