WO2001001832A1 - Ensemble bain permettant de recuperer de l'espace - Google Patents

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WO2001001832A1
WO2001001832A1 PCT/AU2000/000733 AU0000733W WO0101832A1 WO 2001001832 A1 WO2001001832 A1 WO 2001001832A1 AU 0000733 W AU0000733 W AU 0000733W WO 0101832 A1 WO0101832 A1 WO 0101832A1
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bath
space saving
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bath assembly
shower
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Ronald Francis Hasted
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Priority to AU55109/00A priority Critical patent/AU5510900A/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K4/00—Combinations of baths, douches, sinks, wash-basins, closets, or urinals, not covered by a single other group of this subclass
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/02—Baths
    • A47K3/06—Collapsible baths, e.g. inflatable; Movable baths
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
    • A47K3/02—Baths
    • A47K3/06—Collapsible baths, e.g. inflatable; Movable baths
    • A47K3/07—Collapsible baths, e.g. inflatable; Movable baths attachable to other basins, or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R15/00—Arrangements or adaptations of sanitation devices
    • B60R15/02—Washing facilities
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B29/00—Accommodation for crew or passengers not otherwise provided for
    • B63B29/02—Cabins or other living spaces; Construction or arrangement thereof
    • B63B29/14—Closet or like flushing arrangements; Washing or bathing facilities peculiar to ships

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  • This invention relates to a space saving bath assembly which is particularly suitable for use in confined spaces, for instance small units, caravans, boats and cabins.
  • the assembly provides for a bath which is length adjustable and can protrude into a space when in use to allow for use of the bath in the conventional manner, but where the bath can be retracted to allow the space to be used for other purposes.
  • the assembly provides for a more or less full sized shower and a more or less full sized bath but where the bath is length adjustable and can protrude into the shower recess to allow the bath to be used more or less as a conventional size bath, but where the bath can be retracted to sit next to the shower recess to provide a more or less full size shower recess.
  • shower tubs which consist of a standard shower recess (typically 900mm by 900mm) but where the floor of the shower is a small bath tub. Again, this presents a quite high step which is difficult for mobility impaired people and, in any event, the bath tub is so small to be practically useless.
  • the present invention is directed to a space saving bath assembly and, more particularly, to a combination shower and bath assembly which can provide a conventional shower recess and a full size bath and where the bath is length adjustable to provide a space saving combination.
  • This assembly is suitable for installation into boats, caravans and the like where previously it was not possible to have a full size bath and, more particularly, a standard shower and a full size bath.
  • a space saving bath assembly which has a length adjustable bath, the bath being adjustable between a retracted, shorter position where the bath is adjacent a space and does not protrude into the space, and a longer, extended position where a portion of the bath extends into the space thereby allowing a person to bathe in the bath.
  • a space saving combination shower and bath assembly which has a shower recess and a length adjustable bath, the bath being adjustable between a retracted shorter position where the bath is adjacent the shower recess and does not protrude into the shower recess, and a longer extended position where a portion of the bath extends into the shower recess thereby allowing a person to bathe in the bath.
  • the bath has a fixed portion which remains fixed adjacent to the space or shower recess and moveable portion which can move into the space or shower recess to lengthen the bath.
  • the fixed portion of the bath has an overlying platform which is moveable between an overlying position when the bath is in the shorter position and an away position when the bath is in the extended position to allow full access to the bath.
  • the assembly is suitable for installation into small areas and therefore finds particular suitability in boats, caravans, cabins and small units.
  • the assembly is modular in nature to allow for easy installation. Typically, it has a single inlet from each of the hot and cold taps and a single outlet for waste water.
  • the inlet from the hot and cold taps may be a flexible plastic hose adapted at one end to engage conventional plumbing fittings .
  • the shower recess can otherwise be of more or less conventional type, which may have a footprint of about 900mm by 900mm, a typical height of about 1.8 to 2 and a floor which does not have an appreciable raised edge and therefore is more easily accessible by children, mobility impaired people and the like.
