Modular plumbing fixture combination

Claim 2

A combination plumbing fixture for connection to a source of fluid and to a fluid drain, comprising: a. a shower enclosure having a sidewall thereabout, said sidewall having an entrance therethrough for human access into said shower enclosure, and further comprising a roof capping the top of said sidewall and a receptor, secured about the inside of said sidewall adjacent to the bottom of thereof, for receiving fluid, said receptor having a drain aperture therein for the passage of fluids therethrough; b. a hollow frame member disposed about said shower enclosure entrance, said frame member having at least one perforation through the wall of the frame member facing the inside of said shower enclosure; c. a showerhead means disposed about said perforation in said frame member; d. a first anchoring means for securing said showerhead means to said frame member; e. a first piping means connected in fluid communication with said showerhead means for delivering fluid thereto, said piping means disposed within said hollow frame member and above the bottom of said sidewall and beneath the shower receptor and thereafterwards passed through said sidewall below said shower receptor for connection to a source of fluid such as water; and f. fluid drain means connected in fluid communication to said drain aperture in said shower receptor for draining the fluid which accumulates in said shower receptor from said shower receptor.

Claim 3

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 1, further comprising: valve means for regulating the amount of fluid delivered to said showerhead means.

Claim 4

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 1, further comprising second anchoring means for removably securing said shower enclosure to a wall of a building wherein said second anchoring means is not removable from the side of said building wall facing said shower enclosure.

Claim 5

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 1, wherein said drain means includes a ''''P'''' trap detachably connected thereto.

Claim 6

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 1 where said drain means comprises: a. a floor for said shower enclosure, said floor disposed above the bottom of said shower enclosure sidewall and joined to the inside thereof and sloping downwardly from its peripheral portion to its central portion and having a plurality of small holes adjacently disposed to each other about said central portion to form a sieve; b. a ''''P'''' trap having an upper fluid-receiving portion with a flanged rim thereabout, said rim having an annular groove therein and further having at least two oppositely-disposed, slotted arms extending radially outwardly from said flanged rim and further having at least two apertured, oppositely-disposed fingers extending radially outwardly from the body of said elbow portion of said ''''P'''' trap; c. a fluid sealing gasket adapted to be disposed within said groove; d. at least two oppositely-disposed threaded receptacles bonded to the underside portion of said shower receptor floor and adjacently disposed to said sieve, said receptacles lying on the locus generated by the path of said slots in said slotted arms when said fluid-receiving portion of said ''''P'''' trap is rotated about the central axis of said drain in said floor of said shower receptor; e. at least two threaded fasteners adapted to be threadably mated with said oppositely-disposed receptacles so that said fasteners may be disposed within said slots and threadably secured to said receptacles and tightened so as to urgingly place said flange and said sealing gasket into intimate fluid-sealing abuttment with and about said sieve; and f. at least two bolts with nuts thereon, said bolt shanks being disposed within said apertures so that said fingers rest upon the faces of said nuts, said bolts being sufficiently long to contact the floor upon which said shower enclosure is mounted so that the bolts may be threadably adjusted so as to contact the floor and thereby provide support for said ''''P'''' trap.

Claim 7

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 1, further comprising vent means in said shower enclosure wall, said vent means being adjacently disposed to the upper portion of said shower enclosure for venting the fluid vapors generated during the showering process from the shower enclosure.

Claim 8

A combination plumbing fixture for connection to a source of fluid under pressure and to an external fluid drain, and adapted to be disposed within a building, comprising: a. a shower enclosure having an entrance thereinto; b. a hollow frame member disposed about said entrance, said frame member having a wall with at least one perforation therethrough adjacently disposed to the inside of said enclosure; c. a showerhead means; d. a first anchoring means for securing said shower head means to said frame member through said perforation therein; e. a first piping means for placing said fluid source in fluid communication with said shower head means; f. drain means for draining the fluid disposed within the lower portion of said enclosure away from said lower portion, said drain means includes a ''''P'''' trap detachably connected thereto; g. support means between said ''''P'''' trap and the floor of said building; and h. means for adjusting said support means to vary the distance between said ''''P'''' trap and the floor of said building.

