Sitz bath pan

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FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CONVENTIONAL TYPE TOILET BOWL PROVIDED WITH A FLUSHING RIM HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT TOP SURFACE AND A HINGEDLY MOUNTED SEAT THE BOTTOM SIDE OF WHICH IS OPPOSED TO AND PARALLEL WITH THE TOP SURFACE WHEN THE SEAT IS IN USE; A SITZ BATH PAN HAVING A RECEPTACLE PORTION INCLUDING A BOTTOM, THE REARWARD HALF-PORTION THEREOF BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT AND HORIZONTAL WHEN IN USE, THE FORWARD HALF-PORTION BEING INCLINED AND SLOPING REARWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY TOWARD AND MERGING INTO SAID REARWARD HALF-PORTION, AND AN UPSTANDING VERTICALLY DISPOSABLE WALL JOINED TO AND RISING FROM SAID BOTTOM, SAID UPSTANDING WALL BEING PROVIDED AT THE TOP THEREOF WITH A FLAT-FACED LATERALLY PROJECTING ENDLESS PAN-SEATING AND SUPPORTING FLANGE WHICH IS ADAPTED TO SEAT ITSELF ATOP SAID TOP SURFACE, SAID TOP PORTION OF SAID UPSTANDING WALL BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF EQUIDISTANT CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED OVERFLOW SLOTS, SAID SLOTS RANGING COMPLETELY AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE WALL AND BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE UNDERNEATH SIDE OF SAID FLANGE, SAID SLOTS FUNCTIONING TO MARK THE EXPECTED LEVEL OF THE WATER CONTAINED IN SAID RECEPTACLE PORTION AND ALSO PROVIDING FOR THE OVERFLOW OF WATER TO THE TOILET BOWL WHEN THE PAN IS BEING USED, THAT PORTION OF THE WALL BELOW SAID SLOTS BEING WHOLLY IMPERFORATE, THE RECEPTACLE PORTION OF SAID PAN BEING OF A CAPACITY CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING APPROXIMATELY EIGHT QUARTS OF HOT WATER, CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING A NECESSARY EVEN WATER TEMPERATURE FOR A PRESCRIBED 20-MINUTE SITZ BATH, SAID FLANGE BEING IMPERFORATE THROUGHOUT, THE REAR SEGMENTAL PORTION OF SAID FLANGE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED INCLINED BOTTOM PORTION BEING RELATIVELY NARROW AND WITH THE MARGINAL EDGE CUT STRAIGHT ACROSS.