US20130133134A1 - Therapeutic shower and method of using the shower for weight reduction - Google Patents
Therapeutic shower and method of using the shower for weight reduction Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US20130133134A1 US20130133134A1 US13/305,867 US201113305867A US2013133134A1 US 20130133134 A1 US20130133134 A1 US 20130133134A1 US 201113305867 A US201113305867 A US 201113305867A US 2013133134 A1 US2013133134 A1 US 2013133134A1
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- water
- human body
- weight reduction
- onto
- heated
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
Links
- 230000001225 therapeutic effect Effects 0.000 title claims abstract description 28
- 239000013585 weight reducing agent Substances 0.000 title claims abstract description 15
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title claims description 8
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 57
- 239000007921 spray Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 13
- 238000001035 drying Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 9
- 238000005507 spraying Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 7
- 238000003491 array Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 3
- WYTGDNHDOZPMIW-RCBQFDQVSA-N alstonine Natural products C1=CC2=C3C=CC=CC3=NC2=C2N1C[C@H]1[C@H](C)OC=C(C(=O)OC)[C@H]1C2 WYTGDNHDOZPMIW-RCBQFDQVSA-N 0.000 claims description 5
- 239000006210 lotion Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- 230000003020 moisturizing effect Effects 0.000 claims description 3
- 238000007664 blowing Methods 0.000 claims 1
- 239000008236 heating water Substances 0.000 abstract 1
- 238000010438 heat treatment Methods 0.000 description 4
- CBENFWSGALASAD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Ozone Chemical compound [O-][O+]=O CBENFWSGALASAD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 238000004891 communication Methods 0.000 description 2
- 208000010201 Exanthema Diseases 0.000 description 1
- 206010019345 Heat stroke Diseases 0.000 description 1
- 210000001789 adipocyte Anatomy 0.000 description 1
- 239000006071 cream Substances 0.000 description 1
- 201000005884 exanthem Diseases 0.000 description 1
- 239000007924 injection Substances 0.000 description 1
- 150000002500 ions Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- 238000012986 modification Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000004048 modification Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000037361 pathway Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000006187 pill Substances 0.000 description 1
- 206010037844 rash Diseases 0.000 description 1
- 230000011514 reflex Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000003053 toxin Substances 0.000 description 1
- 231100000765 toxin Toxicity 0.000 description 1
- 108700012359 toxins Proteins 0.000 description 1
Images
Classifications
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
- A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
- A61H33/60—Components specifically designed for the therapeutic baths of groups A61H33/00
- A61H33/601—Inlet to the bath
- A61H33/6021—Nozzles
- A61H33/6063—Specifically adapted for fitting in bathtub walls
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
- A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
- A61H33/06—Artificial hot-air or cold-air baths; Steam or gas baths or douches, e.g. sauna or Finnish baths
- A61H33/066—Cabins therefor
- A61H33/067—Installations for the inside of such cabins, e.g. seats
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
- A61N5/0613—Apparatus adapted for a specific treatment
- A61N5/0625—Warming the body, e.g. hyperthermia treatment
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
- A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
- A61H33/06—Artificial hot-air or cold-air baths; Steam or gas baths or douches, e.g. sauna or Finnish baths
- A61H2033/061—Artificial hot-air baths
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
- A61N2005/0658—Radiation therapy using light characterised by the wavelength of light used
- A61N2005/0659—Radiation therapy using light characterised by the wavelength of light used infrared
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/06—Radiation therapy using light
- A61N2005/0664—Details
- A61N2005/0668—Apparatus adapted for operation in a moist environment, e.g. bath or shower
Definitions
- This invention relates to a therapeutic shower assembly and a method for weight reduction using such showers several times a day and more particularly to a therapeutic shower assembly for subjecting a human body to relatively low pressure heated droplets of water over a majority of the body for a preselected period of time several times a day to melt fat cells and increase circulation.
- an early shower structure is disclosed in a Ejchorszt U.S. Pat. No. 3,858,252.
