Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Tubs – With user access means in side of the tub
Patent
1985-09-10
1987-06-16
Phillips, Charles E.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Tubs
With user access means in side of the tub
4590, 292145, A47K 302
Patent
active
046726934
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention is primarily intended to provide bath- and washing possibilities for persons who for different reasons (disabilities etc) now find it impossible to or only with extreme difficulty can use ordinary bathtubs.
To have a bath in a bathtub and to be entirely surrounded by warm water, to have the entire body warmed up is except the purely hygienic aspects of bathing of a major stimulance for many persons, in particular old people and those suffering from rheumatism etc.
According to literature bathtubs of different forms have been known already before classical antiquity. Tubs of wood or copper are among the forrunners of the bathtubs of today with outlet. In known embodiments the bathtubs can essentially be divided into reclining tubs (longer) and sitting bathtubs (shorter). The bathtubs can either be standing by themselves or be built in, stand on the bathroom floor or be sunk partly or entirely. Among the sitting bathtubs a version has existed called closettub, which was built into a closet.
Common to most of todays known bathtubs is a relatively big heigth for stepping in or out, about 0,5 meter or more and that the entire inside of the tub is sloping towards the outlet. The person in the bath, therefore, has a tendency to slide towards the lowest point (the outlet) of the tub. Furthermore, a normally sized adult in sitting position will have the upper part of his body, shoulder etc uncovered by water and is thus chilled by the air which is not a pleasant experience.
Sitting baths with a low entrance step for elderly and disabled persons exist in several different models. Common to the known embodiments are the more or less complicated devices that are necessary in order to seal the door of the tub. These complicated devices make the product expensive to purchase and dubious to use from a hygienic point of view. In those cases when a lift for patients is used the cost may be still higher. The above points are probably the main reasons why so few bathtubs for elderly and disable persons are in use at present.
The present invention defines solutions of the above problems and constitutes a sitting bath with low threshold and a seat inclined towards the rear, from the lowest point (outlet) thus giving a comfortable sitting position without the risk of sliding towards the outlet end of the bathtub. The water draining from the seat, inclined towards the rear, takes place via two chutes at the sides of the seat. By those chutes at the sides of the seat the advantages are obtained of a fullsized, entire seat with undivided sitting surface and, furthermore, the horizontal adjustment of the bathtub becomes uncritical. Furthermore, the relatively big depth of the tub enables a sitting, normally sized adult to be entirely surrounded by water up to the level of his neck/chin. This is particularly important for people who are elderly, rheumatics etc. The relatively big depth of the bathtub can however give a feeling of confinement. The loose hatch (see below) may therefore suitably be fabricated from a transparent material.
A side effect of the invention is that a footbath is obtained in the bottom part (at the outlet). Through the big entrance opening on one side of the bathtub a helper to the bathing person can take care of his/her footbath, in case the bathing person has difficulties in bending downwards. The footbath can suitably initiate the full bath, the first polluted water being let out. Then the bottom and the sides are showered clean before the full bath begins.
The sitting bath described below has as the baths of today an upper edging or frame that at the outside is turned downwards. The tub in accordance with the invention has however on one side a big opening extending almost to the bottom of the tub leaving only a low threshold. This opening is intended for the entrance of the bathing person.
A sitting bath according to the invention can as well as the bathtubs of today be fabricated in enamelled steel, reinforced or unreinforced plastics or other suitable materials.
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