Therapeutic surround shower
CA 2192601 C · Owner: Carrier, Denis · Inventors: Carrier, Denis
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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In this invention, water is sprayed from a shower head and a series of holes in tubes along the outer edge of the space provided for use as a shower stall. These tubes are connected together by a rotary air and water servo-system revolving around a vertical water supply axis. The holes are positioned to direct the sprays of water toward the centre of the shower stall. The supply of water to the device drives the system of tubes around the vertical axis in a circular motion and this movement combines with the water spray action from the tubes to provide continuous 360-degree therapeutic coverage of the space at the centre of the shower stall. To dry off following a shower users may switch to …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 11, 1996 and granted December 1, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 11, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 11, 2018.
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