- the shower structure permits the user to selectively direct a uniform spray of heated water over a desired portion of the body and is particularly adapted for the use of a woman and elderly persons who may now take a shower without getting their hair and head wet.
- the shower structure is adapted for being formed as an integral part of a wall structure to direct a spray of water over the trunk portions of a user.
- a full body shower is disclosed in a Davison U.S. Pat. No. 5,909,969.
- the Davison patent discloses a full body shower system having three generally horizontal water dispensing portions and two generally vertical closed portions connecting the horizontal portions.
- the maximum number of water spray apertures in the system is sixty.
- the apertures are located in the horizontal water dispensing portions at angles with respect to the horizontal to direct water in a predetermined pattern.
- a Brunelle et al. U.S. Pat. No. 7,013,504 discloses a therapeutic shower enclosure wherein a top wall assembly converts a shower enclosure into a therapeutic shower enclosure.
- the top wall assembly has an air blower in communication with one ore more air return orifices in the top wall.
- An air distribution channel is in communication with the air blower and at least one air injecting orifice is provided in the top wall and communicates with the enclosure.
- a heater is provided in the air distribution channel for heating convected air therein to a temperature of up to about 75° C. to provide a stream of hot dry air circulating in the enclosure about a person's body standing therein. This causes the person's body to transpire and provide a therapeutic effect of shedding toxins through the skin.
- In combination with the hot dry treatment there is available chromotherapeutic and luminotherapeutic light treatment and an ion and ozone generator to inject ions and ozone into the hot dry air stream.
- the present invention contemplates a therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction that comprises or consists of means for providing heated water under relatively low pressure and means for directing a spray of heated water upwardly at relatively low pressure onto a majority of a human body.
- the means for directing a spray of water onto a majority of a human body includes multiple arrays of generally horizontally disposed openings disposed at multiple levels and adapted to direct a spray of water in a slightly elevated manner as for example, at an angle of about 30 to 45 degrees from horizontal.
- the shower assembly also includes means for stopping the spray of heated water and means for drying the human body.
- the drying means may include a blower for directing heated air around the human body and/or a series of infrared lamps to heat the air directed onto the human body to surround the body with heated air.
- the therapeutic shower assembly provides a source of water and a water heater for raising the temperature of the water to a temperature of about 25° C. to 30° C. (77° F. to 86° F.).
- a plurality preferably ten generally horizontal sections of one-half inch diameter pipe are connected together in a serpentine arrangement by nine generally vertical pipes and wherein the pipes are connected to the water pump and the ten horizontal sections include a total of about 100 slightly upwardly directed apertures and wherein each aperture has a diameter of about 0.12 inches for spraying droplets of heated water onto a majority of the human body.
- a heater for directing heated air onto the human body to dry the human body include a plurality of vents that direct heated air to various parts of the body.
- a second embodiment of the invention relates to a method for reducing the weight of a human individual.
- the method includes the step of providing a therapeutic shower including a water heater for supplying a mass of heated water at a temperature of about 25° C. to about 30° C. and a one-half horse power water pump.
- Ten generally horizontal sections of about one-half inch diameter pipe are connected together by nine generally vertical sections of pipe in a serpentine configuration wherein the generally horizontal sections include a total of about 100 slightly upwardly directed apertures each with an opening of about 0.12 inches for spraying heated water droplets on a majority of the human body.
- the droplets are sprayed upwardly at an angle of about 30 degrees to about 45 degrees and up to about 60 degrees with the horizontal sections vertically separated from one another.
- Spraying a majority of a the human body with heated water droplets for a period of about two and one-half minutes to five minutes three times a day is believed to be effective in reducing weight.
- heaters are provided for directing heated air onto the human body and drying the human body.
- a moisturizing lotion is applied to the human body after each treatment.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shower enclosure in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a serpentine water distributor in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration showing the pathway of water droplets as distributed in the preferred embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for weight reduction in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1 there is shown generally at 10 a therapeutic shower enclosure of the present invention.
