Bath Safety Rail
AssigneeRegalo International, LLC
InventorsBrian G. Linehan, Mark A. Flannery
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Abstract
A bath safety rail for being engaged to and disengaged from a bath surface. The bath safety rail includes a base, a handle on the base, first and second suction cups opposing the handle, cam followers on the suction cups that extend into the base, and cams in the base to engage and draw up the cam followers and suction cups to thereby create suction. The handle is two-piece where the pieces are separated by a handle plane, where each axis of each suction cup is in the handle plane.
Claims22
A bath safety rail for being engaged to and disengaged from a bath surface, comprising:
- a) a base;
- b) a handle on the base;
- c) a first suction cup confronting the base, the first suction cup having a first surface that engages said bath surface and a second surface that confronts the base, the first suction cup having a first central portion and a first axis extending through the first central portion, the first suction cup further having a first periphery, the first periphery being in a first plane and the first axis being at a right angle to the first plane;
- d) a first cam follower engaged to the first central portion of the first suction cup and extending from the second surface of the first suction cup;
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- e) a first cam in the base and engaging the first cam follower, the first cam being turnable on the first axis, the first cam drawing the first cam follower away from the plane when the first cam is turned to draw the first suction cup tight and create a greater negative pressure between the bath surface and the first surface of the first suction cup.
A bath safety rail for being engaged to and disengaged from a bath surface, comprising:
- a) a base;
- b) a handle on the base;
- c) a first suction cup confronting the base, the first suction cup having a first surface that engages said bath surface and a second surface that confronts the base, the first suction cup having a first central portion and a first axis extending through the first central portion, the first suction cup further having a first periphery, the first periphery being in a first plane and the first axis being at a right angle to the first plane;
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- d) the handle being formed of two opposing pieces, each of the opposing pieces being on one side of a handle plane, the first axis being in the handle plane, the handle plane being at a right angle to the first plane.
A cam and cam follower mechanism for creating suction between a suction cup and a smooth surface, comprising:
- a) a base;
- b) a first suction cup engaged to the base, the first suction cup having a first surface that engages said smooth surface and a second surface that confronts the base;
- c) a cam follower in the base and engaged to the suction cup;
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- d) a cam in the base and engaging the cam follower, the cam converting rotary motion of the cam into linear motion of the cam follower, the cam follower drawing up a portion of the suction cup toward the base to create suction between the suction cup and the smooth surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.