Bathtub caddy

• US 4,053,954 A
• Filed: 06/17/1976
• Issued: 10/18/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George Chapman
• Original Assignee: George Chapman
• Inventors: Chapman, George
• Primary Examiner(s): Artis, Henry K.
• Application Number:
  US05/697,239
• Time in Patent Office: 488 Days
• Field of Search: 4/1, 4/185 R, 4/185 AB, 4/185 S, 220/19
• US Class Current: 4/559
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 3/004 Trays

Abstract

Two identical shelf halves are provided, each half having a first shelf level for supporting thereon bath articles, and a second shelf level of greater depth for storing therein bottles and the like. The halves are supported on a support bar which allows a spacing therebetween so as to accommodate the flow of water from a tap to the bath below. The structure is adapted for being mounted on the rim of a bath tub and is provided with an upstanding lip for preventing the articles positioned on the first shelf level from falling out. The plurality of bars forming the first shelf level support the structure on the rim of the bathtub. A towel rack rod connecting the halves minimizes displacement between the halves.

Claims

1. A bathtub caddy comprising a first section and second section corresponding in shape to one another;

means supporting said first and second sections in a spaced relation to each other, said means comprising a supporting bar extending along and between said sections;

each of said first and second sections comprising first and second shelf portions depending from said supporting bar and being of different depths and being adapted for the storage of bath articles thereon, said supporting bar supporting said first and second sections in said spaced relation so that water from a tap of a bathtub may pass therebetween, each of said first and second sections further comprising a plurality of U-shaped bars extending in parallel with said supporting bar constituting part of said first shelf portion and a plurality of multi-level bars also parallel with said supporting bar constituting part of said first shelf portion and said second shelf portion.

2. A bathtub caddy according to claim 1, wherein each of said first and second sections further comprises a three-legged circumferential portion having a rectangular shape, two of the three leg portions of said three-legged portion each having one end connected to said supporting bar and a second end connected to the third leg portion, said third leg portion being parallel with said supporting bar and said two leg portions lying transverse to said supporting bar.

3. A bathtub caddy according to claim 2, wherein each of said plurality of multi-level bars comprises a first portion parallel with said supporting bar having one end connected to one of said two leg portions, said first portion being spaced from said plurality of U-shaped bars along the width of said tub caddy and being of the same elevation thereof relative to said supporting bar, and a second portion of U-shape having one end connected to the other end of said first portion and a second end connected to the other of said two leg portions, said second portion having a depth greater than said first portion and greater than said plurality of U-shaped bars.

4. A bathtub caddy according to claim 3, wherein each of said first and second sections further comprises an upstanding end portion having a first upstanding end and a second upstanding end, said first upstanding end projecting upwardly from a horizontal plane containing the lowermost parts of said second U-shaped portions to immediately below a horizontal plane containing therein the lowermost parts of said plurality of U-shaped bars, said first upstanding end being situated near the one of said plurality of second U-shaped portions nearest said supporting bar, and said second upstanding end projecting upwardly from said horizontal plane containing said second U-shaped portions to a horizontal plane containing therein said three-legged portion, said first and second upstanding ends being connected together by a plurality of bars connected to the undersurfaces of said lowermost parts of said second U-shaped portions.

5. A bathtub caddy according to claim 4, further comprising a curved bar having a first end portion connected to said second U-shaped portions of said first section, and a second end portion connected to said second U-shaped portions of said second section, and a third straight portion connecting said first and second end portions, said third portion projecting outwardly from a vertical plane containing the outer surfaces of said third leg of said three-legged portions, whereby a wash cloth or towel may be draped from said third straight portion.

6. A bathtub caddy according to claim 4, wherein said three-legged portion is approximately in the same horizontal plane as said supporting bar so that said plurality of U-shaped bars and said first portions of said plurality of multi-levelled bars extend downwardly therefrom to a horizontal plane therebelow thus forming said first shelf portions of given depth, said first portions of said plurality of multi-levelled bars extending along a portion of the length of said plurality of U-shaped bars.

7. A bathtub caddy according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of U-shaped bars extend along the entire length of the respective first and second sections, and said plurality of multi-level bars also extend the entire length of the respective first and second sections and lying parallel with and spaced from said plurality of U-shaped bars in a direction perpendicular to said supporting bar.