Catastrophic disability bath
OwnerJerald Skinnerinventor
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Abstract
The catastrophic disability bath includes a bath stall formed by a front wall, a rear wall, first and second side walls and a floor. The first side wall has a wall portion and a door. The wall portion and the door are coplanar. The door has a body, a head that extends cross-wise from a first end of the body and a foot that extends from a second end of the body. The foot provides a connection to facilitate rotating the door vertically upwardly and downwardly between an open and closed position, respectively. An actuating device causes the door to move between these positions. When open, the patient enters by a single lateral transfer from a wheelchair. The stall further includes a toilet, a shower and a lavatory mounted therein.
Claims10
A bath stall unit for accommodating a disabled person, said unit comprising:
- a walled structure having a floor therein, and including a wall portion providing an access way,
- a door associated with said wall portion and mounted on said structure for movement upwardly and downwardly between an open position providing access to said unit, and a closed position cooperating with said wall portion to close said unit, and
- a toilet on said floor adjacent said wall portion for transfer of a person into said unit and onto said toilet when said door is in its open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.