Bath
AssigneeKohler New Zealand Limited
InventorsJohn Hatrick-Smith, David Crichton
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Abstract
A bath includes a water outlet or outlets (5) arranged to in use direct a flow of water from behind onto the upper body of a bather or bathers sitting in the bath and leaning back against the wall (1) of the bath. The upper body water outlet(s) may comprise two spaced water outlets one positioned to direct a water flow onto the left-side upper body of a bather and the other positioned to direct a water flow at the same temperature onto the right-side upper body of the bather.
Claims21
A bath including a water outlet or outlets arranged to in use direct a flow of water from behind onto the upper body of a bather or bathers sitting in the bath and leaning back against the wall of the bath, and including a pump and water re-circulation system arranged to re-circulate a flow of water from the bath through said upper body water outlets onto the shoulders of a bather or bathers in the bath.
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A bath including an end wall section which is approximately convexly curved over at least a part of the height of the wall section and which includes an upper body water outlet or outlets arranged to direct a flow of water from behind onto the shoulders and/or neck of a bather sitting in the bath leaning against the curved wall section of the bath.
A bath according to claim. 15 wherein said single hollow fitting also supports a pillow.
A bath including an end wall section and upper body water outlets arranged to direct a flow of water from behind onto the shoulders and/or neck of a bather reclining against a wall section of the bath, said upper body water outlet(s) comprising two spaced upper body water outlets one positioned to direct a water flow onto the left-side of a bather and the other positioned to direct a water flow at the same temperature onto the right-side upper body of the bather, said left and right side upper body water outlet fittings being pivotally mounted enabling the bather to adjust the direction of the water flow from the fittings onto the bathers upper body, each fitting having a hollow interior and a hollow mounting neck by which the fitting is pivotally mounted in an aperture in the top of the bath wall or in a rim around the top of the bath wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.