A47K3/008

Water-Management System
20170016226 · 2017-01-19 ·

A building water-management system includes a base material and fiber composite sheets attached to the base material. Each fiber composite sheet includes a fiber core having a first side, an opposing second side, and a surface layer adhered to the first side of the fiber core. Adjacent fiber composite sheets are connected together by a lapped configuration such that the surface layer of a first fiber composite sheet extends from the base material and onto a fiber core of an adjacent second fiber composite sheet and the fiber cores of the first and second fiber composite sheets are aligned next to each other to allow water to flow between the fiber cores, thereby forming a continuous water drainage and repellant layer. A shower assembly using the fiber composite sheets is also disclosed.

Membranous Waterproof Juncture
20170000298 · 2017-01-05 ·

A waterproof juncture comprised of a water-impermeable membrane applied over at least the upper peripheral edge of a wallboard or shower pan sidewall and a portion of an adjacent wall-forming member which is coplanar with the wall studs, which in turn will form a waterproof covering over the seam between the upper peripheral edge of the wallboard or shower pan sidewall (or equivalent shower bench, shelf or ledge) and the adjacent wall-forming member.

BATHING WALL SYSTEM
20250221580 · 2025-07-10 ·

A bathing wall system including a back wall, an end wall, and a coupler connecting the back wall and the end wall. The coupler includes a U-shaped receiving slot supported by the back wall, and a male connector supported by the end wall and received within the U-shaped receiving slot.

Ring-shaped joint cover
12460723 · 2025-11-04 · ·

The invention relates to a ring-shaped joint tape for use in sanitary applications. The joint tape is designed to cover joints passing around sanitary objects.

Field trimmable receptor
12446736 · 2025-10-21 · ·

A method for installing a receptor in a shower environment includes measuring a distance between a drain of the shower environment and a wall of the shower environment. The method also includes identifying a marking on the receptor that corresponds to the distance. The marking indicates where to cut the receptor to remove a portion of a rim of the receptor such that an opening in the receptor aligns with the drain when the receptor is installed in the shower environment. The marking is identified from a plurality of different markings on the receptor, each of the plurality of different markings corresponding to a different distance. The method also includes cutting the receptor at a location indicated by the marking. The method also includes installing the receptor in the shower environment after cutting the receptor at the location indicated by the marking.

SHOWER PAN AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME
20260013676 · 2026-01-15 ·

A shower pan is provided. The shower pan includes a body having a perimeter, a central portion internal with respect to the perimeter, a top surface, and an aperture defined by the body in the central portion operable to allow a liquid to flow therethrough, the body comprising a slope to direct a liquid to the aperture, wherein the body defines a groove along a portion of the perimeter, The groove is operable to receive a wall base substrate of a shower to engage the groove in a waterproof manner. The top surface comprises a slip resistant texture.