John L Maynard

US Patent:

48994022, Feb 13, 1990

Filed:

Sep 29, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/251160

Inventors:

John Maynard - Ashland KY
Dale Sexton - Ashland KY

Assignee:

A. C. Marble, Inc. - Ashland KY

International Classification:

A47K 400

US Classification:

4663

Abstract:

A handicap-accessible bath facility (10), and a method of making the same, involves a two piece modular wall (22) having a height and a length which are less than the height and length of an existing room (16) in which the bath facility is to be mounted. The modular wall comprises top and bottom wall assemblies (42, 44) which are placed parallel to a first existing wall (14) and abutting a second existing wall (16) to form a shower compartment (124). A factory molded shower base (24) is placed on an existing floor (21) in the shower compartment and defines a shower-base ramp (94) at an entrance to the compartment. A barrier line (98) at the top of the ramp, between the ramp and a drain depression (90) formed in the shower base prevents water from flowing out of the shower compartment. Wall panels (26, 28, 30) line the shower compartment and engage a vertical lip (100) of the shower base for preventing water from leaving the shower compartment at intersections of these panels with the shower base. A vanity top (32), with right angled edges (106, 108) forms a brace between the modular wall and the second existing wall.