The assistance method using an assistance device including a base, a support section configured to lift and lower the upper body of a care receiver with respect to the base while supporting the upper body of the care receiver from the front, and a driving section configured to drive the support section. The assistance device is configured to be waterproof. The assistance method includes a boarding step for boarding the seated care receiver onto the assistance device; and a rear side washing step for washing the body of the care receiver while the buttocks of the care receiver is lifted by lifting the support section.

The assistance method using an assistance device including a base, a support section configured to lift and lower the upper body of a care receiver with respect to the base while supporting the upper body of the care receiver from the front, and a driving section configured to drive the support section. The assistance device is configured to be waterproof. The assistance method includes a boarding step for boarding the seated care receiver onto the assistance device; and a rear side washing step for washing the body of the care receiver while the buttocks of the care receiver is lifted by lifting the support section.

A foot spa tub includes a tub basin, a first magnetic drive member rotatably coupled to a drive motor, and a first casing supporting the magnetic drive member. The first casing is disposed against an exterior surface of a sidewall of the basin. A second magnetic drive member is rotatably coupled to a blade. The first and second magnetic drive members are magnetically coupled to each other so that the blade is drivingly coupled to the drive motor. A nozzle houses the second magnetic drive member and the blade. The nozzle is detachably securable to an interior surface of the sidewall by a magnetic attraction force between the first and second magnetic drive members. A method of circulating liquid in a foot tub spa is also provided.

A jet pump has an impeller with a magnet that can be rotated by a shaft having a magnetic drive plate and wherein the impeller and the magnetic drive plate are separated from one another by at least one solid wall surface. The impeller can be located in a pump housing having a base and a cover. The base can have a surface bearing so that the impeller can contact therewith and rotated against the surface of the surface bearing.

A method and a control panel are described for facilitating the control of a bathing unit system so that the bathing unit system is caused to transition between operating in accordance with a first operational mode to operating in accordance with a second operational mode. A control signal is generated in response to a unitary user input event performed by a user at a control panel of the bathing unit system, the control signal conveying an ambiance activation command associated with a specific ambience setting, the generation of the control signal comprising selecting the specific ambience setting from a set of ambience settings stored in a memory device. The control signal is then transmitted from the control panel to the controller over a communication link where it is processed to cause the bathing unit system to transition from being in the rest mode to operating in accordance with the specific ambience setting. The method and a control panel may allow simplifying the control of the bathing unit system in order to achieve a desired total effect by allowing a user to cause the bathing unit to operate in accordance with an ambience setting by way of a unitary user input event performed at the control panel.

A hot tub vacuum attachment apparatus for cleaning debris from a hot tub utilizing the integrated pump system includes an attachment head to selectively engage a filter housing of a hot tub or pool. A tubular stem has a stem outlet end coupled to, and in fluid communication with, the attachment head. A filter mount is coupled to the tubular stem. The filter mount has an output end coupled to a stem inlet end of the tubular stem, an input end, and a filter receiver coupled between the output end and the input end. A filter system is coupled the filter receiver of the filter mount. All fluid flowing from the input end to the output end passes through the filter system to collect particles and debris. A flexible hose has a hose proximal end coupled to the input end of the filter mount and a hose distal end.

A hydrotherapy apparatus comprises a tank, the tank comprising a panel arranged to form a wall of the tank, and an inner frame arranged to have the panel mechanically fixed to an outer side thereof, without bonding, so as to form a watertight seal. The inner frame may comprise a lower portion in a base region of the tank and two struts extending upward therefrom. The tank may further comprise a lower fixing section arranged to be mechanically connected to an outer surface of the lower portion of the inner frame, with a lower edge region of the panel therebetween, and two side fixing sections extending upward and each arranged to be mechanically connected to an outer surface of a respective strut of the struts of the inner frame, with a respective side edge region of the panel therebetween.

A steam shower device includes a steam enclosure, including a front plate with first and second vacuum air vents, a rear wall, and a steam chamber; a steam mixing valve with a steam control dial; a mixed water line; a steam nozzle assembly with a stem nozzle head; a steam vent, including a perimeter wall and a perimeter ledge; a visual trim panel; a hot water pan; such that the steam vent is configured to emit steam from the steam chamber. Optionally, the steam shower device can include a hand-held steam hose, which is detachably connectable to the steam vent.

An inflatable pool includes a floor panel and an inflatable wall coupled to the floor panel. The inflatable wall includes an inner panel, an outer panel coupled to the inner panel to define a wall enclosure, and a plurality of threads, with each thread being connected to the inner panel and the outer panel and extending through the wall enclosure. The inflatable wall is configured to transition between a deflated configuration and an inflated configuration, with the volume of the wall enclosure increasing as the inflatable wall transitions from the deflated configuration toward the inflated configuration. The inflatable pool additionally includes an inflation valve extending into the wall enclosure to facilitate inflation of the wall enclosure. At least one valve extends through the inflatable wall to facilitate fluid communication through the inflatable wall through a passageway fluidly isolated from the wall enclosure.

The new invention foot-care equipment unit is directly related to foot problems and cures from pain, numbness, stiffness, swelling, athlete's foot, blisters, bunios, corns, plantar fasciitis, heel spur, mallet or hammer toe, gout, ingrown toenail, nail hardening, fungal nail infection, plantar wart, stone bruise, morton neuroma, sesamoidits, poor blood circulation, crack heals, blood clots in the foot vain or excessive sweat, and or bad odours are common symptom of foot related issues or causes of poor foot health. The foot-care equipment a hands free solution for practicing random or regularly use of equipment for steaming, fermenting, massaging, cleaning and sanitizing, air blow drying, sterilizing and or scrubbing of foot or the feet's for cure or general health and hygiene as therapy or treatment. The foot-care equipment unit may comprise of semi-automatically functional in cleaning, sanitizing and sterilizing, and or drying of its equipment components for users.