- the enclosure comprises a bottom and a first wall 12 , two sidewalls 14 , a top 13 , and a door 14 permitting access to by individual into the enclosure 10 .
- a molded shell 16 is secured over the top 13 of the enclosure and has molded therein distribution channels 17 which are connected to an air blower 18 , and ducts 19 to provide an air stream that is convected downwardly in to the enclosure and in the direction of an individual.
- the hot air is then dispersed through vents 13 ′ in the molded top. In this way, the user is subjected to a hot dry air stream to undergo therapeutic effects as will be described herein below.
- infrared lights can be disposed in an upper portion of the enclosure 10 to dry the individual.
- the ideal zone for therapeutic heat treatment during the drying provides a temperature of between 31° C. and about 35° C. (88° F. to about 95° F.) at which temperature a human individual can accept the heat treatment for approximately 20 minutes. It is in this zone that we obtain some therapeutic effects and the physiological reaction to heat. For people who have exercised they will appreciate a range which is more elevated, for example, 35° C. to 40° C. Also after a person has acclimated to the therapeutic shower enclosure they can gradually increase the temperature range. It should be recognized that the temperature of air in the enclosure should be approximately 40° C.
- a first step 40 provides a therapeutic shower enclosure having a first wall and a water outlet extending outwardly from an upper portion of a first wall.
- the enclosure also includes a bottom or a base with a drain therein, two side walls, and a door forming a fourth wall and a molded top including a plurality of downwardly directed channels or passageways for directing a flow of heated air onto an individual.
- the air is heated to a temperature between 30° C. to 35° C. to dry an individual.
- a second step 42 provides a water supply and heater for heating a mass of water to a temperature of about 25° C. to 30° C., a one-half horsepower water pump and a serpentine array of nozzles arranged in ten rows of horizontally disposed upwardly directed openings that form an upwardly directed stream of water that are directed upwardly at an angle of about 30° to about 60° from horizontal.
- the horizontal disposed openings i.e. row are connected together by nine vertically disposed 1 ⁇ 2′′ tubular pipes or passages.
- a majority of an individual's body is subjected to a wall of hot water openings at relatively low pressure for a period of 21 ⁇ 2 to 5 minutes.
- step 46 the water treatment is followed by subjecting the individual to a flow of heated air at a temperature of about 35° C. to about 40° C. (104° F.) for a period of about 5 minutes.
- a moisturizing lotion or cream is applied to the body in step 48 to avoid drying out the skin.
Landscapes
- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Public Health (AREA)
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
- General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
- Physical Education & Sports Medicine (AREA)
- Rehabilitation Therapy (AREA)
- Pain & Pain Management (AREA)
- Epidemiology (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Biomedical Technology (AREA)
- Pathology (AREA)
- Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
- Radiology & Medical Imaging (AREA)
- Devices For Medical Bathing And Washing (AREA)
- Thermotherapy And Cooling Therapy Devices (AREA)
- Massaging Devices (AREA)
Abstract
A therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction includes a water heater for heating water at relatively low pressure and a mechanism for spraying the heated water at a relatively low pressure onto a majority of a human body. The mechanism also includes multiple arrays of generally horizontally disposed openings at multiple levels and wherein the water is directed upwardly at an angle of between about 40° to about 60° from horizontal whereby the droplets fall onto portions of the human body. The assembly also includes a valve for stopping the spray of heated water and a heater for directing drying air at a temperature of about 35° to 45° to thereby dry the body.
Description
- This invention relates to a therapeutic shower assembly and a method for weight reduction using such showers several times a day and more particularly to a therapeutic shower assembly for subjecting a human body to relatively low pressure heated droplets of water over a majority of the body for a preselected period of time several times a day to melt fat cells and increase circulation.
