Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Tubs – Particular construction or configuration details
Patent
1982-09-20
1984-12-04
Artis, Henry K.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Tubs
Particular construction or configuration details
4587, A47K 306
Patent
active
044855028
ABSTRACT:
A portable bathing tub for invalids, especially bed-ridden persons. There is a large waterproof sheet which is laid on one half of the width of the bed, while the person rolls to the other half. Then the person rolls onto the half where the sheet has been placed, and the remainder of the sheet is extended over the second half of the bed, and the margins are gathered up close to or onto the person when the person is approximately centered on the bed. A frame of four L-shaped members, preferably made of plastic material, is erected to form a rectangular enclosure of low walls around the person. The edges of the waterproof sheet are then placed against these low walls and extend up the inside surfaces of the walls and are folded over the top edges of the walls, held there by spring clips. Water is then added to this shallow tub, so the person may bathe or be bathed. An outlet conduit allows the water to be drained when the bath is completed. A by-pass around a valve in the outlet conduit rises to an elevation slightly below the top edge of the tub walls, so as to retain water (up to this elevation) when the valve is closed, but to allow excess water to pass out through the by-pass if the tub is accidentally filled too close to the top edge of the tub walls. The L-shaped members are easily disassembled for storage between baths.
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