US 12,004,695 B1
Multi-compartment walk-in bathtub
James Robert Watson, Frenchtown, NJ (US)
Filed by James Robert Watson, Frenchtown, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/178,204.
Application 18/178,204 is a continuation of application No. 17/648,586, filed on Jan. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,596,268.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/158,148, filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47K 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 3/006 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-compartment walk-in tub, comprising:
an outer shell having at least one sidewall, the outer shell containing a first compartment and a second compartment,
an arcuate first movable gate carried within a first track defined in an arcuate interior sidewall of the second compartment, the arcuate first movable gate operable to selectively separate the first compartment from the second compartment to contain a volume of water within the first compartment; and
a second movable gate carried within a second track defined in the second compartment and spaced apart from the first track, the second movable gate operable to selectively open and close an access way to the second compartment through the at least one sidewall, the first movable gate and the second movable gate independently operable between their respective open and closed positions.