Shower drain adapter
CA 2617864 C · Owner: Schluter Systems (Canada) Inc. · Inventors: Degooyer, Lonnie C.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A shower drain adapter (14) configured to allow use of a bondable waterproof membrane (38) with a shower pan drain system comprises a drain body (16) and a lower mating flange (18) extending from the drain body. The lower mating flange is operable to mate with an upper portion (12a) of a body of a shower pan drain (12) installable on a waste pipe. An integrated bonding flange (20) extends from the drain body and is operable to be sealably attached to a bondable waterproof membrane to provide a waterproof seal between the membrane and the adapter.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed August 2, 2006 and granted October 16, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 2, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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