- Full body showers and therapeutic shower systems are known and have been in use for a number of years. For example, an early shower structure is disclosed in a Ejchorszt U.S. Pat. No. 3,858,252. As disclosed an improved shower structure that may be used as a replacement for a conventional shower head or installed initially as an integral part of a bathroom, the shower structure permits the user to selectively direct a uniform spray of heated water over a desired portion of the body and is particularly adapted for the use of a woman and elderly persons who may now take a shower without getting their hair and head wet. Further, the shower structure is adapted for being formed as an integral part of a wall structure to direct a spray of water over the trunk portions of a user.
- A full body shower is disclosed in a Davison U.S. Pat. No. 5,909,969. The Davison patent discloses a full body shower system having three generally horizontal water dispensing portions and two generally vertical closed portions connecting the horizontal portions. The maximum number of water spray apertures in the system is sixty. The apertures are located in the horizontal water dispensing portions at angles with respect to the horizontal to direct water in a predetermined pattern.
- Finally, a Brunelle et al. U.S. Pat. No. 7,013,504 discloses a therapeutic shower enclosure wherein a top wall assembly converts a shower enclosure into a therapeutic shower enclosure. The top wall assembly has an air blower in communication with one ore more air return orifices in the top wall. An air distribution channel is in communication with the air blower and at least one air injecting orifice is provided in the top wall and communicates with the enclosure. A heater is provided in the air distribution channel for heating convected air therein to a temperature of up to about 75° C. to provide a stream of hot dry air circulating in the enclosure about a person's body standing therein. This causes the person's body to transpire and provide a therapeutic effect of shedding toxins through the skin. In combination with the hot dry treatment there is available chromotherapeutic and luminotherapeutic light treatment and an ion and ozone generator to inject ions and ozone into the hot dry air stream.
- Notwithstanding the above, it is presently believed that there is a need and a potential commercial market for a therapeutic shower assembly or device and for an improved method for losing weight associated with the improved shower assembly according to the invention. There should be a need and a potential commercial market for the improved shower assembly because it provides an additional approach to weight reduction without the use of pills and/or exercises that may be overly stressful for some individuals. Further, the therapeutic shower assembly in accordance with the present invention is rugged, easy to use and can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.
- In essence, the present invention contemplates a therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction that comprises or consists of means for providing heated water under relatively low pressure and means for directing a spray of heated water upwardly at relatively low pressure onto a majority of a human body. The means for directing a spray of water onto a majority of a human body includes multiple arrays of generally horizontally disposed openings disposed at multiple levels and adapted to direct a spray of water in a slightly elevated manner as for example, at an angle of about 30 to 45 degrees from horizontal. The shower assembly also includes means for stopping the spray of heated water and means for drying the human body. The drying means may include a blower for directing heated air around the human body and/or a series of infrared lamps to heat the air directed onto the human body to surround the body with heated air.
- In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the therapeutic shower assembly provides a source of water and a water heater for raising the temperature of the water to a temperature of about 25° C. to 30° C. (77° F. to 86° F.). A one-half horse power water pump and means for directing a spray at relatively low pressure including a plurality of droplets of water onto the person's body. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a plurality preferably ten generally horizontal sections of one-half inch diameter pipe are connected together in a serpentine arrangement by nine generally vertical pipes and wherein the pipes are connected to the water pump and the ten horizontal sections include a total of about 100 slightly upwardly directed apertures and wherein each aperture has a diameter of about 0.12 inches for spraying droplets of heated water onto a majority of the human body. A heater for directing heated air onto the human body to dry the human body include a plurality of vents that direct heated air to various parts of the body.
- A second embodiment of the invention relates to a method for reducing the weight of a human individual. The method includes the step of providing a therapeutic shower including a water heater for supplying a mass of heated water at a temperature of about 25° C. to about 30° C. and a one-half horse power water pump. Ten generally horizontal sections of about one-half inch diameter pipe are connected together by nine generally vertical sections of pipe in a serpentine configuration wherein the generally horizontal sections include a total of about 100 slightly upwardly directed apertures each with an opening of about 0.12 inches for spraying heated water droplets on a majority of the human body. In the preferred form, the droplets are sprayed upwardly at an angle of about 30 degrees to about 45 degrees and up to about 60 degrees with the horizontal sections vertically separated from one another.
