Bath system

摘要

A bathing environment such as a shower or a tub, has a knee wall in a wall of the environment, a stanchion disposed across from the knee wall, and a bench supported by the knee wall and the stanchion so a user may slide across said bench into said bathing environment. According to an embodiment of the invention, the stanchion has a groove having a depth equal to a thickness of the bench for receiving the bench therein while maintaining a flush surface across the stanchion and the bench to allow a user to slide thereacross.

主权项

1. A bathing environment comprising:
a knee wall disposed in a first wall of said bathing environment; a pedestal including a base edge and a distal edge disposed across from said knee wall, the pedestal forming an opening with a sidewall of the bathing environment; and a bench including a support surface, said bench supported by said knee wall and a portion of the pedestal such that a user may slide across said portion of the pedestal and said bench into said bathing environment and wherein the distal edge of the pedestal forms an uppermost edge of a second wall opposite the first wall, the second wall being an outermost wall of the bathing environment and the uppermost edge of the second wall is substantially flush with the support surface, wherein the first wall extends a first length of the bathing environment and the second wall extends a second length of the bathing environment, the first length being greater than the second length.