Bath transfer chair

A transfer apparatus for receiving a chair seat of a wheelchair and supporting the chair seat in a base of a washing enclosure, the transfer apparatus comprising:

• a) a chair support member positionable in the base, the chair support member having an upper end having a chair support track section;
• b) a bridge portion having a bridge track section, the bridge portion pivotally mounted to the chair support member and operable between a storage position and an in-use position in which the bridge portion is engaged with the wheelchair and the bridge track section is aligned with the chair support track section, whereby the chair seat is translatable along the bridge track section to the chair support track section when the bridge portion is in the in-use position and engaged with the wheelchair;
• and,
• c) a bridge lock comprising a locking member operable between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein when the bridge portion is engaged with the wheelchair and the locking member is in the locked position the locking member lockably secures the bridge portion to the wheelchair, wherein when the bridge portion is moved to the in-use position and engaged with the wheelchair, the locking member is automatically transitioned to the locked position whereby the bridge portion is secured to the wheelchair.

A transfer apparatus comprising:

• a) a wheelchair comprising a chair seat translatable on a wheelchair track section of a wheelchair base;
• b) a chair support member positionable in a base of a washing enclosure, the chair support member having an upper end having a chair support track section;
• and,
• c) a bridge portion having a bridge track section, the bridge portion pivotally mounted to the chair support member and operable between a storage position and an in-use position in which the bridge portion is engaged with the wheelchair and the bridge track section is aligned with both the chair support track section and the wheelchair track section, whereby the chair seat is translatable from the wheelchair base along the bridge track section to the chair support track section when the bridge portion is in the in-use position and engaged with the wheelchair;
• d) a bridge lock operable between a bridge locked position and a bridge unlocked position, wherein when the bridge portion is engaged with the wheelchair and the bridge lock is in the bridge locked position, the bridge portion is lockably secured to the wheelchair;
• and
• e) a chair seat lock operable between a chair seat locked position and a chair seat unlocked position, wherein in the chair seat locked position the chair seat lock prevents the chair seat from translating along the bridge track section and in the chair seat unlocked position the chair seat lock permits translation of the chair seat,
• wherein the bridge lock is transitionable to the bridge locked position independent of the chair seat lock being transitioned to the chair seat unlocked position.