Baby bath and seat
OwnerRaquel Lopezinventor
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Abstract
A bathenette seat for bathing a baby is provided where the seat has a headrest with an opening which is sized and shaped to accept the back of the head of the baby being bathed so as to allow the washing of the back of the baby's head without allowing soap to get into the baby's eyes or ears. The bathenette further includes a leg support spaced from the headrest and a sprayer located on the leg support. The sprayer is positioned to spray water on the baby reclining in the seat. The bathenette also includes a height adjustment mechanism to vary the position of the headrest and a band around the opening of the headrest to further support the baby's head.
Claims15
A support for using during bathing of a child comprising:
- a headrest adapted to support a child's head wherein the headrest has an opening therein dimensioned to receive the back of the child's head such that at least a portion of the periphery of the opening closely proximates the size of the child's head,
- a leg support spaced from the headrest and a depression formed in said support for supporting the buttock's of the child, the depression located between the leg support and the headrest, and
- a sprayer located on the leg support, a suction tube connected to the sprayer to draw water into the sprayer from a reservoir located below the support and a squeeze bulb operatively connected to the suction tube to cause water to move from the reservoir through the sprayer and onto the child positioned in the seat.
A baby seat for holding a baby during bathing procedures comprising:
- (a) a leg support portion, a headrest portion, and a depression, the depression being located between the leg support portion and the headrest portion, the depression being located below the leg support portion and the headrest portion being located above the leg support portion, the leg support portion and the headrest portion being located at opposite ends of the seat;
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- (b) the headrest portion including an opening therein, the headrest portion surrounding the opening being located and sized to support and surround the head of the baby during bathing when the baby is positioned on the seat with its buttocks located in the depression, the baby seat further including means to spray water on the baby when placed on the seat, the spray means being located on the leg support portion.
A bathenette seat comprising:
- (a) a tub capable of retaining water;
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- (b) a seat within the tub adapted to receive and cradle an infant child, the seat including a headrest movably mounted thereto and adapted to support the child's head;
- wherein the headrest has an opening therein dimensioned to receive the back of the infant child's head in such a way that at least a portion of the headrest surrounding the opening supports the child's head when the back of the child's head is received within the opening, the headrest including a depending headrest bar to support the headrest in a desired position,
- the tub has a bottom with a flat exterior surface and a first and a second interior surface, the first and second interior surfaces each sloping upward from a point on the bottom, the first interior surface sloping up to a foot end and the second interior surface sloping up to a head end of the tub, the foot end being spaced from the head end and wherein the second sloped surface includes means for interaction with the headrest bar to assist in adjusting the position of the headrest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.