Apparatus for completely bathing oneself by users of wheelchair and an elderly, infirm people

An apparatus for safety, comfortable, and completely bathing oneself by the elderly, infirm people comprising:

• a frame for holding the components of the apparatus and stabilizing it on the bathtub without any structure modification of said bathtub;
• a carriage for sliding up and down along the vertical posts of said frame, said carriage comprising a means of reciprocation belt for soaping bathers back;
• a drive means for moving said carriage up and down and for operating said means of reciprocation belt;
• a chair means for bathing in sitting position;
• a water supply system;
• a number of rubber suction cups for stabilizing said apparatus on said bathtub;
• and a hand shower, wherein the improvement comprises:
• i. a frame rested upon the top of the bathtub opposing sides and fixed to said bathtub by a fastener means, said frame, having a sheet member adapted to the front portion of said frame, and two tubular parallel swinging arms with slidable inside guides, said sheet member has an inclined gutter with water receiver on the end;
• ii. a chair seat fixed in position over the longitudinal lip of the bathtub so that the bather can sit on it in same way as he sits on a standard chair or toilet;
• iii. a folding booth which in extension position provide a gathering water which coming out in the process of bathing and pumping it back into bathtub, and in folding position lets the user to sit down on the chair wherein said folding booth comprising:
• a) a water pump installed in said water receiver for pumping gathered water into bathtub;
• b) two operating arms pivotally attached to an existed curtain crossbeam of the bathroom, said operation arms have a hinged connection with said slidable guides of the frame;
• c) a tray which in extension position provide direction the gathered water to said gutter and when it is in folding position allows the user to sit down on the chair for bathing, said tray comprises:
• a piece of waterproof material preferably of rectangular shape having a number of strips fixed to bottom surface of said waterproof material to form a pipelines parallel each other and equally spaced;
• a number of ribs with bended both ends in one direction and plane, said ribs to be putted in said pipelines with bended ends up provide a folding tray with rising up sides, said folding tray by one side is fixed to said sheet member and by opposite side to the bottom ends of said operation arms to provide opening and folding the tray;
• d) a curtain guard for gathering water which coming out in the process of bathing and direction it to said tray, said curtain guard comprising a curved beam fixed in horizontal plane to the existed curtain crossbeam and two curtains hanged on top by standard rings and fixed from bottom to the inside sides of said tray by fastener means.