- Spraying a majority of a the human body with heated water droplets for a period of about two and one-half minutes to five minutes three times a day is believed to be effective in reducing weight. In addition, heaters are provided for directing heated air onto the human body and drying the human body. Finally, a moisturizing lotion is applied to the human body after each treatment.
- The invention will now be described in connection with the accompanying figures wherein like reference numerals are used to designate like parts.
-
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a shower enclosure in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of a serpentine water distributor in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration showing the pathway of water droplets as distributed in the preferred embodiment of the invention; and, -
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for weight reduction in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention. - Referring now to the drawings and more specifically to
FIG. 1 , there is shown generally at 10 a therapeutic shower enclosure of the present invention. The enclosure comprises a bottom and afirst wall 12, twosidewalls 14, atop 13, and adoor 14 permitting access to by individual into theenclosure 10. - A molded
shell 16 is secured over thetop 13 of the enclosure and has moldedtherein distribution channels 17 which are connected to anair blower 18, andducts 19 to provide an air stream that is convected downwardly in to the enclosure and in the direction of an individual. The hot air is then dispersed throughvents 13′ in the molded top. In this way, the user is subjected to a hot dry air stream to undergo therapeutic effects as will be described herein below. - It is also contemplated that in place of a hot dry air stream, infrared lights can be disposed in an upper portion of the
enclosure 10 to dry the individual. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the ideal zone for therapeutic heat treatment during the drying provides a temperature of between 31° C. and about 35° C. (88° F. to about 95° F.) at which temperature a human individual can accept the heat treatment for approximately 20 minutes. It is in this zone that we obtain some therapeutic effects and the physiological reaction to heat. For people who have exercised they will appreciate a range which is more elevated, for example, 35° C. to 40° C. Also after a person has acclimated to the therapeutic shower enclosure they can gradually increase the temperature range. It should be recognized that the temperature of air in the enclosure should be approximately 40° C. (104° F.) and the speed of the air on the user's body should not exceed about 0.2 m/s. It has been recognized that for temperatures of 38° C. at one hour of exposure, a person can develop a heat stroke. At 46° C. the temperature of the skin will be high enough to start exposing burn rashes. The more tolerant person can exceed 50 minutes at 52° C. In a sauna one can attain temperatures as high as 85° C. but a person should not be subjected to those for long periods of time and it is recommended that the period should be between 5 to 15 minutes maximum. - The invention also contemplates a method for weight reduction that comprises or consists of the following steps. A
first step 40 provides a therapeutic shower enclosure having a first wall and a water outlet extending outwardly from an upper portion of a first wall. The enclosure also includes a bottom or a base with a drain therein, two side walls, and a door forming a fourth wall and a molded top including a plurality of downwardly directed channels or passageways for directing a flow of heated air onto an individual. The air is heated to a temperature between 30° C. to 35° C. to dry an individual. - A
second step 42 provides a water supply and heater for heating a mass of water to a temperature of about 25° C. to 30° C., a one-half horsepower water pump and a serpentine array of nozzles arranged in ten rows of horizontally disposed upwardly directed openings that form an upwardly directed stream of water that are directed upwardly at an angle of about 30° to about 60° from horizontal. The horizontal disposed openings i.e. row are connected together by nine vertically disposed ½″ tubular pipes or passages. - In a third step 44 a majority of an individual's body is subjected to a wall of hot water openings at relatively low pressure for a period of 2½ to 5 minutes. In
step 46 the water treatment is followed by subjecting the individual to a flow of heated air at a temperature of about 35° C. to about 40° C. (104° F.) for a period of about 5 minutes. - When an individual's body is dry, a moisturizing lotion or cream is applied to the body in
step 48 to avoid drying out the skin. - While the invention has been described in connection with its preferred embodiments it should be recognized that changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope of the appended claims.
