Patent ID: 8561223
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A bathtub device comprising: a bathtub including a first bathtub wall surface and a second bathtub wall surface opposed to the first bathtub wall surface; a jetting unit provided in the second bathtub wall surface and including a first jetting unit and a second jetting unit, the first jetting unit being configured to jet a jet flow to a left sole of a bather bathing in the bathtub, the second jetting unit being configured to jet a jet flow to a right sole of the bather bathing in the bathtub; a jetting driving unit connected to the jetting unit and configured to adjust jetting flow rate of the jet flow jetted from the jetting unit; and a controller configured to control the jetting driving unit, the controller being configured to control the jetting driving unit to cause the first jetting unit to alternately perform a first operation and a second operation, the first operation including jetting a first jet flow with a first high flow rate, the second operation including jetting a second jet flow with a first low flow rate or not jetting the jet flow, the first low flow rate being lower than the first high flow rate, the first operation being configured to cause a left leg of the bather being passively bent with the first operation and the second operation being configured to cause the left leg being stretched with the second operation, the controller being configured to control the jetting driving unit to cause the second jetting unit to alternately perform a third operation and a fourth operation, the third operation including jetting a third jet flow with a second high flow rate, the fourth operation including jetting a fourth jet flow with a second low flow rate or not jetting the jet flow, the second low flow rate being lower than the second high flow rate, the third operation being configured to cause a right leg of the bather being passively bent with the third operation and the fourth operation being configured to cause the right leg being stretched with the fourth operation, the controller being configured to control the jetting driving unit to perform alternately the first operation and the third operation to cause the left leg and the right leg to alternately bend and stretch to cause a walking motion.