Hydrotherapeutic bathtub apparatus with inlet below the overflow opening

Claim 1

A HYDROTHERAPEUTIC UNIT, COMPRISING A BATHTUB HAVING A DRAIN OPENING IN THE BOTTOM SURFACE THEREOF AND HAVING A WASTE VALVE CONTROL OPENING IN THE END WALL OF THE TUB, SAID TUB HAVING A SECOND OPENING IN THE END WALL LOCATED AT A LEVEL BENEATH THE SAID WASTE CONTROL OPENING, SUPPLY CONDUIT MEANS EXTENDING WITHIN THE SECOND OPENING IN SAID TUB FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID FROM A PUMP TO THE TUB, A NOZZLE ASSEMBLY LOCATED WITHIN THE TUB AND CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPLY CONDUIT MEANS, RETURN CONDUIT MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE DRAIN OPENING IN THE TUB FOR RETURNING WATER FROM THE TUB TO THE INLET SIDE OF THE PUMP, DRAIN MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH ONE OF SAID CONDUIT MEANS, VALVE MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID DRAIN MEANS, A FOR SELECTIVELY OPENING AND CLOSING SAID DRAIN MEANS, A CONTROL MEMBER CONNECTED TO SAID VALVE MEANS AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY ALONG THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE END WALL OF THE TUB AND DISPOSED IN A GENERALLY VERTICAL PLANE OFFSET FROM A VERTICAL PLANE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SECAND OPENING AND AN ACTUATING MEMBER EXTENDING THROUHG SAID WASTE VALVE CONTROL OPENING AND CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL MEMBER.