  • the shower recess can be formed of fibreglass, plastics, metal, cementitious sheeting and the like.
  • the shower recess can be fitted with a conventional sliding front door, swing front door or a shower curtain .
  • the assembly may have a length adjustable bath, adjustable through intermediate lengths and not just to its full length.
  • the bath when fully extended, can have a length of 1.5 to 2 m but it should be appreciated that this can vary to suit.
  • the bath adjustable in length it can be extended to less than its fully extended position (for example, to bathe children) which means that less water can be used.
  • the bath has a fixed portion and a moveable portion and typically the fixed and moveable portions are approximately equal in size with the moveable portion being moveable being relative to the fixed portion.
  • the fixed portion sits adjacent the shower recess and can have a length of approximately 500mm to lm which means that together with the shower recess, the entire length can be between 1.5 to 2 m and preferably about 1.7 m. It can be seen that this allows the assembly to be fitted into quite a small area.
  • the moveable portion of the bath may slide out on runners.
  • a roller or rollers mounted to the moveable portion of the bath and arranged so as to run along a surface of the fixed portion may be provided to assist in the sliding movement.
  • the roller may locate in spaced apart slots formed on one side of the fixed portion of the bath, with one slot typically corresponding to a fully retracted position for the moveable portion of the bath and another to a fully extended position for the moveable portion, of the bath.
  • One or more slots may be located between those of the extremities to allow for adjustment to intermediate lengths .
  • a roller or rollers may be fixed to the base of the moveable portion and arranged so as to run along the surface that supports the bath, in order to allow for extension of the bath.
  • the moveable portion may be cantilevered or supported by a support member at the foot of the bath.
  • locking means are provided to ensure that the moveable portion of the bath cannot move while in use.
  • said locking means secure the moveable portion of the bath in a position in which sealing means prevents leakage of water from the bath.
  • said locking means and said sealing means are combined, for example, through the use of a compression latch to secure a sealing portion of the moveable portion of the bath to a sealing portion of the fixed portion of the bath.
  • the bath when moved into the extended position, extends into the adjacent space or shower recess to take advantage of this otherwise empty area.
  • a person can bathe in the normal manner but may also still have a shower in the bath if the shower rose is positioned in a suitable orientation.
  • the assembly can be a standard shower, a standard bath, and a combination bath shower which provides great versatility in use.
  • the bath may also have conventional spa jets and a spa pump attached in order that it may be used as a spa tub when in the extended position.
  • the bath When the bath is in the retracted, shorter position, it is adjacent the space (which is occupied by the shower recess in preferred forms of the invention) and does not protrude appreciably, or at all, into the space.
  • the space which is occupied by the shower recess in preferred forms of the invention
  • the bath when the bath is in the retracted position, whatever occupies the space (for example the shower recess) can be used in the normal manner. It will be appreciated that there is a seal between the fixed portion of the bath and the side wall of the shower recess in order that leakage from the shower will not occur.
  • the fixed portion of the bath is housed in a cabinet-type arrangement.
  • an overlying platform can be provided which sits next to the shower recess and which overlies the bath.
  • the platform can be load bearing and can be used as a baby change platform, a platform to hold towels, washing and the like.
  • the platform may form part of a sink assembly which means that a basin may be fitted in the platform and taps may be provided to provide a wash basin next to the shower recess and which sits above the bath.
  • the platform and sink assembly may be separate items, which may be in substantially horizontal alignment .
  • the overlying platform can be moved to an away position such that the length of the bath is accessible.
