Bathtub for children

Abstract

The bathtub for children ( 1 ) includes a plastic basin ( 2 ), provided to contain water to bathe a young child therein, including a newborn or an infant. In order to keep the bathwater warm effectively, while providing that the bathtub for children is easy to manufacture and use, the novel bathtub provides that a wall, in particular the bottom ( 4 ), of the basin is provided with heat release elements ( 10 ), suitable for returning the previously-accumulated heat to the water contained in the basin.

1 . A bathtub for children, including a plastic basin, which is provided to contain water to bathe a young child therein, including a newborn or an infant, and which has a wall provided with heat release means for returning previously-accumulated heat to the water contained in the basin. 
     
     
         2 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat release means comprise a heat accumulator, having a thermal inertia which is greater than that of the water and being provided to transfer its heat essentially by convection to the water contained in the basin. 
     
     
         3 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 2 , wherein the heat accumulator is able to be heated by microwave radiation. 
     
     
         4 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 3 , wherein the heat accumulator is able to be heated by a microwave oven. 
     
     
         5 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 2 , wherein the heat accumulator is able to be heated by submersion in a hot liquid. 
     
     
         6 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 5 , wherein the heat accumulator is able to be heated by submersion in a double boiler. 
     
     
         7 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 2 , wherein the heat accumulator is made up of a mixture of peat and water, contained in one or more tight bags. 
     
     
         8 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 2 , wherein the heat release means further comprise a cartridge for receiving the heat accumulator, which keeps the heat accumulator in place relative to said wall of the basin and through which the water contained in the basin flows up to the surface of the heat accumulator. 
     
     
         9 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 8 , wherein the cartridge is provided with connecting elements for removably connecting to said wall of the basin. 
     
     
         10 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 9 , wherein the connecting elements of the cartridge are designed to cooperate by shape matching with a cavity of said wall of the basin, inside which cavity the cartridge is received. 
     
     
         11 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 9 , wherein the cartridge is provided with an integrated handle for transporting the heat release means when the heat release means are separated from said wall of the basin. 
     
     
         12 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 1 , wherein the heat release means are removable with respect to said wall of the basin. 
     
     
         13 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 12 , wherein the bathtub for children further includes locking means for locking the heat release means in position when the heat release means are connected to said wall of the basin. 
     
     
         14 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 1 , wherein said wall of the basin is the bottom of the basin. 
     
     
         15 . The bathtub for children according to  claim 14 , wherein the bottom and a side wall of the basin have a bilobed profile, one of the two lobes of which is larger than the other, and wherein the heat release means are arranged in the part of the bottom of the basin delimited by the larger of those lobes.