Simulated hydrotherapy bath
AssigneeJ. A. Preston Corporation
InventorJohn R. Kirby
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Abstract
A simulated hydrotherapy bath that avoids the dangers of water and yet simulates the sensory properties thereof is provided. The pool is comprised of a plurality of upholstered panels, each of which are secured together to define a soft-sided free-standing enclosure. Disposed within the enclosure defined by the panels are a plurality of crushable shape-retentive balls that have a predetermined diameter that is sufficiently large to prevent swallowing of the balls and yet sufficiently small so as to optimize a child's grasp thereof.
Claims18
A simulated bath comprising in combination a plurality of panels, each of said panels being formed of a foam substrate and an outer upholstered outer layer, each of said panels including fastening means for permitting said panels to be releasably secured together to define a free-standing soft-sided enclosure whereby a selected number of panels may be releasably secured together to vary the size of the free-standing enclosure and a plurality of flexible, crushable shape retentive balls disposed in said enclosure, said balls being sufficiently large to prevent said balls from being ingested by a child.
A simulated hydrotherapy bath comprising in combination a plurality of crushable and resilient panels, each of said panels including fastening means for permitting said panels to be secured together to define a free-standing enclosure whereby a selected number of said panels may be releasbly secured together to vary the size of the free-standing enclosure and a plurality of flexible, crushable and shape retentive balls disposed in said enclosure, each of said balls being at least five centimeters in diameter so that the balls are sufficiently large to prevent said balls from being ingested by a child.
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