Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Shower – Convenience accessories
Patent
1993-04-23
1994-07-19
Recla, Henry J.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Shower
Convenience accessories
45611, 45621, 4567, 4568, 45711, 4615, 4611, A47K 3022
Patent
active
053296516
ABSTRACT:
A bathing apparatus is designed specifically for aged or infirm bathers to improve their independence. A conventional tub and shower enclosure is modified by a modular system including a pivotal support bar member which can move to a position projecting outwardly from the rear wall of the shower enclosure to enable the bather to stand at the bath. The bar member includes a lower horizontal bar against which the stomach of the bather rests and an upper bar spaced away from the stomach which can be grasped by the hands of the bather. A swivelling showerhead is mounted on the rear wall and includes a handle allowing a flooding type shower head to be moved back and forth over the head of the bather. A transfer chair can be provided which is mounted on a vertical post at one corner of the bathtub and includes an arm projecting horizontally outwardly from the post which can swivel around the post. A chair is canti levered downwardly and forwardly from the arm and swivels on the arm. A jack alongside the post moves the chair upwardly and downwardly and it can swivel freewardly about the post from a position wholly outside the bathtub to a position wholly within the bathtub.
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Mardero Steve G.
Prystupa Brian D.
Ade Stanley G.
Battison Adrian D.
Fiat Products Ltd.
Recla Henry J.
Thrift Murray E.
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