Cushioned liner for a bath tub
OwnerJoseph A. Clarke, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A cushioned liner that fits inside a bath tub has a back cushion provided by a flexible water bag conforming to the back of the tub and left and right side cushions provided by flexible bags conforming to the left and right sides of the tub, the bags being connected together end to end and across the bottom of the tub by a bottom portion that conforms to the tub bottom. The insides of the bags are interconnected and all are filled with water through a common filling hose after installing in the tub and before the tub is filled with water for bathing. When the tub is drained, the bags can be drained through one or more drain plugs and openings in the bottom of the liner are provided to permit draining.
Claims13
In a cushioning water filled liner for a bath tub that includes a back cushioning portion provided by back flexible water filled cushions conforming to the back of the bath tub and left and right side cushioning portions provided by left and right side flexible water filled cushions conforming to the left and right sides of the bath tub, means interconnecting said cushions comprising,
- an elongated top water filled cushion that conforms to the top rim of the bath tub and connects to the back and left and right side water filled cushions,
- water passages between the top cushion and the top most end of the back and left and right side water filled cushions,
- a water conducting tube connected at one end to the top cushion and adapted at the other end for connections to the bath tub water spigot by which to fill said cushions with water,
- the elongated top cushion and the back, left and the right side cushions are fixedly connected together defining an open ended elongated liner and
- connecting means are provided at the ends of said elongated liner for connecting and disconnecting said ends together so that the liner defines a closed ring fitting the bath tub when said ends are connected and
- means by which to empty said cushions of water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.