Improvements in Bidet and Foot Baths.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
Improvements in Bidet and Foot Baths.
I, PATRICK HENRY l'ENDERGAST, of 717 James Street, City of Syracuse, County
of Onondaga, State of New York, United States of America, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved Sitz-baths or combined bidets and foot-
baths in which the front wall of the bidet constitutes the rear wall of the foot-
bath. My object is to improve the construction, general utility and great personal
convenience of such baths.
The body of the bath has a set bowl situated centrally in the upper portion
thereof to serve for the sitz-bath, the said bowl being provided with a rounded
m; the top of the said sitz-bath is constructed of oval or other suitable shape, and
it is provided with vertical pipes, one of which is an inlet and the other an outlet
pipe.
I provide separate foot-baths or compartments situated one upon each side of
and just in front of the sitz-bath, and I connect them by a pipe so that the water
may flow from one to the other; and I also provide suitable inlet and outlet pipes,
so that the feet may be washed at the same time while sitting upon the sitz-bath
tub.
It will be observed that this sitz-bath has for its object a special purpose, not the
immersion of the parts, but allowing the water to be forced to them by means of
a pipe, it being so adapted and arranged that the water will be immediately carried
away, afterwards the bowl may be filled and all the parts bathed, but in no instance
is this sitz-bath tub adapted for sitting in, but at all times to sit upon the rim.
Dated this 5th day of December 1896.
PATRICK HENRY PENDERGAST.
D. Young & Co.,
11 and 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Bidet and Foot Baths.
I, PATRICK HENRY PENDERGAST, of 717 James Street, City of Syracuse, County
of Onondaga, State of New York, United States of America, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combined bidet and

page_text: My object is to produce such a device, cheap and durable in its construction,
unique in appearance and of great utility, and to that end my invention consists
in the novel features of construction, which are hereinafter described and which
are specifically set forth in the claim hereunto annexed.
It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
in which-
Fig. 1, shows a top plan view of the device complete.
Fig. 2, is a side view thereof.
Fig. 3, is a front view thereof.
A is the body of the sitz-bath or bidet comprising vertical side walls a, and
a rear wall b, as shown, and c is a bowl in the upper portion of the body A, having
a flange d projecting laterally, as shown.
The top of the bidet is oblong or egg shaped, that is enlarged at its rear end,
and diminishing in size gradually as it approaches the front.
B B are the foot-bath compartments, having substantially vertical side walls
in extension of the side walls of the bidet, the front walls of the bidet constituting
the rear walls of the footbath compartments, and having iront walls e, and inside
walls f.
The sides and front walls of the foot baths are surmounted with rounded rims g,
substantially as shown, and the corners of the bidet and foot-bath compartments,
and their rims are rounded both interiorly and exteriorly, as shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
The herein described combined sitz and foot bath, comprising a bowl, having its
upper edge oval shaped, and provided with a rim, and a base supporting said bowl,
and having individual foot-bath compartments in the front of said bowl, as set
forth.
Totod
13th de
1907
of September 1907
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 and 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.