Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Tubs – Convenience accessories
Patent
1988-06-17
1989-11-21
Recla, Henry J.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Tubs
Convenience accessories
4659, A47K 3024
Patent
active
048812811
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a bathing device, in particular for bathing babies.
It is common practice, when bathing a baby, to wet the baby, to apply soap, and then to rinse it off. While applying soap, it is desirable for the baby to be out of the water, and this generally means that it is necessary to have both a small bathtub in which the baby can be dipped and an adjacent surface on which the baby is placed when being soaped. This arrangement suffers from several drawbacks: firstly, it is necessary to have enough room to be able to place the bathtub and the surface on which the baby is soaped side-by-side, secondly, the water remaining on the baby's body wets the soaping surface, and finally, it is difficult to manipulate a soap-covered baby and there is therefore a danger of the baby being banged accidentally on being moved.
An object of the present invention is to provide a bathing device, in particular for bathing babies, which makes it possible to bath a baby in a small space with maximum comfort both for the baby and for the person looking after the baby.
This object is achieved, according to the present invention, by a bathing device comprising a receptacle including a side wall having facing wall portions at different distances apart and delimiting an internal receptacle periphery, the device being characterized in that it further comprises a platform including a perforated bottom and having an external periphery which fits inside the internal periphery of the receptacle, and which includes portions that are complementary thereto, and in that the platform includes lifting means.
Thus, the platform on which the baby is placed is easily immersed by causing the complementary portions of the internal periphery of the receptacle and the external periphery of the perforated platform to coincide. In contrast, when the baby is to be soaped, it suffices to raise the platform by using the lifting means and to offset the platform slightly relative to the receptacle when the platform is in the raised position in order to cause the wide portions of the platforms to coincide with the more closely-spaced together portions of the side wall of the receptacle so that the platform is then held by the top edge of the receptacle with the water that runs off the baby's body then returning to the receptacle through the perforated holes in the platform.
According to an advantageous version of the invention, the side wall of the receptacle includes guide grooves, and the platform includes projecting members disposed to engage in the guide grooves. Thus, when the platform is immersed, unwanted displacement thereof within the receptacle is avoided.
In a particular embodiment of the invention, the guide grooves include support notches extending laterally from one of the sides of each of the guide grooves. Thus, the members projecting from the platform may be engaged in the supporting notches at different levels as a function of the desired degree of immersion.
According to another advantageous aspect of the invention, the side wall has a top edge including lock notches and the projecting members of the platform include lock ribs disposed to engage in the lock notches. Thus, when the platform is in its raised position it is held in a stable position relative to the receptacle even if a force is applied thereto by the baby moving.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention appear from reading the following description with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:
FIG. 1 is a partially cut-away perspective view of a device in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 2 is a section on a line II--II of FIG. 1 showing a detail on a larger scale;
FIG. 3 is a section view on a line III--III of FIG. 1 showing a detail on a larger scale; and
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a variant embodiment of the invention.
With reference to the figures, the bathing device in accordance with the invention comprises a receptacle, given an overall reference 1, which includes a side wall 2 delimiting an internal
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Guedaguian Arsene
Lavoine Jean-Claude
Donovan Edward C.
Lavoine Jean-Claude
Recla Henry J.
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