Bathtub cushion lift stabilization

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1984-02-21

1985-08-13

Artis, Henry K.

Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons

Tubs

Convenience accessories

4566, 4571, 4578, 4579, A47K 312

Patent

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045340749

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for enabling persons with impaired mobility to enter and leave a bathtub includes a water inflatable shell having a shape such that when fully inflated the shell wedges between opposed bathtub sidewalls and has a top tapering to a platform at about the level of the top of the sidewalls so that the person may lower and raise himself into and out of the bathtub by releasing and adding water from and to the shell, respectively, and the period of time required to transit a distance between the top of the sidewalls and below the top of the sidewalls is briefer than a comparable distance below the top of the sidewalls by virtue of the reduced volume of the tapered top of the shell. Horizontal tubes of elliptical cross section contribute to the tapered shape of the top and add stability.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2725578 (1955-12-01), Keller
patent: 2817096 (1957-12-01), Roth
patent: 3311930 (1967-04-01), Bourke
patent: 3346885 (1967-10-01), Merriman
patent: 3771176 (1973-11-01), Herman, Sr.
patent: 4419776 (1983-12-01), Schmidt

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