Claims (9)
1. A therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction, said assembly comprising:
means for providing heated water under relatively low pressure and means for directing a spray of heated water at a relatively low pressure onto a majority of a human's body and whereas said means for directing a spray of water onto a majority of a human's body includes multiple arrays of generally horizontally disposed openings disposed at multiple levels and directed upwardly from horizontal by about 30° to 60°;
means for stopping said spray of heated water; and
means for drying the human body by blowing heated air at a temperature of between about 30 to about 35° C. onto the individual's body.
2. A therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction according to claim 1 which includes ten generally horizontal pipes connected together in a serpentine arrangement by nine generally vertical pipes and wherein each of said generally horizontal pipes includes a plurality of slightly upwardly directed apertures to produce a sprinkling mass of droplets onto the human body.
3. A therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction according to claim 2 in which the lowest generally horizontal pipe is about one foot above the floor of a shower enclosure and wherein said horizontal pipes are vertically spaced by between about six inches to about one foot.
4. A therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction according to claim 3 in which the size of apertures and water pressure provide a slightly upwardly arched shaped stream of heated water droplets wherein said droplets impact the human body with a force of a falling droplet from a height of about ten to twenty inches.
5. A therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction according to claim 4 in which said serpentine pipe has a length of about 16 feet and a diameter of about one-half inch.
6. A therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction according to claim 5 that includes about 100 apertures each with a diameter of about 0.12 inches.
7. A therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction of an overweight individual, said assembly consisting of:
a source of water, a water heater for raising the temperature of the water to a temperature of about 25° C. to 30° C. and a one-half HP water pump;
ten generally horizontal sections of one-half inch diameter pipe connected together in a serpentine arrangement by nine generally vertical pipes and wherein said pipes are connected together and to said water pump and said ten horizontal sections include a total of about 100 slightly upwardly directed apertures and wherein each aperture has a diameter of about 0.12 inches for spraying water droplets of heated water onto a majority of a human body; and
a heater for directing heated air onto the human body to dry a human body after the water spray is stopped.
8. A therapeutic shower assembly for weight reduction of an overweight individual according to claim 7 which includes a timer for timing a session of water treatment to about 2½ to 5 minutes and a session of drying of about 10 to 20 minutes at a temperature of about 35° C.
9. A method for reducing the weight of a human individual consisting of the steps of:
providing a therapeutic shower including a water heater for supplying a mass of heated water at a temperature of about 25° to about 30° C. and a one-half horsepower water pump, ten generally horizontal sections of about one-half inch diameter pipe connected together by nine generally vertical sections of pipe in a serpentine configuration and wherein said generally horizontal sections include a total of about 100 slightly upwardly directed apertures each with an opening of about 0.12 inches for spraying heated water droplets onto a majority of a human body;
spraying the entire human body excluding their head with heated water droplets for a period of about 2½ minutes to 5 minutes three times a day;
providing a heater for directing heated air at a temperature of about 35° C. to about 40° C. onto the human body for drying the human body; and
applying a moisturizing lotion to the dry human body after each treatment.
