Bathtub surrounding furniture unit

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EP 0 930 038 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	27.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/26

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	21.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/29

(21)	Application number: 99300321.9

(22)	Date of filing: 18.01.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A47K 3/02, A47K 3/16

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

16.01.1998 GB 9800815

(71)	Applicant: Adamsez (N.I.) Limited
	Dundonald, County Down BT16 0TQ (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Dunlop, Lawrence James County Down, Northern Ireland (GB)

(74)	Representative: McCarthy, Denis Alexis et al
	MacLachlan & Donaldson 47 Merrion Square Dublin 2 Dublin 2 (IE)

(54)	Bathtub surrounding furniture unit

(57) A free-standing furniture unit (2) for surrounding a bath tub (4), wherein the unit (2) is wholly or substantially of one-piece construction. The plumbing for the bath tub (4) is located in or within the unit (2). The upper edge or edges of the unit (2) meet the bath tub rim (12). One or more outer faces of the unit (2) are aesthetically shaped. A tap plumbing fitting plate (18) is provided to which one or more taps (14) are mountable and beneath which water supply piping (20) is connectable to the or each tap (14). The plate (18) is then mountable onto or into a corresponding aperture (46) in a bath tub (4) or other plumbing housing surface.

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