Patent Application
20240206685
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The disclosure relates to bathing seating assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new bathing seating assembly for facilitating washing of one's genitalia and anal region. The present invention discloses a seating assembly having a holed seat in which a pair of cutouts are opposingly positioned to allow for bathing of one's genitalia and anal region.
The prior art relates to bathing seating assemblies, which may comprise seating assemblies having swiveling seats attached to articulating arms extending from floors of bathing enclosures, bathing chairs having holed seats for drainage, some of which incorporate bidets, and stools with cushioned seats that rotate. Related prior art comprises eccentrically swiveling seats for use at tables and chairs having a large hole and which can be positioned over a toilet. What is lacking in the prior art is a seating assembly for use in a bathing enclosure that comprises a holed seat in which a pair of cutouts are opposingly positioned to allow for bathing of one's genitalia and anal region. Further lacking in the prior art is such a seating assembly that is configured as a stool and wherein the holed seat is configured for swiveling or rotating.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel, which substantially rigid. A plurality of legs is attached to and extends from a lower face of the panel. A pair of cutouts is positioned in the panel and extend singly into a front edge and a rear edge of the panel. Each cutout is positioned substantially equally distant from opposed side edges of the panel. The legs are configured to support the panel above a surface of a bathing enclosure, such as that for a tub or shower. An upper face of the panel is configured so as to seat a user, with genitalia and an anal region of the user being accessible for bathing via the cutouts in the front edge and the rear edge, respectively. A plurality of orifices is positioned in the panel and is configured to drain water from the upper face.
Another embodiment of the disclosure includes a method of bathing one's genitalia and anal region. The method comprises a provision step, which entails providing a bathing seating assembly, as per the disclosure above. Operational steps are positioning the bathing seating assembly on a surface in a bathing enclosure and adjusting the legs to substantially level the panel. Use steps are sitting upon the panel and washing one's genitalia and anal region.
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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A set of first fasteners 40 is attached to the upper sections 36 so that each upper section 36 has at least one first fastener 40. A set of second fasteners 42 is attached to the lower sections 38 so that each lower section 38 has at least one second fastener 42. The second fasteners 42 are complementary to the first fasteners 40 so that each second fastener 42 is positioned to selectively engage a respective first fastener 40 to fixedly adjust a length 44 of a respective leg 14, thereby facilitating leveling and height adjustment of the panel 12.
The second fastener 42 may comprise a plurality of holes 46 and the respective first fastener 40 may comprise a pin 48. The pin 48 is spring loaded so that the pin 48 is positioned to selectively extend through a respective hole 46 to fix the length 44 of a respective leg 14. The present invention also anticipates the set of first fasteners 40 and the set of second fasteners 42 comprising other fastening means known to those skilled in the art of extensible legs.
Each foot 98 of a plurality of feet 98 is attached to a respective leg 14 distal from the panel 12. The feet 98, which comprise rubber, silicone, elastomer, or the like, are resiliently compressible and thus are configured to frictionally engage the surface 26 of the bathing enclosure 28 to limit lateral movement of the plurality of legs 14. A pad 50 may be attached to the upper face 30 of the panel 12, with respective orifices 32 extending through the pad 50.
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In the first configuration, each upper section 36 comprises an upper segment 54, which extends arcuately from a lower segment 56 so that the upper segments 54 of the upper sections 36 meet and are substantially X-shaped. The panel 12 is attached to the upper segments 54.
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The bathing seating assembly 10 also may comprise a washing tool 66, which in turn comprises a wand 68, which is arcuate, and a washcloth 70, which is configured as a sleeve 72. A first end 74 of the wand 68 is insertable into the sleeve 72, which is selectively attachable to the wand 68. A handle 76 is attached to a second end 78 of the wand 68 and is configured to be grasped in a hand of the user, positioning the user to wash the genitalia by insertion of the washcloth 70 through the cutouts 18 positioned in the front edge 20 and the rear edge 22 of the panel 12, respectively. An endless string 80, which defines a loop 82, is positioned through a channel 84, which positioned in the wand 68 proximate to the second end 78. The loop 82 is configured for insertion of an element, such as a hook, faucet, or the like, that is attached to the bathing enclosure 28 to hang the wand 68.
In use, the bathing seating assembly 10 enables a method of bathing one's genitalia and anal region 86. The method 86 comprises a provision step 88, which entails providing a bathing seating assembly, as per the specification above. A first operational step 90 of the method 86 is positioning the bathing seating assembly on a surface 26 in a bathing enclosure 28. A second operational step 92 of the method 86 is adjusting the legs 14 to substantially level the panel 12. A first use step 94 of the method 86 is sitting upon the panel 12. A second use step 96 of the method 86 is washing one's genitalia and anal region.
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.
