Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Tubs – With user access means in side of the tub
Patent
1996-12-16
1998-03-03
Eloshway, Charles R.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Tubs
With user access means in side of the tub
4556, 45601, A47K 3022, A47K 312
Patent
active
057220999
ABSTRACT:
A bathing apparatus for disabled and aged is presented which allows bathing of a person in a seated position in a wheel chair. The bathing apparatus is hygienic because the caster rollers for the wheel chair are isolated from the bath water in a non-water-filled section of the apparatus thus avoiding contamination of the bath water, and can be operated with ease with one helper person. The bathing apparatus requires less water for a full bath compared with the conventional wheel chair bathing units, because the chair frames are designed to ride on the inside of the bath tub. This configuration is made possible by having a chair frame supported on a single support rod which can be pushed inside the bath tub through a cut-out provided on the bottom section of the tub unit. The support rod emerging from the bottom section into the bath water is sealed by a pair of sealing members which are pressed tightly around the support rod to eliminate leaking of the bath water from the tub unit.
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Sekiguchi Yasuo
Suzuki Hajime
Eloshway Charles R.
Sakai Medical Co., Ltd.
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