Priority Applications (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
US13/305,867 US20130133134A1 (en) | 2011-11-29 | 2011-11-29 | Therapeutic shower and method of using the shower for weight reduction |
US13/852,708 US9161882B2 (en) | 2011-11-29 | 2013-03-28 | Therapeutic shower and method of using the shower for weight reduction |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
US13/305,867 US20130133134A1 (en) | 2011-11-29 | 2011-11-29 | Therapeutic shower and method of using the shower for weight reduction |
Related Child Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US13/852,708 Continuation-In-Part US9161882B2 (en) | 2011-11-29 | 2013-03-28 | Therapeutic shower and method of using the shower for weight reduction |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US20130133134A1 true US20130133134A1 (en) | 2013-05-30 |
Family
ID=48465471
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US13/305,867 Abandoned US20130133134A1 (en) | 2011-11-29 | 2011-11-29 | Therapeutic shower and method of using the shower for weight reduction |
Country Status (1)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US20130133134A1 (en) |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US10391026B2 (en) * | 2016-08-04 | 2019-08-27 | Christopher Wilkinson | Body dryer |
US10813507B2 (en) | 2017-05-11 | 2020-10-27 | Bradley Fixtures Corporation | Multiple stage discharge system for a fluid tank |
Citations (19)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US1331018A (en) * | 1919-09-29 | 1920-02-17 | Joseph O Luthy | Separator for secondary batteries |
US1728129A (en) * | 1928-06-07 | 1929-09-10 | Madison Harry | Bath spray apparatus |
US1944611A (en) * | 1930-01-13 | 1934-01-23 | American Rolling Mill Co | Nozzle for pouring molten metal |
US2949109A (en) * | 1952-12-31 | 1960-08-16 | Duo Temp Mfg Corp | Therapeutic shower |
US3587118A (en) * | 1968-05-22 | 1971-06-28 | John R Compton | Sit-in shower and bath tub,both with driers |
US3858252A (en) * | 1973-08-01 | 1975-01-07 | Olgierd Z Ejchorszt | Shower structure |
US4733421A (en) * | 1985-11-22 | 1988-03-29 | Verena Kuersteiner | Massaging and washing apparatus for people |
US4809369A (en) * | 1987-08-21 | 1989-03-07 | Bowden John H | Portable body shower |
US4871900A (en) * | 1988-08-26 | 1989-10-03 | Hickman O Neal | Body air dryer |
US5099587A (en) * | 1989-03-29 | 1992-03-31 | Jarosch Robert M | Bathroom dryer assembly |
US5255399A (en) * | 1990-12-31 | 1993-10-26 | Park Hun C | Far infrared rays sauna bath assembly |
US5909969A (en) * | 1998-05-18 | 1999-06-08 | Davison; Donald R. | Full body shower system |
US6567998B2 (en) * | 2000-11-22 | 2003-05-27 | D'ugo Carl | Shower apparatus |
US6623511B1 (en) * | 1999-04-12 | 2003-09-23 | Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc. | Chromatherapy shower system |
US20030188378A1 (en) * | 2002-04-04 | 2003-10-09 | Henry Brunelle | Therapeutic shower enclosure |
US20040060107A1 (en) * | 2001-01-16 | 2004-04-01 | David Eisenberg | Individually adjustable, automated, whole-body washing apparatus |
US6962005B1 (en) * | 2004-01-12 | 2005-11-08 | Jacuzzi, Inc. | Dryer system for shower |
US20060064815A1 (en) * | 2004-09-24 | 2006-03-30 | The Boeing Company | Mist Delivery System |
US20100018588A1 (en) * | 2007-03-09 | 2010-01-28 | Woon Woo Lee | Shower system having a purifying and drying function |
-
2011
- 2011-11-29 US US13/305,867 patent/US20130133134A1/en not_active Abandoned
Patent Citations (24)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US1331018A (en) * | 1919-09-29 | 1920-02-17 | Joseph O Luthy | Separator for secondary batteries |
US1728129A (en) * | 1928-06-07 | 1929-09-10 | Madison Harry | Bath spray apparatus |
US1944611A (en) * | 1930-01-13 | 1934-01-23 | American Rolling Mill Co | Nozzle for pouring molten metal |
US2949109A (en) * | 1952-12-31 | 1960-08-16 | Duo Temp Mfg Corp | Therapeutic shower |