Claim 9

A combination plumbing fixture for connection to a source of fluid under pressure and to an external fluid drain, and adapted to be disposed within a building, comprising: a. a shower enclosure having an entrance thereinto; b. a hollow frame member disposed about said entrance, said frame member having a wall with at least one perforation therethrough adjacently disposed to the inside of said enclosure; c. a showerhead means; d. a first anchoring means for securing said shower head means to said frame member through said perforation therein; e. a first piping means for placing said fluid source in fluid communication with said shower head means; f. drain means for draining the fluid disposed within the lower portion of said enclosure away from said lower portion, said drain means includes a ''''P'''' trap detachably connected thereto; g. support means between said ''''P'''' trap and the floor of said building; and h. means for adjusting said support means to vary the distance between said ''''P'''' trap and the floor of said building.

Claim 10

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 7, wherein said first anchoring means comprises: a. a shower head means having a rear surface disposed about said entrance thereto, said rear surface conforming to the contour of said wall surface of said frame member disposed about said perforation and which faces the inside of said enclosure and further having at least two threaded receptacles which are disposed on either side of said entrance; b. a wall portion of said frame member adjacently disposed to said perforation therethrough, said wall portion having at least two apertures therethrough the axes of which are in substantial alignment with the corresponding axes of said threaded receptacles in said shower head means; and c. at least two fasteners each having a threaded shank portion adapted to be threadably mated to said receptacles and a top portion which is larger in diameter than said wall aperture whereby said fastener shanks are passed through the apertures from the side of said wall which faces the inside of said hollow frame member and is thereafterwards threadably secured to said receptacles and tightened until said rear surface of said shower head means is disposed in intimate abuttment with said wall.

Claim 11

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 7, wherein said drain means comprises: a. a floor for said enclosure, said floor sloping downwardly from its peripheral portion to its central portion and having a plurality of small holes disposed about said central portion to form a sieve; b. said ''''P'''' trap having an upper fluid-receiving portion with a flanged rim thereabout, said rim having an annular groove therein and further having at least two oppositely-disposed, slotted arms extending radially outwardly from said flanged rim and further having at least two apertured, oppositely-disposed fingers extending radially outwardly from the body of said elbow portion of said ''''P'''' trap; c. a fluid sealing gasket adapted to be disposed within said groove; d. at least two oppositely-disposed threaded receptacles bonded to the underside portion of said shower receptor floor and adjacently disposed to said sieve, said receptacles lying on the locus generated by the path of said slots in said slotted arms when said fluid-receiving portion of said ''''P'''' trap is rotated about the central axis of said drain in said floor of said shower receptor; e. at least two threaded fasteners adapted to be threadably mated with said oppositely-disposed receptacles so that said fasteners may be disposed within said slots and threadably secured to said receptacles and tightened so as to urgingly place said flange and said sealing gasket into intimate fluid-sealing abuttment with and about said sieve; and f. said support means including at least two bolts with nuts thereon, said bolt shanks being disposed within said apertures so that said fingers rest upon the faces of said nuts, said bolts being sufficiently long to contact the floor upon which said shower enclosure is mounted so that the bolts may be threadably adjusted so as to contact the floor and thereby provide support for said ''''P'''' trap.

Claim 12

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 5, further comprising: a. a splash receptor disposed adjacently to the threshold of said entrance to said shower; b. drain means in said splash receptor; c. piping means for receiving and delivering said fluid disposed in said splash receptor from said drain means to said shower drain means; d. a first fluid receptacle disposed in and about an aperture in said front wall portion of said threshold, said receptacle being adjustable along a horizontal plane; e. a second fluid receptacle disposed in and about an aperture in the rear wall of said splash receptor and in substantial alignment with said first fluid receptacle, said second receptacle being adjustable along a vertical plane; f. means for placing said first and second receptacles in fluid communication wtih each other; and g. guiding and locating means for aligning said splash receptor with the threshold of said shower so that said first and second receptacles will be placed in substantial alignment with each other.

Claim 13

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 10, further comprising: anchoring means for anchoring said splash receptor to the floor of said building.

