Patent ID: 11957283
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A method of distributing water for independent selectable one of a plurality of bathing functions for a walk-in bath tub, comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a motorized pump having an inlet connected to a suction port of a water reservoir of a walk-in bath tub and an outlet for delivering pressurized water during operation of the pump;
(b) positioning a first valve to a first position for communicating pressurized water through a first outlet for a selected one of a plurality of bathing functions and to a second position for communicating pressurized water through a second outlet for a rapid draining of the water reservoir as one of the plurality of bathing functions, the first valve having an inlet for receiving pressurized water from the pump;
(c) positioning a second valve for communicating pressurized water selectively to a first piping system for a first one of the plurality of bathing functions and to a second piping system for a second one of the plurality of bathing functions, the second valve having an inlet for receiving pressurized water from the first valve, and
(d) operating a controller for moving the first valve to the first position or the second position for communicating pressurized water selectively and for moving the second valve for communicating pressurized water to the first piping system or to the second piping system when the first valve is in the first position,
whereby the reconfigurable water distribution system selectively provides the plurality of operational bathing functions independently with one pump.