Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1898-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1898
A communication from RICHARD STRAUBE, of Lauenstein, Saxony, Tinsmith.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a combination of a rocking chair and bath having the
appearance of a rocking chair whilst combining the usefulness of both articles."
The accompanying drawing shows the article in Fig. 1 in front elevation as a rock-
ing chair (with the canvas or other covering forming the seat and back in place)
Fig. 2 being a longitudinal vertical section of the article as a hip bath with the
canvas shown in full lines.
The bath A does not materially differ from the usual shape. It consists of a deep
basin with rounded bottom becoming flat towards the back a. The front edge of the
bath is preferably provided with a round beading a² constituting a comfortable
support for the legs of the user. The bath is preferably made of sheet zinc. The
walls, as far as they are visible, more particularly the side walls a¹ can be covered
with wickerwork or painted to initate it or ornamented in other manner.
The bath is built or let into the frame of the rocking chair B and supported by it
by means of suitable supports, such as bb. The chair B is provided in front with a
foot rest b¹. Owing to the curvature of its lower frame, the bath can be used in
different positions so that the back is at a greater or smaller angle relatively to the
ground, so that the water fills up the front part of the bath or extends up the back.
In the first case it constitutes a "hip-bath" in the second a so called "body bath."
The chair, and therefore the bath, can be fixed in any desired position by means of
blocks cc or adjustable supports on the frame of the chair or by similar means. This
capability of occupying different positions is a great advantage of the new article
over the ordinary hip-bath.
To facilitate emptying a valve or screw plug may be arranged at the bottom of the
bath.
Having emptied the bath, the article can be re-converted into a chair by attaching
the canvas or seating D, by means of hooks dat its ends, to suitable parts of the
framing. The seating extends in a curved line between the beading a² and the
upper part of the back of the chair dipping somewhat into the now empty space of
the bath (Fig. 2) and forms a comfortable seat, the interior of the bath being thus
covered and hidden from view.
The chair frame may be of wood or metal and may be ornamented or constructed
according to taste and the means of suspension of the bath may be arranged to suit
the material or construction of the chair.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A combined rocking chair and bath, comprising a bath deep in front and flat

page_text: at the back and top so as to form a back support, supported in a chair frame, said
bath being covered, when not in use, by a canvas or other seat secured to the back
and front parts of the frame.
2. A combined rocking chair and bath comprising a chair with a curved under
frame and a bath A with a flat back a beaded front edge a², and a removable seat D
removably connected to the front and back of the frame substantially as described.
Dated this 21st day of July 1898
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.