Patent Application
20220408980
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The disclosure relates to bathing chair devices and more particularly pertains to a new bathing chair device for facilitating a physically disabled user to bathe themselves. The device includes a seat with a slot to facilitate the user to bathe their genitals while the user is seated. The device includes a plurality of hydraulic pistons that serve as legs for the seat and the hydraulic pistons lift and lower the seat depending on the user's preference.
The prior art relates to bathing chair devices including a lifting chair that includes a hydraulic piston integrated into a back rest of the lifting chair for lifting or lowering the chair. Additionally, the prior art discloses a bathing chair that includes a lifting frame and a hydraulic piston being integrated into the lifting frame for lifting or lowering the bathing chair. The prior art discloses a chair that includes legs which have a telescopically adjustable height for raising or lowering the chair.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a seat that has a slot is integrated into the seat such that that a user's genitals and inner thighs are accessible through the seat. A plurality of hydraulic pistons is each coupled to and extends downwardly from the seat such that each of the hydraulic pistons to support the seat above a floor of the bathtub. Each of the hydraulic pistons has an adjustable length. A pair of hydraulic pumps is each integrated into the seat and each of the hydraulic pumps is in fluid communication with a respective pair of the hydraulic pistons. Each of the hydraulic pumps is actuatable in a lowering condition to raise the seat and each of the hydraulic pumps is actuatable in a lifting condition to lower to the seat.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The seat 12 has a top surface 18, a bottom surface 20 and a perimeter surface 22 extending between the top surface 18 and the bottom surface 20, and the perimeter surface 22 has a front side 24, a back side 26, a first lateral side 28 and a second lateral side 30. The slot 14 extends through the top surface 18 and the bottom surface 20, and the slot 14 extends from the front side 24 toward the back side 26. The slot 14 has a bounding edge 32 and the bounding edge 32 has a pair of parallel sections 34 and a rounded section 36. Each of the parallel sections 34 extend from the front side 24 toward the back side 26 and the parallel sections 34 are oriented parallel to each other. Additionally, the rounded section 36 extends between the parallel sections 34 having the rounded section 36 being centrally positioned on the seat 12.
A back rest support 38 is provided which has a first end 40 and a second end 42, and the back rest support 38 has a bend 44 thereon. The first end 40 is coupled to the back side 26 of the perimeter surface 22 of the seat 12 having the second end 42 being directed upwardly from the seat 12. A back rest 46 is disposed on the seat 12 such that the back rest 46 can support the user's back. The back rest 46 has a front side 48, a back side 50 and a bottom edge 52, and the bottom edge 52 is coupled to the second end 42 of the back rest support 38. Additionally, the back rest 46 has a hole 54 extending through the front side 24 and the back side 26 to facilitate the back rest 46 to be gripped.
A pair of closed loops 56 is each coupled to and extends upwardly from the seat 12 such that each of the closed loops 56 defines an arm rest. Each of the closed loops 56 has an outer surface 58 and the outer surface 58 of each of the closed loops 56 is coupled to the top surface 18 of the seat 12. Each of the closed loops 56 is positioned adjacent to a respective one of the first lateral side 28 and the second lateral side 30 of the perimeter surface 22 of the seat 12. Additionally, each of the closed loops 56 is elongated to extend substantially between the front side 24 and the back side 26 of the perimeter surface 22.
A plurality of hydraulic pistons 60 is each coupled to and extends downwardly from the seat 12 such that each of the hydraulic pistons 60 defines a respective leg of the seat 12. In this way each of the hydraulic pistons 60 can support the seat 12 above a floor 62 of the bathtub 16. Each of the hydraulic pistons 60 comprises a plurality of telescopic sections 64 that slidably engage each other such that each of the hydraulic pistons 60 has an adjustable length. The plurality of telescopic sections 64 of each of the hydraulic pistons 60 includes a top section 66, a middle section 68 and a bottom section 70. Each of the top section 66 and the middle section 68 is hollow and the top section 66 and the middle section 68 are in fluid communication with each other.
The bottom section 70 has a distal end 72 with respect to the middle section 68 and the top section 66 has a top end 74. The top end 74 of the top section 66 of each of the hydraulic pistons 60 is recessed into the bottom surface 20 of the seat 12. Additionally, each of the hydraulic pistons 60 is aligned with a respective one of four corners of the seat 12. The top section 66 of each of the hydraulic pistons 60 has an input port 76 extending into an interior of the top section 66.
A plurality of feet 78 is each coupled to a respective one of the hydraulic pistons 60 and each of the feet 78 rests on the floor 62 of the bathtub 16. Each of the feet 78 includes a cup 80 and a collar 82 extending upwardly from the cup 80. The collar 82 insertably receives the distal end 72 of the bottom section 70 of the respective hydraulic piston 60. The cup 80 is comprised of a deformable material such that the cup 80 can be compressed against the floor 62 of the bathtub 16 for suctionally engaging the floor 62.
A pair of hydraulic pumps 84 is provided and each of the hydraulic pumps 84 is integrated into the seat 12. Each of the hydraulic pumps 84 is in fluid communication with a respective pair of the hydraulic pistons 60. Each of the hydraulic pumps 84 is actuatable in a lowering condition to extend the hydraulic pistons 60. In this way the seat 12 can be raised from the floor of the bathtub 16. Each of the hydraulic pumps 84 is actuatable in a lifting condition to retract the hydraulic pistons 60 such that the seat 12 can be lowered to the floor of the bathtub 16. Each of the hydraulic pumps may comprise an electric hydraulic pump or the like that includes a hydraulic fluid reservoir. A plurality of conduits 86 is each fluidly coupled between a respective one of the hydraulic pumps 84 and the input port 76 on the top section 66 of a respective one of the hydraulic pistons 60 to direct hydraulic fluid into and out of the respective hydraulic piston 60.
An up button 88 is movably integrated into a respective one of the closed loops 56 such that the up button 88 is accessible to the user. The up button 88 is electrically coupled to the pair of hydraulic pumps 84 and each of the hydraulic pumps 84 is actuated into the lowering condition when the up button 88 is depressed for lifting the seat 12. A down button 90 is movably integrated into a respective one of the closed loops 56 such that the down button 90 is accessible to the user. The down button 90 is electrically coupled to the pair of hydraulic pumps 84 and each of the hydraulic pumps 84 is actuated into the lifting condition when the down button 90 is depressed for lowering the seat 12. A power supply 92 is integrated into the seat 12, the power supply 92 is electrically coupled to each of the hydraulic pumps 84 and the power supply 92 comprises at least one battery. A battery cover 94 is removably attached to the bottom surface 20 of the seat 12 and the battery cover 94 forms a fluid impermeable seal with the seat 12. In this way the battery cover 94 inhibits the power supply 92 from getting wet when the seat 12 is submerged.
In use, the seat 12 is positioned in the bathtub 16 and the user sits on the seat 12. The user depresses either the up button 88 or the down button 90 to adjust the seat 12 to a desired height. In this way the user can submerge their lower body in the bathtub 16 without having to bend over or support their own weight. The slot 14 facilitates the user to bathe their genitals and inner thighs while the user is sitting on the seat 12. The seat 12 can be lifted to a maximum height in order to assist the user with standing up and exiting the bathtub 16.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
