Patent · US Expired

Deep bathtub with elevated seat and entrance door

US4360935A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
10References
9Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 8, 1981
Grant dateNov 30, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 8, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47K3/006
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An upwardly opening receptacle is provided including a bottom and upstanding wall portions projecting upwardly from the bottom and extending peripherally thereabout. One of the wall portions has a door opening formed therein and a horizontally swingable and inwardly opening door is hingedly supported from the one wall portion for movement between a closed position closing the opening and an open position adjacent and opposing the inner surface of a second wall portion of the tub. The tub includes structure defining a seat therein facing the aforementioned second wall portion and disposed to the side of the opening remote from the second wall portion. The one wall portion and the door include peripheral portions disposed about the opening and the door defining abuttingly engageable stop surfaces for limiting movement of the door toward the closed position. The one wall portion and the door further include coacting seal forming portions thereof spaced inward of the stop surfaces to define a fluid-tight seal between the door and the one wall portion when the door is in the closed position.

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