Water aerating device

Claim 1

A water aerating device for use in a bathtub including upper and lower sections of semi-rigid plastic material; said upper and lower sections being generally oval in shape with one end of each of said sections having a larger radius of curvature than its opposite end; means permanently securing said sections together; the lower section being generally elongated and flat, and adapted to rest on the bottom surface of a bathtub; the upper section having a plurality of upwardly projecting generally U-shaped channel means, the channel means having top and side walls forming air passages; said lower section forming the bottom for said air passages when said upper and lower sectioNs are secured together; said channel means being formed with a plurality of spaced holes communicating with said air passages; the channel means including an outer channel section extending around the outer edge of the upper section, and a central channel section; said outer channel section being generally oval in shape matching the contour of the upper and lower sections including side channel portions extending longitudinally inwardly from the larger oval end and joining at the smaller oval end; the central channel section communicating with the outer channel section at the smaller oval end at the junction of the inwardly extending side channel portions, and extending longitudinally along the upper section toward the larger oval end; seat means having a raised platform with integral top and side walls formed integrally of the upper section; said seat means being spaced from and within the outer channel section at the larger oval end and extending upwardly above the channel means, so that a bather may sit upon said seat means when using said device; access means including an opening formed in a side wall of the channel means outer section at the junction of the side channel portions and central channel section, and being aligned with the axis of the channel means central section at the smaller oval end; said access opening communicating with the air passages of said channel means outer and central sections to enable cleaning of said air passages; the access means having a plug removably mounted in said opening; and air inlet means in the upper section communicating with the air passages at the junction of the outer and central channel sections for distributing air blown from a remote source into the air passages and thence out through the channel means holes.