Portable disability bath
OwnerJerald P. Skinnerinventor
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Abstract
A bath stall unit for accommodating a disabled person includes a walled structure having a curved exterior wall portion and a curved access door associated therewith. The door is movable generally horizontally along a curved path defined by the wall portion between open and closed positions to provide access to the unit by lateral transfer, such as from a wheelchair. A toilet in the unit is disposed to receive a person transferred thereinto, where both a lavatory and shower facilities are provided. The configuration of the unit provides a sufficiently narrow width to permit an assembled unit to be delivered to a home or a facility through an exterior doorway.
Claims10
A bath stall unit for accommodating a disabled person, said unit comprising:
- a walled structure having a floor therein and including a curved wall portion providing an access way,
- a curved door associated with said wall portion and mounted on said structure for movement generally horizontally along a curved path defined by said wall portion 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 disposed for lateral transfer of a person into said unit and onto said toilet when said door is in its open position.
A disability bath unit comprising:
- a walled structure including first and second spaced, curved wall portions defining an opening therebetween providing access to the unit, and presenting opposed end portions of said structure,
- said structure further having an interior wall and a floor cooperating with said curved wall portions to define a bath stall accessible through said opening,
- a curved door associated with said first curved wall portion and mounted on said structure for movement generally horizontally along said first curved wall portion in a curved path between an open position providing access to said stall and a closed position cooperating with said first and second curved wall portions to close said stall, and
- a toilet in said stall disposed for lateral 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.