US3587118A (en) * | 1968-05-22 | 1971-06-28 | John R Compton | Sit-in shower and bath tub,both with driers |
US3858252A (en) * | 1973-08-01 | 1975-01-07 | Olgierd Z Ejchorszt | Shower structure |
US4733421A (en) * | 1985-11-22 | 1988-03-29 | Verena Kuersteiner | Massaging and washing apparatus for people |
US4809369A (en) * | 1987-08-21 | 1989-03-07 | Bowden John H | Portable body shower |
US4871900A (en) * | 1988-08-26 | 1989-10-03 | Hickman O Neal | Body air dryer |
US5099587A (en) * | 1989-03-29 | 1992-03-31 | Jarosch Robert M | Bathroom dryer assembly |
US5255399A (en) * | 1990-12-31 | 1993-10-26 | Park Hun C | Far infrared rays sauna bath assembly |
US5909969A (en) * | 1998-05-18 | 1999-06-08 | Davison; Donald R. | Full body shower system |
US6623511B1 (en) * | 1999-04-12 | 2003-09-23 | Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc. | Chromatherapy shower system |
US6567998B2 (en) * | 2000-11-22 | 2003-05-27 | D'ugo Carl | Shower apparatus |
US20040060107A1 (en) * | 2001-01-16 | 2004-04-01 | David Eisenberg | Individually adjustable, automated, whole-body washing apparatus |
US20030188378A1 (en) * | 2002-04-04 | 2003-10-09 | Henry Brunelle | Therapeutic shower enclosure |
US6681417B2 (en) * | 2002-04-04 | 2004-01-27 | Gestion Ultra International Inc. | Therapeutic shower enclosure |
US20040107496A1 (en) * | 2002-04-04 | 2004-06-10 | Henry Brunelle | Therapeutic shower enclosure |
US7013504B2 (en) * | 2002-04-04 | 2006-03-21 | Gestion Ultra Internationale Inc. | Therapeutic shower enclosure |
US6962005B1 (en) * | 2004-01-12 | 2005-11-08 | Jacuzzi, Inc. | Dryer system for shower |
US20060064815A1 (en) * | 2004-09-24 | 2006-03-30 | The Boeing Company | Mist Delivery System |
US20080072376A1 (en) * | 2004-09-24 | 2008-03-27 | Jeanne Guerin | Mist delivery system |
US7454803B2 (en) * | 2004-09-24 | 2008-11-25 | The Boeing Company | Mist delivery system |
US20100018588A1 (en) * | 2007-03-09 | 2010-01-28 | Woon Woo Lee | Shower system having a purifying and drying function |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US10391026B2 (en) * | 2016-08-04 | 2019-08-27 | Christopher Wilkinson | Body dryer |
US10813507B2 (en) | 2017-05-11 | 2020-10-27 | Bradley Fixtures Corporation | Multiple stage discharge system for a fluid tank |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US9161882B2 (en) | Therapeutic shower and method of using the shower for weight reduction | |
CN100353929C (en) | Therapeutic shower enclosure | |
RU2563450C2 (en) | Fogger device for face care | |
US10391026B2 (en) | Body dryer | |
US20130150757A1 (en) | Water treatment device | |
KR200457010Y1 (en) | Fumigating chair | |
US20130133134A1 (en) | Therapeutic shower and method of using the shower for weight reduction | |
US10342695B2 (en) | Device for cold therapy | |
JP5048981B2 (en) | Mist sauna equipment | |
KR101172151B1 (en) | Healthcare automatic bathtub | |
CN111609390A (en) | Steam cold and hot neutralization device and steam sauna appearance | |
CN201227406Y (en) | Steaming box | |
JP2001245809A (en) | Shower apparatus | |
CN2198909Y (en) | Foot massager | |
ITBO20090180A1 (en) | EQUIPMENT FOR BODY MASSAGE USING LIQUIDS AND / OR LIQUID SOLUTIONS | |
KR101155051B1 (en) | Fumigation therapy device for feet as well as hips | |
JP3126591U (en) | Treatment machine | |
JPS6142605Y2 (en) | ||
CN204910058U (en) | Steam physiotherapy device | |
KR101718749B1 (en) | Acupuncture Point Massage Machine Using Water Pressure | |
KR200376777Y1 (en) | Bath for foot | |
CN101322674B (en) | Fumigating case | |
CN103919397A (en) | Multifunctional health-caring mat | |
RU2288693C2 (en) | Mini bath-house | |
JP2004290476A (en) | Mist generator |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
STCB | Information on status: application discontinuation |
Free format text: ABANDONED -- FAILURE TO RESPOND TO AN OFFICE ACTION |