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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
Balboa Water Group, Llc, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Graham J. Campbell, Irvine, CA (US);
Balboa Water Group, LLC, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Abstract
A fitting assembly for installation in an opening in a tub shell wall of a bathing installation tub. A resilient grommet is sized to be inserted into the opening and has an interior peripheral recess defined in a wall portion, having a recess cross-sectional configuration. A fitting body has a protruding external rib having a rib cross-sectional configuration complimentary to the recess cross-sectional configuration, the rib positioned on the fitting body so that when the fitting body is inserted into the grommet, the rib is received into the recess on the grommet. The grommet and fitting are configured such that the recess and the rib are positioned behind the back surface of the shell wall when installed in the opening, and the grommet is compressed by the edge of the shell opening and pushed outwardly by the rib to lock the fitting into the shell opening.