BATHTUB

• Main Author: NAKANE HIDETOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 08.12.2016
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSESOR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING ORSTIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TOILET ACCESSORIES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathtub which enables a bathing posture of a bather to be close to a standing posture as far as possible.SOLUTION: A bathtub 100 comprises: a bather holding part 103 formed of one side face 101 and a bottom face 102 of the bathtub 100. The bather holding part 103 comprises: a side face protrusion part 101a protruding in an inside direction of the bathtub 100 from the side face 101, and capable of holding a waist part of a bather 201; and a bottom face protrusion part 102a which protrudes in an inside direction of the bathtub 100 from the bottom face 102, the bottom face protrusion part 102a including a protrusion face 102a1 extending from a cross position CP where the bottom face 102 crosses the side face 101, and height from the bottom face 102 becomes higher as a distance from the cross position CP becomes larger, and a recessed part 102a2 which is recessed from the protrusion face 102a1 toward the bottom face 102 in the vicinity of the cross position CP, and capable of holding a hip part of the bather.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】入浴者の入浴姿勢を出来る限り立位時の姿勢に近付けることが可能な浴槽を提供する。【解決手段】浴槽１００は、浴槽１００の一の側面１０１と底面１０２とによって形成された入浴者保持部１０３を備える。入浴者保持部１０３は、側面１０１から浴槽１００の内側方向に突出すると共に入浴者２０１の腰部を保持可能な側面凸部１０１ａと、底面１０２から浴槽１００の内側方向に隆起する底面隆起部１０２ａであって、底面１０２と側面１０１とが交わる交差位置ＣＰから伸びると共に交差位置ＣＰから離れるほど底面１０２からの高さが高くなる隆起面１０２ａ１、及び、交差位置ＣＰの近傍にて隆起面１０２ａ１から底面１０２に向けて窪むと共に入浴者の臀部を保持可能な凹部１０２ａ２、を含む底面隆起部１０２ａと、を有する。【選択図】図１