BATHING DEVICE AND BATHING SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bathing device and a bathing system which allow a bathing person to take a bath safely by preventing the back part of the head or the ears of the person from being soaked in hot water and also allow the person to be sufficiently soaked in the hot water up to the shoulders. SOLUTION: The bathing device includes a stretcher 4 having a backrest section 11 that can be inclined as a whole and a bathtub 3 having a receiving section 7 inside for receiving the stretcher 4. The bathing device allows a person to take a bath by elevating the bathtub 3 while the stretcher 4 is mounted on the receiving section 7. The backrest section 11 is divided into at least two or more parts, and each part is connected to another via a joint axis. With such a configuration, a person can take a bath while at least a mounting part of the backrest section 11 on which the head of the bathing person is mounted is moved and inclined to an inclination angle with respect to a horizontal line that is larger than the inclination angles of the other parts of the backrest section with respect to the horizontal line. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT