Abstract: An elongated shelf member that may be positioned across the width of a bath tub. A reading easel is pivotally hinged to the top surface of the shelf member and it may be collapsed into a recess formed in the top surface of the shelf member so that it's top surface is flush therewith. The bottom surface of the shelf has a grid-like reinforcing frame integrally formed therewith to provide sufficient strength to the shelf member so that it may be used as a bench to sit upon while bathing in the bath tub. Position securing assemblies are attached to the bottom surface of the shelf member adjacent its opposite side edges and they are slidable inwardly and outwardly so that they may be positioned against the lateral side walls of bath tubs having different widths. Suction cups are attached to the position securing assemblies.

Abstract: An improved bathtub with a door for easy access by older and physically handicapped persons is disclosed. The bathtub includes an entrance wall with an opening which conforms to the shape of the door, and a front wall adjacent to the entrance wall. A seat is located in the tub with the forward edge of the seat located so as to provide a leg space between the seat and the front wall of the tub. The front edge of the door is attached adjacent to the front wall of the bathtub by means of a double axis hinge. When the door is opened, its front edge is guided directly inwardly in the tub by means of a tracking mechanism and the rear edge moves forward without any significant inward movement. In the fully opened position, the door is parallel to the front wall. The door is so configured that during movement it does not swing over the seat, and an occupant of the tub can be seated while the door is moved between its closed and open positions.

Abstract: A seat structure for providing easy access to bathtubs includes a seat platform retainer bracket having a top, horizontally extending, J-shape platform-retaining hook portion fastened along the top edge of a bathtub wall; a seat platform which is supported on the opposite side top edges of a bathtub; and a seat which is pivotally mounted on a vertical axis to the seat platform through the use of a pivot peg extending into both the seat and platform. The seat platform has an upstanding boss along its side adjacent to the retainer bracket, and when the structure is in use, the boss is in the hook portion of the retainer bracket to prevent any movement of the platform while it is supported on top of the tub.

Abstract: A traveler's extendable bath seat is made up of two parts, the first of which is a carrying case in which the second is stored and transported. When so stored the bath seat is small enough to be carried in a briefcase or luggage. The two parts are slide coupled so that the overall length of the combination can be extended to span a bathtub. Safety locking devices are included to maintain the extendible bath seat at a fixed length and to restrain it in position atop the tub.

Abstract: A bathtub insert (10) comprises a seat plate (16) which can be raised and lowered by a lifting device (12). A back plate (18) is arranged on the seat plate (16) and a pair of side plates (22) are mounted at the side edges of the back plate (18) respectively by means of hinge arrangements (24) comprising snap-in locking devices. The hinge arrangements can be unlocked by lifting the side plates by a small amount. In the raised position each side plate (22) can be freely swung forwards or backwards and upon release is automatically locked again. Also the back plate (18) is mounted at the seat plate (16) by such a hinge arrangement (24) in order to lock the back plate in one of a plurality of positions of inclination.

Abstract: A hanging wall table for swimming pools is provided consisting of polyvinyl chloride tubing or the like, which forms the frame of the table and engages the above-ground pool wall by a J-shaped hanging support, and a shelf made of plastic or the like. Suction cups are provided on the lower end of the frame to provide stability when the table is employed. This swimming pool wall table may be easily assembled from a kit and is simply erected to provide a firm and stable support for poolside accessories and can be employed for various above ground pool structures.

Abstract: A chair supported on the coping and side of a swimming pool, spa or other aquatic body. The chair is held by a support arm which rests on the surface of the coping. The chair also has a leg which extends to the side of the swimming pool below the water line to hold the seat of the chair away from the side of the pool.

Abstract: A shower and bath tub is adjustable into an upwardly inclined position (A), whereby the tub has a seat (35) on which a person (41) may sit when the tub is in its upwardly inclined position. The seat has two sitting surfaces (36a, 37a) on opposite sides of a forwardly open space (38). In order to prevent faeces from the person sitting on the seat from ending up in the tub, and prevent showering water when showering the abdomen of said person to gather in the tub and/or flow out on the floor, the space (38) may receive a basin (42), which is removable from the space, for collecting faeces from said person (41), and communicates with an output (50) which may be opened to permit discharge of showering water flowing down through the space from the tub (1) when said tub is in its upwardly inclined position (A) and the abdomal parts of a person sitting on the sitting surfaces are showered by means of the shower (64).

Abstract: There is provided a stool which can be placed in a bath tub. It is intended for use by invalids and otherwise handicapped or elderly persons. It comprises a seat with detachably or foldably connected legs. The seat has an extension or extensions on to which soap and other requisites can be placed.

Abstract: A tub basket for holding a handicaped/active child within a bathtub is provided and consists of a compact adjustable housing that fits around the body of the child reducing the space to move around in, so that the child will not fall out. The housing also has leg openings therein for the handicaped child that may have spastic legs.

Abstract: A bath seat adapted to be placed in a bath tub so an individual can sit on the bath seat for bathing including a seat having a seating area, a central exposure opening and a front exposure opening, the central exposure opening being positioned so the buttocks area of an individual is exposed and the front exposure opening being positioned so the genital area of an individual is exposed when an individual is sitting on the bath seat to facilitate the bathing of such individual.

Abstract: An apparatus for enabling persons with impaired mobility to enter and leave a bathtub includes a water inflatable shell having a shape such that when fully inflated the shell wedges between opposed bathtub sidewalls and has a top tapering to a platform at about the level of the top of the sidewalls so that the person may lower and raise himself into and out of the bathtub by releasing and adding water from and to the shell, respectively, and the period of time required to transit a distance between the top of the sidewalls and below the top of the sidewalls is briefer than a comparable distance below the top of the sidewalls by virtue of the reduced volume of the tapered top of the shell. Horizontal tubes of elliptical cross section contribute to the tapered shape of the top and add stability.

Abstract: A bath chair is adapted to be used with an existing bathtub. The chair includes a stabilizing means for securing the chair to the tub, and water from the chair flows into the tub. A transfer seat is provided for assisting invalids in entering the chair. Improved water flow includes perineal outlets, and a splash plate is provided for other water outlets to force water to cascade down the back of the chair.

Abstract: A three point clamping means is employed to secure one end of a shower bench to the edge of a bathtub. The bench includes two vertical feet which sit inside the bathtub, a pair of rails connected to said vertical feet and a clamping section. A chair unit is attachable to the rails and can be conveniently locked in position with respect thereto. A pair of C-shaped legs extend beyond the bathtub and make contact with the outside edge of said bathtub at two points. One point clamping contact is made on the inside of the bathtub by a single depending foot which includes a resilient pad mounted thereon. The depending foot is carried on a cross-brace slidably supported by said two rails and driven by a threaded crank mechanism. Rotation of the crank squeezes the bathtub edge at three points, namely, by the movable depending foot on the inside and by the two stationary C-shaped leg means on the outside. The improved clamping means is very easy to use and extremely secure compared to prior art clamping devices.

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.

Abstract: A seat for mounting in a conventional bath tub is removably secured to a clamp bracket by which it may be clamped to a side wall of a bathtub so that it can be separated from the bracket and removed from the tub then repositioned in the tub in exactly the same position. The seat is spaced from the bracket to define a channel for a shower curtain and legs on the seat are adjustable in length while the attachment between the seat and bracket can be made at a selected one of a plurality of different heights.

Abstract: A transfer bench for use in enabling an invalid to be moved at least partially into a bathtub, either from a wheelchair or standing position, comprised of an approach seat extending partly outside the front side wall of the bathtub and a main seat assembly disposed directly over the center of the bathtub. Both the approach seat and main seat assembly are supported by a pair of parallel bar members, each of which includes a horizontal section and inner end turned downwardly to rest on the floor of the tub. The opposite end of each bar member serves as one part of a clamp upon the front side wall of the tub and to support the approach seat. The other part of the clamping means consists of a vertical element extending downwardly from the horizontal section of the main bar member and disposable on such bar member in any one of the plurality of positions for generally positioning the clamping means.

Abstract: A sanitary cushioning device for sink bowl edges is disclosed including a platform having a first and a second leg extending downwardly approximately perpendicular with respect thereto to define a slot therebelow. The slot is adapted to receive a sink bowl edge such as often found in a beauty parlor or haircutting salon. The device cushions the edge of the sink such that when a customer places his head in the sink bowl for washing the back of his neck will be cushioned for comfort. The device is usable with a great variety of different types of sink configurations due to the thick, soft resilient nature of the material. A water repellent covering is detachably securable onto the device to prevent water from contacting the foam rubber material. The device is held in place and the water resistant covering is held in place on the sink edge by the inwardly directed bias of the resilient foam rubber downwardly extending legs.

Abstract: A therapeutic bath or spa that includes providing aerated streams of water that are injected under pressure into desired areas of the bath receptacle, and a variably positionable occupant support device that can be moved to any desired position relative to the aerated pressure streams to obtain the desired occupant impact pressure and comfort. The spa receptacle includes air and water chambers in tandem integrally formed in a manifold that is coupled around the exterior of the spa receptacle shell, with apertures disposed through the shell and the manifold at desired locations to provide aerated streams of water around the spa. The apertures are repositionable. The periphery of the receptacle shell includes a vertical groove or spaced holes on or near its exterior edge that may encompass the entire receptacle or sections thereof.

Abstract: An improved inflatable cushion lift assembly for use in a bathtub by a person taking a bath. The lift assembly is positioned on the floor of a bathtub and is connected to the bathtub faucet to inflate the cushion. The cushion may be deflated while a person is sitting thereon to lower a person to the floor of the tub. Furthermore, the cushion may be inflated while the person is sitting on the cushion on the floor of the tub to raise the user upwardly to allow the user to exit the tub easily. The present improvement inhibits undesired movement of the cushion while being used by utilizing a rigid bottom panel and/or rigid top panel. Furthermore, the interior of the cushion may be provided with baffles or the like for dampening water oscillations within the cushion. The cushion, for reasons of stability, may also be tiered or formed in layers such that the cushion inflates or deflates in stages.

Abstract: A tub-bathing equipment for bedridden old people, physically-handicapped people and so on, in which a bathtub fitted into a rectangular frame of a carriage from above is slanted by a crane disposed under the bathtub so that the side of the shallowest portion of the bathtub is lowered to the floor to allow ease in helping the patient into or out of the bathtub.