Shower bath units

Claim 1

A shower bath unit comprising a cabinet having an entrance opening therein, a door for the opening, a clamping latch for the door, sealing means around the perimeter of the door to seal the entrance opening when the door is retained in the closed position by the clamping latch, a support in the cabinet for a user of the unit, a relatively small neck opening in the cabinet positioned so that the neck of the user positioned on the support can extend through said neck opening with the cabinet enclosing the body of the user from the neck down, spray means in the cabinet arranged to direct water from different directions over the body of the user, a supply pipe having an end to be connected to a source of temperature-controlled water and an opposite end connected to said spray means, a zone value in said supply pipe, a by-pass pipe having one end connected to the supply pipe and an opposite discharge end, and aquastat operatively connected to the supply pipe to be influenced by water passing therethrough and operatively connected to said zone valve to cause the latter to direct water to the spray means when the temperature of said water is within a predetermined range and to shut off the flow of water to the spray means when the temperature thereof is above a first predetermined upper temperature or below a second, substantially lower predetermined temperature of said temperature range, at which time the water flows through the by-pass pipe, whereby a user is automatically protected from being sprayed with water that is too hot too cold relative to an acceptable bathing range, a control valve operable to start and stop said spray means for removing water from the cabinet after said water has been sprayed over the user.