Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 10th Dec., 1898
We, FRED SNOW SMITH, of 2, Wells Walk, Architect, and JOSEPH HOULDS-
WORTH, of 1, Cunliffe Road, Plumber, both in Ilkley, in the County of York,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to construct baths with a rest formed therein for
the head, shoulders, and arms of the user, also soap trays and drainers are provided,
and lips or ledges for the hands of the user when raising himself from the bath;
also lips are provided near the plug for the heels to rest against.
We form the recess for the head, arms, and shoulders by recessing or bulging
out the bath at the head end and part of the sides, and the soap trays are formed at
the ends of the arm rests. The head end of the bath rises up perpendicularly
above the head rest, so that the outside size of the bath is not increased thereby.
Our improvements are applicable to iron, earthenware, porcelain, or any kind
of bath.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicants.
We, FRED SNOW SMITH, of 2, Wells Walk, Architect, and JOSEPH HOULDS-
WORTH, of 1, Cunliffe Road, Plumber, both in Ilkley, in the County of York,
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:
The object of our invention is to construct baths for domestic use, with rests or
supports formed therein for the head, shoulders, arms, and feet of the user, and
having also soap trays and drainers, and means for enabling the user to rise more
easily from the bath.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of our improved bath.
Fig. 2 is a plan of same.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the bath along the line a a.
In carrying out our invention we form a recess A at the head of the bath to
support the head of the person using the bath. Connected to the said recess A
are side recesses or hollows B B, which serve as a rest or support for the shoulders

page_text: and arms of the user, and which said side recesses may either be straight (as shown
in Fig. 1) or shaped in any suitable manner.
At the lower ends of the said side recesses are provided soap trays CC, each with
a draining slot or hole D, the said soap trays Chaving lips or ledges E, of any
suitable form, to serve as a grip for the hands when the user is raising himself
from the bath. A recess F is provided at each side of the bath near the plug, the
said recesses F serving as grips or rests for the heels or feet of the user.
The said recesses A, B, and F, which may be cast, moulded, or formed by bulging
out the bath at the points required, are of any suitable shape and size, but are pre-
ferably made with vertical sides so as not to increase the outer dimensions of
the bath.
Our improvements are applicable to baths of iron, earthenware, porcelain, or
other material, and to baths of any pattern or shape.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inveu-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. A bath formed with the recess or recesses for the head, shoulders, and arms
of the user, substantially as shown and described.
2. A bath formed with the recess or recesses for the head, shoulders, and arms
of the user, and with the recesses or grips for the feet of the user, substantially as
shown and described.
3. In a bath the combination of the head recess A, the side recesses B B, the
soap trays CC with draining holes D, the ledges or hand grips E E, and the heel
recesses F F, all arranged substantially as, and for the purposes, shown and
described.
Dated this 2nd dor of Naramban 1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicants.