Supporting wall installation

Abstract

A supporting wall installation, in particular to attach sanitary units in the form of washstands, WCs, bidets, urinals and the like, is characterized by support columns which are substantially triangular or trapezoidal in horizontal section and consist of a torsionally stiff frame construction and at least one areal planking attached to the respective support column and forming a supporting wall installation together with the support column or the support columns.

1 . A supporting wall installation, in particular to attach sanitary units in the form of washstands, WCs, bidets, urinals and the like, characterized by support columns ( 1 ) which are substantially triangular or trapezoidal in horizontal section and consist of a torsion resistant frame construction and at least one areal planking ( 2 ) attached to the respective support column ( 1 ) and forming a supporting wall installation together with the support column ( 1 ) or the support columns ( 1 ).  
     
     
         2 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the support columns ( 1 ) can be fixed at the wall side and/or at the floor side and/or to one another.  
     
     
         3 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the support columns ( 1 ) are adjustable in height and/or depth.  
     
     
         4 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that in particular the frame parts of the support columns disposed at the corner side are made for stationary fixing and/or for planking attachment.  
     
     
         5 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that at least two support columns ( 1 ) are connected to one another and/or to adjoining wall parts ( 3 ) while forming a structure which is rectangular, X shaped or defines a corner angle in cross-section.  
     
     
         6 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that at least some of the support columns ( 1 ) are arranged mutually spaced apart and are connected to one another by the areal planking ( 2 ).  
     
     
         7 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 6 , characterized in that the areal planking ( 2 ) extends beyond the support columns ( 1 ) and is led up to terminal walls, installed items and the like.  
     
     
         8 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that at least some of the support columns ( 1 ) are arranged flushly adjoining fitted pieces of furniture ( 4 ).  
     
     
         9 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the areal planking ( 2 ) is made as a tile carrier.  
     
     
         10 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 9 , characterized in that the tile carrier consists of a foamed, closed cell plastic material, in particular of polystyrene, polyurethane and the like, and is preferably reinforced by glass cloth on one or both sides.  
     
     
         11 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 10 , characterized in that a coating of plastic enhanced mortar is applied to the reinforcing fabric.  
     
     
         12 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the width of the support columns ( 1 ) amounts to approximately 360 m and their depth to approximately 175 mm.  
     
     
         13 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the support columns ( 1 ) consist of a powder coated metal frame construction.  
     
     
         14 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the front surface of the support columns ( 1 ) is fitted with attachment devices for sanitary elements ( 5 ) and/or with support handles or folding support handles ( 6 ), with in particular a steplessly variable adjustment of the attachment height being provided.  
     
     
         15 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the areal plankings ( 2 ) can be attached to the support columns ( 1 ) in particular by self-tapping drilling screws.  
     
     
         16 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the support columns ( 1 ) can be installed together with the areal plankings ( 2 ) spaced apart from room walls ( 3 ) via attachment means at the floor side.  
     
     
         17 . A supporting wall installation in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that all sources of noise contained in the wall installation are acoustically decoupled from the total framework, in particular by softly resilient intermediate parts.