Portable shower bath
OwnerLouis S. Wall, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for aiding in the showering of bathing of bed patients, which apparatus includes disposable non-porous sheets adapted to be fitted within a basin for collecting shower and bath water after use. The basin is removable from the bathing apparatus frame structure so that it may easily be maneuvered under a bed patient, and then used similar to a stretcher to transport the bed patient from the hospital bed to the apparatus support structure. Water collected during the bathing procedure is directed into a holding tank which includes a water pump and drain hose for draining such shower or bath water into an appropriate lavatory drain.
Claims7
A portable shower bath apparatus for bathing a bed-patient, comprising:
- (a) a non-porous sheet having a drain nozzle integrally formed therewith;
- (b) a basin for receiving and supporting said sheet and having a collar integrally formed therewith for receiving said drain nozzle;
- (c) a mobile support structure for receiving and supporting said basin;
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- (d) a holding tank carried by said support structure and having an inlet communicating with said drain nozzle for collecting drain water from said sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.