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US 6,360,380 B1Granted
Overflowing soaker bath tub
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsPeter W. Swart, Ronald A. Bauer, Carter J. Thomas, Michael G. Cook, Robert C. Giese, David J. O'Connell
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a bath tub having a deep basin without an internal overflow. Instead, an overflow trough encircles the basin and collects water falling over a rim of the basin. A pump directs water within the overflow trough through a conduit back into the basin, so as to continuously maintain water flowing over the rim of the basin. Micro-effervescence and a chromatherapy system can also be provided with such a tub.
Claims20
A bath tub, comprising:
- a bathing basin having a bottom wall and side walls extending to an upper rim;
- an overflow trough disposed radially outward around at least a majority of a perimeter of the basin for collecting water falling from the upper rim, the overflow trough having a bottom wall spaced below the upper rim of the basin and above the bottom wall of the basin;
- a conduit providing fluid communication between the overflow trough and basin;
- and
- a pump associated with the conduit for delivering water from the trough to the basin.
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A bath tub, comprising:
- a basin having a bottom wall and side walls extending to an upper rim;
- an overflow trough disposed radially outward around at least a majority of a perimeter of the basin for collecting water falling from the upper rim;
- a conduit providing fluid communication between the overflow trough and basin;
- a pump associated with the conduit for delivering water from the trough to the basin;
- and
- adjustable leveling feet attached to an underside of the basin, wherein at least one leveling foot comprises:
- a mounting block attached to an underside of the basin and having a clearance opening therein;
- a plate mounted to the mounting block and having a threaded bore there through in registration with the clearance opening of the mounting block;
- and
- a heel having a base from which extends a threaded rod sized to mate with the threaded bore;
- wherein the heel of the leveling foot can be moved vertically relative to the plate.
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A bath tub, comprising:
- a basin having a bottom wall and side walls extending to an upper rim;
- an overflow trough disposed radially outward around at least a majority of a perimeter of the basin for collecting water falling from the upper rim;
- a conduit providing fluid communication between the overflow trough and basin;
- a pump associated with the conduit for delivering water from the trough to the basin;
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- a drain control that operates a drain plug disposed in a drain opening in the bottom wall of the basin, wherein the drain control is mounted to an inner side wall of the overflow trough.
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A bath tub, comprising:
- a basin having a bottom wall and side walls extending to an upper rim;
- an overflow trough disposed radially outward around at least a majority of a perimeter of the basin for collecting water falling from the upper rim;
- a conduit providing fluid communication between the overflow trough and basin;
- a pump associated with the conduit for delivering water from the trough to the basin;
- and
- a water level sensing system electrically coupled to the pump such that the pump will not operate if the water level within the basin is below a selected first level or the water level in the overflow trough is below a selected second level.
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A bath tub, comprising:
- a basin having a bottom wall and side walls extending to an upper rim;
- an overflow trough disposed radially outward around at least a majority of a perimeter of the basin for collecting water falling from the upper rim;
- a conduit providing fluid communication between the overflow trough and basin;
- a pump associated with the conduit for delivering water from the trough to the basin;
- and
- a chromatherapy system for illuminating water within the basin with colored light, wherein the chromatherapy system is polychromatic and has a spectral filter in the form of a rotatable color wheel.
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A bath tub, comprising:
- a basin having a bottom wall and side walls extending to an upper rim;
- an overflow trough disposed radially outward around at least a majority of a perimeter of the basin for collecting water falling from the upper rim;
- a conduit providing fluid communication between the overflow trough and basin;
- a pump associated with the conduit for delivering water from the trough to the basin;
- and
- a chromatherapy system for illuminating water within the basin with colored light, wherein the chromatherapy system will only illuminate the basin when water within the basin electrically couples a pair of basin sensors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.