Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Tubs – With user access means in side of the tub
Patent
1980-09-15
1982-08-31
Artis, Henry K.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Tubs
With user access means in side of the tub
4538, 4556, 4601, A47K 302
Patent
active
043464858
ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for bathing invalids, or others with impaired ambulatory ability, comprises an enclosure having a bathtub with upstanding walls which form a stall. The bathtub includes a seat having an anatomical contour and a lateral opening adjacent the seat to permit invalid ingress and egress. A door with a generally wedge-shaped contour mates with and selectively closes the bathtub opening, and includes a seal compressed between the opening lip and the door to form a seal which is sufficiently leakproof to permit immersal bathing of a seated invalid. The door is slideably mounted on a hingeless track assembly, which vertically translates the door into the closed position and pivots the door as it is raised into a horizontal, overhead storage position. Shower heads are mounted on the walls of the stall to provide both shower and immersal bathing for hygiene and therapy. The bathtub seat and opening are mutually oriented so as to permit an attendant to laterally move the invalid from a wheelchair directly onto the bathtub seat with minimum strain and hazard.
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Houle Raymond T.
Kilbourn Frederick A.
Kraft John H.
Redwine Michael A.
Reed Stewart D.
Artis Henry K.
Silchor
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