Patent ID: 7900293

Claim:
A shower bathing apparatus comprising: a concave seat having a weir to pool water; and a water discharger solely provided rearwardly and upwardly to the seat and configured to discharge water in a forward direction of the concave seat, wherein the water discharger is configured to be located rearwardly and upwardly to the concave seat within a range where the seat is located, the water discharger is configured to discharge a first water flow and a second water flow, the first water flow is discharged from rearward of a seat occupant seated on the concave seat in an obliquely downward direction so that the discharged water impinges on an upper body of the seat occupant and flows down on a front and a back of the upper body of the seat occupant, the second water flow is discharged from rearward of a seat occupant in a horizontal direction to a front edge of the concave seat so that the discharged water does not impinge on the upper body of the seat occupant but passes over a shoulder of the seat occupant and directly impinges on a part of a leg of the seat occupant, the part being above the seat, the first and second water flows are pooled in the concave seat, and a height of the weir is minimized at a front of the seat so that the water pooled in the seat falls toward feet of the seat occupant without leaking out laterally.