US 12,446,736 B2
Field trimmable receptor
Kenneth L. Stout, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US); and Jose Luis Ortiz Palacios, Kohler, WI (US)
Assigned to KOHLER CO., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/334,800.
Application 18/334,800 is a continuation of application No. 17/242,713, filed on Apr. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,712,135.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,291, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320538 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A47K 3/40 (2006.01); A47K 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 3/40 (2013.01) [A47K 3/008 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for installing a receptor in a shower environment, the method comprising:
measuring a distance between a drain of the shower environment and a wall of the shower environment;
identifying a marking on the receptor that corresponds to the distance, wherein the marking indicates where to cut the receptor to remove a portion of a rim of the receptor such that an opening in the receptor aligns with the drain when the receptor is installed in the shower environment, and wherein the marking is identified from a plurality of different markings on the receptor, each of the plurality of different markings comprising an indication of a distance between the marking and an axis that passes through the opening to facilitate aligning the opening with the drain of the shower environment when the receptor is installed in the shower environment, each of the plurality of different markings corresponding to a different distance;
cutting the receptor at a location indicated by the marking; and
installing the receptor in the shower environment after cutting the receptor at the location indicated by the marking.