  • the platform can be hinged to allow it to swing to its away position to allow access to the bath.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combination shower and bath assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the combination shower and bath assembly with the bath extended;
  • Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 with the bath in the extended configuration and additionally showing a spa arrangement;
  • Figure 4A shows a length adjustable bath in accordance with the present invention in a retracted configuration ,-
  • Figure 4B shows the bath of Figure 4A in an extended configuration
  • Figure 5A is a side elevation of the bath shown in Figure 4A;
  • Figure 5B is a side elevation of the bath shown in Figure 4B;
  • Figure 6A is a section through the bath shown in Figures 4A and 5A highlighting the cantilever arrangement which supports the moveable portion of the bath when in the extended configuration;
  • Figure 6B shows the bath of Figure 6A in the extended configuration
  • Figure 7A shows a variant of the bath of Figure
  • Figure 7B shows the bath of Figure 7A in the extended configuration
  • Figures 8A, 8B and 8C show the detail of the compression latch arrangement employed in one embodiment of the invention to seal and lock the bath in the extended configuration;
  • Figure 9 shows the plumbing arrangement employed in installing a combination shower and bath assembly according to an embodiment of the invention, with the shower and bath assembly omitted for the sake of clarity;
  • Figure 10A shows a bath in accordance with an alternative embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 10B shows the bath of Figure 10A in the extended configuration.
  • a space saving combination shower and bath assembly which can be fitted into confined .spaces and is suitable for boats, caravans, cabins, small units and the like.
  • Figures 4 to 8 the operation of a space saving bath assembly which can be fitted into confined spaces and is suitable for boats, caravans, cabins, small units and the like in order to optimise usage of space therein is illustrated.
  • the embodiments of the invention illustrated in Figures 4 to 9 are a more general form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 , hence the same reference numerals shall be used for similar features.
  • the assembly shown in Figures 1 to 3 and 9 has a shower recess 10 and a length adjustable bath which, when in the retracted position, sits in an adjacent decorative cabinet 11.
  • Shower recess 10 can be of more or less conventional design and can have a footprint of approximately 900 mm by 900mm.
  • the shower recess can have a front sliding glass door 12 but it should be appreciated that this is an embodiment only and a swing door, shower curtain or any other suitable screen can be used.
  • the shower recess can be formed from fibreglass, laminates, plastics, cementitious panels or other suitable building components.
  • a shower rose 13 is fitted in an upper portion of the rear wall and hot and cold taps 13a and 13b therebelow.
  • side wall 14 which is adjacent cabinet 11 can be opened to allow proper access to the bath.
  • side wall 14 has a glass door (not seen) which is hinged inwardly to open, but it may also have a pull curtain, roller blind, shutter or other type of screen which can be opened or removed when the bath is desired to be used.
  • the pull curtain etc. can be pulled down to prevent shower water from being sprayed out of side wall 14.
  • cabinet 11 above cabinet 11 is a platform 15 adjacent a wash basin 16.
  • the wall behind platform 15 has hot and cold water taps 17a and 17b and a nozzle 17 to fill wash basin 16.
  • Cabinet 11 can have underneath doors (not shown) to provide a storage area of sorts if desired.
  • Platform 15 is hinged by hinges (not shown) and can be hinged upwardly to a substantially vertical position where it sits against the wall behind it, which itself may be provided with an attachment (not shown) which attaches to a complementary attachment (not shown) on platform 15 to hold the platform in the upright position.
  • a spa pump 18 may be placed within the cabinet 11 (not shown in Figure 3) .
  • the spa pump 18 has an outlet manifold 19 through which water may be pumped into the bath through the jets 21 characteristic of spa baths. It also has an inlet 20 through which water drains from the bath back to the spa pump for circulation through the pump back into the bath.
  • the components of the spa bath are conventional. Referring now to Figures 2 and 3, it can be seen that the bath has a first fixed portion 22 and a second moveable portion 23.
  • Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 show how the bath can move between a shortened position where moveable portion 23 is positioned within fixed portion 22 (see Figure 4A, 5A, 6A and 7A) , and an extended position (see Figure 4B, 5B, 6B and 7B) where the moveable portion 23 is pulled, in preferred embodiments of the invention, substantially into shower recess 10.