Claim 14

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 11, wherein said anchoring means for achoring said splash receptor to the floor of said building, comprises: a. a threaded rod anchored at one end to the floor of said building; b. a threshold adjacently disposed to the front of said splash receptor, said threshold having a perforation therein adapted to receive said threaded rod therethrough; and c. an anchoring cap for anchoring said threshold to the other end of said rod via a perforation in said threshold, said cap having a crown and a shank portion wherein said shank has a threaded axial bore therein adapted to be threadably mateable with said other end of said rod and wherein said crown portion has a radiused top portion with at least two bored receptacles therein, said receptacles being adapted to receive rod ends therein for providing tool-gripping surfaces whereby said shank may be rotated about its longitudinal axis by a gripping tool and wherein said bottom portion of said crown has a surface about said perforation, said bottom portion further having an annular groove therein disposed about said shank portion, said annular groove being adapted to receive a resilient gasket therein so that when said threaded shank is threadably engaged with said other rod end and tightened so as to place the bottom portion of said cap in contiguous relationship with said threshold surface disposed about said perforation, the resilient gasket is deformed to effect a fluid seal therebetween.

Claim 15

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 7, further comprising: a recessed soap dish in the wall of said enclosure.

Claim 16

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 7, further comprising: a second anchoring means for securing said enclosure to said building, said second anchoring means comprising: a. a threaded rod anchored at one end to the floor of said building; b. a threshold adjacently disposed to the entrance to said enclosure, said threshold having a perforation therein adapted to receive said threaded rod therethrough; and c. an anchoring cap for anchoring said threshold to the other end of said rod via a perforation in said threshold, said cap having a crown and a shank portion wherein said shank has a threaded axial bore therein adapted to be threadably mateable with said other end of said rod and wherein said crown portion has a radiused top portion with at least two bored receptacles therein, said receptacles being adapted to receive rod ends therein for providing tool-gripping surfaces whereby said shank may be rotated about its longitudinal axis by a gripping tool and wherein said bottom portion of said crown has a surface conformable to the threshold surface about said perforation, said bottom portion further having an annular groove therein disposed about said shank portion, said annular groove being adapted to receive a resilient gasket therein so that when said threaded shank is threadably engaged with said other rod end and tightened so as to place the bottom portion of said cap in contiguous relationship with said threshold surface disposed about said perforation, the resilient gasket is deformed to effect a fluid seal therebetween.

Claim 17

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 5, further comprising vent means in said shower enclosure wall, said vent means being adjacently disposed to the upper portion of said shower enclosure for venting the fluid vapors generated during the showering process from the shoWer enclosure.

Claim 18

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 1, further comprising: a. a splash receptor disposed adjacently to the threshold of said entrance to said shower; b. drain means in said splash receptor; c. piping means for receiving and delivering said fluid disposed in said splash receptor from said drain means to said shower drain means; d. a first fluid receptacle disposed in and about an aperture in said front wall portion of said threshold, said receptacle being adjustable along a horizontal plane; e. a second fluid receptacle disposed in and about an aperture in the rear wall of said splash receptor and in substantial alignment with said first fluid receptacle, said second receptacle being adjustable along a vertical plane; f. means for placing said first and second receptacle in fluid communication with each other; and g. guiding and locating means for aligning said splash receptor with the threshold of said shower so that said first and second receptacles will be placed in substantial alignment with each other.

Claim 19

The combination plumbing fixture of claim 1, further comprising a second anchoring means for securing said enclosure to said building, said second anchoring means comprising; a. a threaded rod anchored at one end to the floor of said building; b. a threshold adjacently disposed to the entrance to said enclosure, said threshold having a perforation therein adapted to receive said threaded rod therethrough; and c. an anchoring cap for anchoring said threshold to the other end of said rod via a perforation in said threshold, said cap having a crown and a shank portion wherein said shank has a threaded axial bore therein adapted to be threadably mateable with said other end of said rod and wherein said crown portion has a radiused top portion with at least two bored receptacles therein, said receptacles being adapted to receive rod ends therein for providing tool-gripping surfaces whereby said shank may be rotated about its longitudinal axis by a gripping tool and wherein said bottom portion of said crown has a surface conformable to the threshold surface about said perforation, said bottom portion further having an annular groove therein disposed about said shank portion,, said annular groove being adapted to receive a resilient gasket therein so that when said threaded shank is threadably engaged with said other rod end and tightened so as to place the bottom portion of said cap in contiguous relationship with said threshold surface disposed about said perforation, the resilient gasket is deformed to effect a fluid seal therebetween.