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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350246 | Bathroom leak damage prevention apparatus An apparatus for preventing water leak damage from a bath fixture, the apparatus comprising a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, a second end wall, a top wall, a bottom wall sloping downwardly to an outlet wherein the first and second side walls,... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7278178 | Tub filler and overflow combination device A tub filler and overflow combination device is supported within a common opening formed in a tub wall. Both a flow passage and a drain passage extend through the body of the device to communicate through the common opening in the tub wall. A backflow preventer of t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 6973685 | Bladder stopper and control assembly An assembly for selectively blocking a drain to the passage of water. A drain emanating from a substantially circular opening in a basin, sink or tub is provided with a substantially cylindrical member releasably connected to the basin, sink or tub. The substantiall... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6895610 | Portable bathtub water-level control device An overflow protected portable bathtub water level control device comprising a main housing having two separate cavities, a flexible suction gasket, an internal float and valve mechanism with an optional temperature gauge for providing a bathtub bather with deeper b... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6756151 | Unidirectional draining device A draining device including a threaded portion, the threaded portion depending outwardly from an annular portion and having an inner opening in fluid communication with a pair of openings in the annular portion, where said pair of openings provides a pathway for dra... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6523192 | Method and apparatus for automatically disinfecting plumbing fixtures A system for automatically purging residual water from the whirlpool plumbing of a whirlpool bath. The system includes a bathtub, a primary water inlet in hydraulic communication with the bathtub, a primary water outlet in hydraulic communication with the... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6484329 | Bladder-controlled stopper device A stopper for selectively blocking a drain to the passage of water. The drain has an inlet, an outlet and a substantially cylindrical throat between the inlet and outlet. A control means is provided for selectively feeding control fluid under hydraulic pr... | 11/26/2002 |
| 5050632 | Angle stop box An angle stop box for the installation of cut off lines to plumbing fixtures, comprises a generally box-like housing having an open front and an outwardly extending flange for attachment to a wall stud, an aperture through one wall of the housing, a stub ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4722102 | Bath fixture A bath fixture for fixing in a bath overflow hole is provided on the outside of the bath with an overflow casing and on the inside of the bath with a casing braceable therewith for receiving a mixer valve, the pipes leading to the mixer valve and a water ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4407023 | Two-piece snap-together floor and ceiling plate A device which is useful in providing a seal around passages wherein a pipe or other plumbing fixture enters a wall. The device has oppositely engageable identical sections which have semicircular notched portions substantially in the center thereof and a... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4395492 | Perfusion chamber A bath for use in the study of in vitro maintained human or animal tissue, comprises a body having a bath cavity provided with at least one fluid inlet port 2, and a spillway 6 formed in the wall of the bath acting as a fluid outlet. The upper edge 5 of t... | 07/26/1983 |
