A luxury bath/shower system configured to provide a user an enhanced bath/shower experience to a user, the system comprising:
- a bath/shower structure having a frame and an interior portion;
- a system housing installed in the frame of the bath/shower structure;
- a silicone enclosure configured for storage in the system housing;
- an enclosure deployment and retraction apparatus for deployment of the silicone enclosure from a first undeployed enclosure configuration stored within the system housing and a second deployed enclosure configuration deployed to the interior portion of the bath/shower structure;
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- at least one system control device configured for use by the user to power on the system and to control a plurality of system functions and a plurality of system settings, the at least one system control device being operably connected to the enclosure deployment and retraction apparatus;
- wherein the silicone enclosure comprises a sealed exterior compartment and at least one interior membrane of plastic or silicone;
- wherein the silicone enclosure and the at least one interior membrane define a plurality of interior compartment layers and a plurality of interior compartments;
- wherein each interior compartment of said plurality of interior compartments is configured to contain a quantity of a non-Newtonian fluid;
- wherein the plurality of interior compartment layers comprise a first compartment layer and a second compartment layer and the plurality of interior compartments comprise a first interior compartment configured to contain a quantity of a non-Newtonian fluid and a second interior compartment configured to retain a quantity of a non-Newtonian fluid;
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- wherein a user may operate the system control device to deploy and retract the silicone enclosure;
- wherein the enclosure deployment and retraction apparatus comprises:
- at least one pump;
- a first linear track having a first end and a second end;
- a second linear track having a first end and a second end;
- a first sled configured for movement on the first track from a first undeployed position at the first end of the first linear track and a second deployed position at the second end of the first linear track;
- a second sled configured for movement on the second track from a first undeployed position at the first end of the second linear track and a second deployed position at the second end of the second linear track;
- wherein the first sled is attached to the silicone enclosure;
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- wherein the second sled is attached to the silicone enclosure;
- wherein in response to the activation of the enclosure deployment apparatus to operate the at least one pump and to deploy the silicone enclosure, the first sled travels along the first track from the first undeployed position to the second deployed position and the second sled travels along the second track from the first undeployed position to the second deployed position for deployment of the silicone enclosure from the first undeployed enclosure configuration to the second deployed enclosure configuration deployed to the interior portion of the bath/shower structure.