Patent ID: 7849528
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A therapeutic tub device for providing a relaxing environment for a person, said device comprising: a tub being filled with water, said tub receiving the person to allow the person to soak in the water, said tub being insulated to maintain a temperature of the water in the tub, said tub including a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall to define an interior space of said tub, an upper edge of said perimeter wall defining an open top end to permit the water and the person to enter said interior space; a telescopic cover being coupled to said upper edge of said tub, said telescopic cover telescopically extending from a foot end of said tub to a head end of said tub to cover said open top end of said tub; a shroud assembly being coupled to said tub, said shroud assembly being actuated between a closed position and an open position, said shroud assembly extending above the head of the person when the shroud assembly is in the open position, said shroud extending from said perimeter wall upwardly over said interior space, said perimeter wall including a pair of lateral walls extending from said head end to said foot end, said shroud extending upwardly from said perimeter wall along said head end and along a portion of each of said lateral walls when said shroud is in said open position; said shroud assembly includes a lower arm being coupled to said tub and an upper arm being pivotally coupled to said tub; and said shroud assembly includes a flexible screen being coupled to and extending between said lower arm and said upper arm, said lower arm and said upper arm being approximately parallel to said upper edge of said perimeter wall when said shroud assembly is in the closed position, said upper arm being pivoted to an orthogonal position with respect to the lower arm to stretch said screen between said lower arm and said upper arm and above the head of the person.