Shower transfer bench
AssigneeTemco Home Health Care Products, Inc.
InventorJohn Hatala
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Abstract
A shower bench apparatus includes a positively engagable non-tipping chair and an easily operable clamping mechanism for attaching the apparatus to the side of a bathtub. The seat of the chair includes a pair of front hook-like brackets for engaging a first rail of the bench and a pair of craddle-like brackets near the rear of said seat for engaging the second rail of the bench. Locking screws are used to positively attach the rear craddling brackets to the second rail. It is virtually impossible to tip the chair over backwards due to the positive engagement of the front hook brackets. The chair may be reversed 180.degree. and repositioned with a minimum of effort. The device is readily clampable to the edge of a bathtub by means of a clamping mechanism driven by a single, easily manipulatable knob.
Claims13
In a shower bench apparatus, including a bench having at least two feet and a first and a second rail attached to said feed and a chair unit attachable to said rails, the improvement comprising:
- stationary hook bracket means rigidly attached to the underside of said chair unit for selective engagement with one of said bench rails;
- stationary cradling bracket means rigidly attached to the underside of said chair unit for selective engagement with the other bench rail;
- and,
- locking means attached to said cradling bracket means for selectively locking said chair unit with respect to at least one of said rails, said locking means comprising a threaded means locatable below the center of said rail when said chair unit is engaged with said rail for selectively occupying space in said cradling bracket means thereby preventing said rail from escaping from said cradling bracket means.
In a shower bench apparatus for use in a bathtub said apparatus including a bench having at least two feet and a first and a second rail attached to said feed and a chair unit attachable to said rails, the improvement comprising:
- a slidable section including a cross-brace means for sliding on said first and second rails;
- sleeve means attached to said cross-brace means and surrounding said rails;
- depending means attached to said cross-brace means;
- resilient means attached to said depending means for engagement with the inside wall of said bathtub;
- hand operable means connected to said slidable section for driving said slidable section along said rails;
- and,
- a stationary section forming a part of said bench which normally lies outside of said bathtub,
- wherein manipulation of said hand-operable means urges said slidable section towards and away from said stationary section thereby clamping and unclamping said bench with respect to the edge of said bathtub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.