Bathtub with cushioned liner of foam plastic

A bathtub construction providing improved comfort and safety for a bather comprising a rigid outer shell having opposed front and rear walls, opposed side walls, and a bottom wall, a layer of soft, resilient material having an outer, water-impervious surface and secured to the inner surfaces of said walls to define a water-retaining cavity for supportably containing the body of a bather, the inner surface of said rear wall sloping forwardly and downwardly to said bottom wall to support the back of a bather in a semi-reclined position in the cavity, elongated groove in said rear wall inner surface extending upwardly from said bottom wall for receiving the vertebrae of a bather when in semi-reclined position, and drain outlet means for said cavity recessed in the lower portion of said groove to prevent contact of said drain outlet means with the body of a bather when in said semi-reclined position in the cavity.