Bath lift
AssigneeSilver Crown Associates Limited
InventorWilliam David Steadman
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Abstract
A bath lift comprising a U shaped frame (14) locatable on the bath. Each side limb (15) of the frame (14) mounts a respective roller (32) between which a flexible band (38) extends. The rollers (32) are interconnected to simultaneously feed the band (38) out or in whereby to raise or lower a person sitting thereon into a bath.
Claims15
A bath lift (10,80), the lift (10,80) comprising an elongate flexible band (38) extendible across a bath (12) from one side to the other such that a person can sit on the band (38), means (32) for selectively simultaneously feeding the band (38) in or out from both sides of the bath (12) such that the band (38) is movable between a first position extending tautly between the bath sides, and a second position such that the band (38) is pressed by a person sitting thereon onto the bottom of the bath (12) so that the person is sitting in the bath (12), a substantially U-shape frame (14) with the base (16) of the U locatable at an end of the bath (12), and the side limbs (15A,15B) extendible along respective sides of the bath (12), characterised in that a support member (40) is provided engageable between the frame (14) and the bottom of the bath (12).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.