  • platform 15 can be hinged upwardly and fixed to attachment 20 and the glass door in side wall 14 opened to present a full length bath which can be accessed via door 12 or simply stepped into through .the top of now open cabinet 11.
  • Nozzle 17 can now be used to fill the bath as can shower rose 13 which provides quite good versatility to the bath.
  • the shower base 23 extends to a point where leaks from the bath drain into the shower base and thence through outlet 24 from the shower recess 10. It is also to be noted that the outlet 26 from the basin 16 meets the outlet 25 from the bath and outlet 24 in order to combine the waste water outlets.
  • Pipe 24 may be plumbed into existing plumbing in a conventional manner, as only one outlet connection need be made.
  • flexible plastic hoses 27, 28 connected to conventional plumbing outlets provide hot and cold water respectively for the shower rose 18 and the nozzles 17 through pipes 29, 30. Alternatively a drip tray may be provided beneath the bath.
  • Figures 4 to 7 illustrate a generalised form of the invention in which a length adjustable bath may protrude into a space adjacent the bath, which in the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 and 9 would be occupied by a shower recess.
  • the relationship between the bath in its retracted configuration and in its extended configuration is easily seen through a comparison of Figures 4A to 4B, 5A to 5B, 6A to 6B and 7A to 7B.
  • the arrangement shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6 will now be described, followed by the variant shown in Figure 7.
  • the fixed portion 22 of the bath is supported by a frame 31 which rests upon the floor of the room or area in which the bath is to be positioned.
  • a rim 33 on the moveable portion 23 rests above a rim 32 on the fixed portion 22.
  • a roller 34 is affixed to the underside of rim 33 by its stem portion and has its wheeled portion resting upon the upper side of the rim 32 around the fixed portion 22. It will be appreciated that, when moving from the position shown in Figure 5A to the position shown in Figure 5B, the wheeled portion of the roller 34 rolls along the rim 32.
  • the bath shown in Figure 4 and 5 also has a base portion 35 which serves, as best seen in Figure 1, when the bath is in the retracted configuration as a portion of the side wall of the shower cubicle and creates a seal therewith to allow for use of the shower.
  • a runner 36 is secured at right angles to the interior face of the base portion 35 in order to facilitate extension of the bath.
  • runner 36 is a multi-stage runner having further nesting runners 37, 38 and operates in the conventional manner.
  • Figure 6 shows that the fixed portion 22 is supported by the frame 31, but the moveable portion 23 is not supported.
  • a plurality of compression latches are used to secure and seal the bath in the extended position.
  • the compression latches are recessed in cavities 40 and 41 on an end face 43 of the moveable portion 23 (as best seen in Figure 4B) , and corresponding recesses 40a and 40b are formed in the other end face 43a.
  • Compression latches such as SOUTHCO medium-sized or large-sized .compression latches are suitable. The manner in which these operate is illustrated in Figure 8, which may be taken to be the compression latch in recess 40a, but could be any of the others also.
  • recess 40a extends into the page, the view being a section through recess 40a and the side walls 44, 45 of the moveable fixed portion 22 and moveable portion 23, respectively.
  • the bath is shown in a nearly fully extended configuration, and it can be seen that a flange 47 on the very end of side wall 44 of the fixed portion 22 is now closely juxtaposed to a sealing portion 48 of the side wall 45 of moveable portion 23.
  • the space saving bath assembly is useful in allowing a full length bath to be used in confined spaces where only a conventional shower could otherwise be installed.

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Ensemble bain permettant de récupérer de l'espace et possédant une baignoire (11) à longueur réglable entre une position rétractée plus courte dans laquelle elle se trouve en position contiguë à un espace (10) et ne forme aucune saillie dans cet espace (10) et une position allongée plus longue dans laquelle une partie de la baignoire (11) s'étend dans l'espace (10), ce qui permet à un individu de s'y baigner.
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