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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2002
Alon D. Kaufman, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Alex Wong Chi To, Sheung Shui, HK;
HoMedics, Inc., Commerce Township, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for bathing body parts, such as the feet. The apparatus includes a bath chamber for containing fluid, such as water, and receiving the body part therein. The bath chamber includes a bottom surface and a wall structure extending upwardly therefrom. A hood is attached to the wall structure and is arranged to at least partially cover the bath chamber, and a motor is mounted on an underside of the hood. At least two spaced therapy centers are disposed on the hood, where the therapy centers are operably connected to the motor for providing therapy to the body part when the body part is placed on one of the therapy centers.