Patent ID: 8185982

Claim:
An integrated showering and body support system comprising: a main control unit having a main water supply inlet for receiving a flow of utility water and configured to distribute said flow of utility water into a facial flow piping path and a corporal flow piping path separate and independent from said facial flow piping path, wherein said corporal flow piping path comprises a soap mixing device configured to mix water flowing through said corporal flow piping path with soap and selectively outputting said water mixture into said corporal flow piping path, a main corporal outlet receiving at least one of: the water flowing through said corporal flow piping path and said water mixture, a main facial outlet receiving the water flowing through said facial flow piping path; a corporal flow piping system removably attached to a body support seat and having a corporal flow inlet configured to receive the output of said main corporal outlet and further comprising a plurality of corporal flow outlets configured to direct the received output of said main corporal outlet to a person's torso and lower body; and a facial water flow piping system removably attached to said body support seat and having a facial water flow inlet configured to receive the output of said main facial outlet and further comprising a facial water flow outlet configured to direct the received output of said main facial outlet to a person's head, wherein said facial water flow piping system is separate and independent from said corporal water flow piping system.