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A bath for invalids or elderly people has a sitting member 1 fixedly supported so that a sitting surface thereof is at a convenient height above floor level for a user to sit on, and a raisable and lowerable substantially rigid side surround 3 shaped to extend continuously around the periphery of the sitting surface. The surround is movable between a lowered position in which it is located at least substantially below the sitting surface to allow the user to sit on or get off the sitting surface, and a raised position in which it surrounds and projects above the sitting surface to at least partly define therewith a bath cavity for receiving liquid. The bath may include first seal 16 attached to the sitting member and second seal 17 on or attached to the surround for engaging each other to seal the surround to the sitting member in liquid tight manner in the raised position. A closeable and openable outlet is arranged to facilitate the exit of liquid from the bath cavity. The bath also has a mechanism 100 for ensuring that the side surround moves substantially in a vertical direction between its raised and lowered positions and inflatable air bag 320 located beneath the sitting member and operable upon inflation to raise the side surround 3 into its raised position.
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