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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2019
Newfrey Llc, New Britain, CT (US);
Collin J. Malek, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Oday Amer Safry, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Roger E. Pilon, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Newfrey LLC, New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A bathtub component includes a structural plastic part and a plurality of separate flexible seal parts integrated together. Each of two tub side walls of a structural plastic part can have an aperture retention tab extending exteriorly therefrom. Openings in the structural plastic part on lateral sides of the aperture retention tabs are each sealed with a separate flexible seal part. Another separate flexible seal part can form an umbrella seal. A U-base clip component includes a rib retention protrusion and can extend interiorly from clip side walls into a rib receiving cavity the U-base clip component. The U-base clip component is received in an interior clip receiving cavity of the bathtub component. Clip retention protrusions can extend from the structural plastic part into a clip receiving cavity to engage apertures in the clip side walls to releasably couple the bathtub and U-base clip components together.