Patent ID: 8732871

Claim:
A door assembly for a walk-in bathtub, the door assembly comprising: (a) a door shaped to fit a door threshold in a wall of a walk-in bathtub, wherein the door includes an outer side for fitting within a threshold in a wall of a walk-in bathtub and an interior side for facing an inside of a walk-in bathtub; and (b) at least one hinge assembly that includes: (i) a first axis mount for coupling to a threshold of a walk-in bathtub; (ii) a second axis mount coupled to the outer side of the door, within a channel in the outer side of the door; and (iii) a double axis hinge coupled to both of said first and second axis mounts, for thereby connecting the door to a threshold of a walk-in bathtub; (c) wherein the double axis hinge, when the door is in an open position, opens the door toward an inside of a walk-in bathtub by pivoting about the first axis mount toward an inside of a walk-in bathtub as the door itself freely counter rotates about the second axis mount in a direction opposite that of the hinge, wherein the interior side of the door faces an inside of a walk-in bathtub in both closed and opened positions.