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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1976
Burton C Meyer, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Donald F Nix, Hanover Park, IL (US);
Derek A Brand, Naperville, IL (US);
Marvin Glass & Associates, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A toy bathtub device for simulation of giving a doll a shower or bubble bath, or the like. The device includes a base tub portion having an upstanding post supporting a showerhead which includes a spray nozzle. A shower curtain is mounted on the post for preventing undue splashing of water from the nozzle and tub. The nozzle is supplied with water through a conduit by a bellows-like pump which operates in combination with a check valve to pump water in a recycling fashion from a tub water reservoir through the conduit and thence from the nozzle. The tub is provided with a drain plug for draining water from the tub into the water reservoir for reuse. The floor of the tub also is provided with an aeration system in the form of a peripheral series of perforations or ports through the tub bottom wall which are interconnected by a manifold. The manifold is supplied with air under pressure from another bellows pump acting against a check valve. Each of the pumps is individually controllable by a separate manually operable pumping handle accessible from the exterior of the device so that a child, in play, can select activation of the shower and/or activation of the bubbling system or both simultaneously.