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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2009
Victor Hoernig, Lowell, IN (US);
Geraint Krumpe, Chicago, IL (US);
Charles A. Patterson, Durango, CO (US);
Man Ki Yoo, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Victor Hoernig, Lowell, IN (US);
Geraint Krumpe, Chicago, IL (US);
Charles A. Patterson, Durango, CO (US);
Man Ki Yoo, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Masco Corporation of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A bathing environment such as a shower or a tub, has a knee wall in a wall of the environment, a stanchion disposed across from the knee wall, and a bench supported by the knee wall and the stanchion so a user may slide across said bench into said bathing environment. According to an embodiment of the invention, the stanchion has a groove having a depth equal to a thickness of the bench for receiving the bench therein while maintaining a flush surface across the stanchion and the bench to allow a user to slide thereacross.