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2007-01-25

2011-12-27

Le, Huyen (Department: 3751)

Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons

Tubs

Particular construction or configuration details

C004S556000, C004S559000, C004S579000

Reexamination Certificate

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08082609

ABSTRACT:
A walk-in bathtub having a flip-up seat portion over a rearward foot well recess provides a bather with improved access to an interior bathing cavity of the bathtub by giving the bather when the bather is within the bathtub more usable floor space in the bathtub in which to stand while closing or opening a hinged door in a side wall of the bathtub. The invention further aids a bather in standing up from a sitting position in the bathtub in that the bather can place a foot or feet more directly below the bather in a rearward foot well recess under the flip-up seat portion preferably located near or at knee height and then can lift up the flip-up seat portion while the bather is rising from a sitting to a standing position.

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