Set for wall mounting sanitary wares

• US 5,265,284 A
• Filed: 05/10/1991
• Issued: 11/30/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ideal Standard Limited (LIXIL Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: American Standard Companies Incorporated (Ideal Standard International Topco SCA)
• Inventors: Dottori, Arduino, Ingegnere, Roberto
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eloshway, Charles R.
• Application Number:
  US07/659,305
• Time in Patent Office: 935 Days
• Field of Search: 4/252.1, 4/252.2, 4/252.3, 4/630, 4/636, 4/643, 4/644, 4/645, 4/646, 4/647, 4/648, 4/695
• US Class Current: 4/643
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/01 for combinations of baths, showers, sinks, wash-basins, closets, urinals, or the like combinations of baths, douches, or the like, A47K4/00; cell-like units for special technical purposes E04B1/34869; panels adapted for locating conduits E04C2/52; ducts for installation lines E04F17/08

Abstract

An integral unit for mounting complete wall-mounted sanitary appliances comprises a flat profiled support (1) and a sectional box structure (3) which are intended to be fixed to a wall (5) one below the other, the first (1) of which is intended to support both a sanitary appliance and corresponding accessories (13), which are received in the box structure (3). The support (1) comprises two lateral elements (6; 66) for its fixing to the wall (5), and a central channel-shaped body (4) for containing the water feed and waste pipes (15), with said lateral elements (6; 66) there being associated two rods (88) for fixing and supporting the corresponding appliance (2; 20; 200).

Claims

1. A set for mounting a sanitary appliance having fixtures to a wall, said sanitary appliance including support means for supporting said sanitary appliance on said wall, water feed and waste pipes extending from said wall, said set comprising a profiled support member having first and second laterally extending support elements adapted to be supported on said wall and adapted to be mounted externally to a wall covering, said first and second support elements each including a rod extending outwardly therefrom, said profiled support member having a single, centrally located, longitudinally extending channel-shaped body adapted to receive said water feed and waste pipes and to support said water feed pipes behind said sanitary appliance, an elongated sectional box structure adapted to be supported on said wall above said support member, said box structure having a main profiled element adapted to be supported on said wall, a second multipurpose element supported on said main profiled element and an internal complimentary element, said multipurpose element being adapted to mask said fixtures of said sanitary appliance, said profiled element and said complimentary element, said main profiled element including a longitudinal engagement seat for engaging said complimentary element, and longitudinal lips and a longitudinal channel for engaging said multipurpose element.

2. The set as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said rod includes an end portion having a series of circumferential grooves, said first and second support elements each including a respective opening for removably receiving one of said rods, and a rotatable disk supported respectively on said first and second support elements in said respective opening, each said rotatable disk including spiral ribbing adapted to releaseably engage said grooves on said respective rod inserted therein.

3. The set as claimed in claim 1, wherein said channel-shaped body includes a base wall section having at least one aperture through which said water feed and waste pipes extend.

4. The set as claimed in claim 1, wherein said channel-shaped body includes a plate coupled thereto having an outwardly extending bracket for supporting at least one of the fixtures of said sanitary appliance.

5. The set as claimed in claim 4, wherein said sanitary appliance is a water closet pan having a discharge pipe, said bracket including an aperture for passage of said discharge pipe.

6. The set as claimed in claim 1, wherein said profiled support member is positioned behind and masked by said sanitary appliance.

7. A set for mounting a sanitary appliance having fixtures to a wall, said sanitary appliance including support means for supporting said sanitary appliance on said wall, water feed and waste pipes extending from said wall, said set comprising a profiled support member having first and second laterally extending support elements adapted to be supported on said wall, said first and second support elements each including a rod extending outwardly therefrom, said profiled support member having a channel-shaped body adapted to receive said water feed and waste pipes and to support said water feed pipes behind said sanitary appliance, said channel-shaped body including a plate coupled thereto having an outwardly extending bracket for supporting at least one of the fixtures of said sanitary appliance, and said sanitary appliance being a water closet pan having a discharge pipe, said bracket including an aperture for passage of said discharge pipe, an elongated sectional box structure adapted to be supported on said wall above said support member, said box structure having a main profiled element adapted to be supported on said wall, a second multipurpose element supported on said main profiled element and an internal complimentary element, said multipurpose element being adapted to mask said fixtures of said sanitary appliance, said profiled element and said complimentary element.