1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to bathing devices and more particularly pertains to a portable chair kit for assisting elderly persons completely bathing oneself in sitting position.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Many devices today provide means to allow an elderly or persons of limited dexterity to gain access to a bathtub. For instance, U.S. Pat. No. 4,628,550 to Walton, U.S. Pat. No. 5,606,751 to Baker, U.S. Pat. No. 6,240,577 to Worthy and some others discloses apparatus in which the bather is seated in the chair from outside the bathtub, than the chair is rotated and slid until the person is positioned inside the bathtub for bathing or showering. While all of these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirement, the aforementioned patents do not disclose an apparatus permitting the users to bathe oneself completely without an assistant. Moreover, in conventional bathrooms the taps for adjusting the consumption and temperature of the water and toilet are installed at one wall and there absent space for suggested devices. So, the suggested devices can be installed only at the opposite wall that is to far for the bather to adjust water in sitting position.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,040,335 to Gelman and U.S. Pat. No. 4,150,445 to Bailly shown a shower chair assembly whereby the sprays directed from under the seat, can cleans the ano-genital areas of the body. However, the users of the both of these devices can't completely bathe themselves without assisting by another person. Furthermore, these suggested devices are too complicated and unacceptable for the present purposes due both to the relatively high initial cost, and also to the loss or restriction of the facility for normal use when anyone wishes a regular shower or bath.
In U.S. Pat. No. 6,912,740 I presented an apparatus for completely bathing oneself by users of wheelchair and an elderly, infirm people. Accordingly of the patent the bathing chair seat is fixed in position over the longitudinal lip of the bathtub to let the user sit down on the chair as well as he sat on a standard chair or toilet. The user back in this case is in area of the bathtub, while the feet are out and the water, which coming out is gathered by curtain in folding tray and pumped back in the bathtub. The apparatus includes a carriage, which slides up and down and has a reciprocation belt for soaping, scratching and massaging all bathers back. The chair seat is equipped also with a sprinkler for washing the bottom parts of the body. As disadvantages of this suggested device can be related: to complicated, high relatively cost, and restriction of the facility for normal use when anyone whishes a regular shower or bath.
It is an essential objective of the present invention to provide a portable chair kit for completely bathing in safety and comfort for a broad category of users, including elderly and persons of limited dexterity.
It is another objective of the present invention to provide a portable chair kit which can be operated by user in sitting position without the aid of another person.
It is still another objective of the present invention to provide a portable chair kit which doesn't require any special modification to a conventional tub structure.
It is yet another objective of the present invention to provide a portable chair kit which can be quickly and easy installed and moved out when anyone wishes a regular shower or bath.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide a portable chair kit, which will conform to conventional forms of manufacture, be of simple constructional, easy to use, economically feasible, long lasting, and relatively trouble free in operation.
These together with other objectives of the invention, along with the various features of novelty, which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operation advantages and the specific benefits attained by its uses, refer to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
The portable chair kit of the present invention is designed to be easily installed and strengthened in the bathtub for bathing elderly people completely, oneself, and in sitting position. As shown in
The water supply means 25, as shown in
The means of bathing accessories 45 (
For bathing oneself completely, safety, and in sitting position by using portable chair kit according to the present invention, the user firstly must adjust by control taps 6 the consumption and the temperature of the water and directed it by valves 35 and 36 to hand shower 37 and spring coil 38. After that: a) by using hand shower 37, piece of bast 48, and soap pumped from dispenser 46, he washes the head and front parts of the body including feet, which can be lean on the bath's edge, b) by using back scrubber 49, soap, and hand shower 37 the bather can washing his back, and c) by leaning on the grab 21 and using piece of bast 48, soap, and spring water from coil 38, he has access to cleanse the ano-genital area of the body.
Although particular embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and it is intended to cover in the appended claims all such changes and modifications that fall within the scope of the present invention.
This application is a continuation-in-part U.S. application Ser. No. 10/922,290 filed Aug. 20, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No 6,912,740.
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | 10922290 | Aug 2004 | US |
Child | 12803840 | US |