Legs Patents (Class 4/594)
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Patent number: 11849890Abstract: A system and method for a mechanical shower mat with a removable rechargeable battery-operated system with a drainage hose or a fixed system submerged into the bathroom floor that is wired directly into a power source, with a drainage hose that will drain directly into the drainage system of the shower/hot tub/bathtub allowing its users to collect the residual water from their bodies as the step out of the shower/hot tub/bathtub etc. onto the mechanical shower mat directly into a funnel system that will re-dispense this water back into the shower/hot tub/bathtub etc. or directly onto the shower's drainage system.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventor: Tyrone D. Barrow
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Patent number: 11633070Abstract: A baby bath-support device comprises a frame having a generally rigid body. The rigid body is adapted to be positioned on a surface of a bathing tub or sink. The frame has an opening in the upper portion. The opening comprises a peripheral edge. The opening also comprises a support panel made of a flexible material. The flexible material defines a concave support surface to support a baby laid thereon during bathing. The support panel contains perforations to allow fluid to flow through the support surface. The frame opening also comprises a connection arrangement between the frame and the support for hanging the support panel at the peripheral edge. The support panel is hung to the frame to partially cover the opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: ANGELCARE CANADA INC.Inventor: Michel Morand
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Patent number: 9629507Abstract: A child water safety apparatus is made from a base that includes four side panels attached perpendicularly to the sides of the base. Each of the side panels is removably attached to each of the base and the respective adjacent side panel via a lock unit. A plurality of suction cups on the base anchor the apparatus to a bottom surface of a bathtub for use. A plurality of holes is evenly dispersed in each of the side panels and the base to allow uniform water levels within and without the apparatus. The base preferably has dimensions of twenty-four inches by eighteen inches, thereby allowing an infant sufficient room to move within the apparatus while preventing the infant from falling over and potentially drowning.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Inventor: Donna Solomon
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Patent number: 7032259Abstract: An apparatus for bathing infants includes a tub section having a recessed portion for supporting bathing accessories, a drain spout provided with a ball valve for dispensing and retaining water within the tub, a plurality of support members secured to the bottom surface, and a plurality of leg members positioned through the support members for maintaining the tub section at a stable position during operating conditions. Such leg members may be folded and extended and include a female portion and a male portion, which are telescopically engageable with one another. The present invention further includes a portable tray with a lip portion that fits on the outer edge of the tub section. Such a portable tray may be used for supporting bathing accessories.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2004Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Inventor: Elisheva Kilion
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Patent number: 6698039Abstract: The present invention relates to a footcare whirlpool massage instrument equipped with an ozone generator which can massage entire feet with jets of high-pressure water and simultaneously sterilize minute germs on the feet with ozone jets. In a footcare whirlpool massage instrument having a support base and a footbath part formed on the support base and into which water is jetted, the footcare whirlpool massage instrument equipped with an ozone generator according to the present invention further comprises an ozone generator installed inside the support base and for jetting ozone into the footbath part.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Beaunix Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jung Hoon Park
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Patent number: 6243890Abstract: A bathtub includes an integrally formed rectangular body with a recess having an appropriate depth. The four corners of the body are formed with four cylindrical holes. The bathtub is provided with positioning indents on the surface of the recess for fastening a shaped pad therein. The shaped pad, which is molded according to the shape of a baby, can be used to prop up a baby for washing. When the pad is removed, the bathtub can be used to wash a bigger baby. The space inside the bathtub can also be used as a parcel barrel. The cylindrical holes on the four corners can be inserted with legs of different length in order to lift up the bathtub for the ease of an adult to wash a baby. Alternatively, the legs can be inserted in the opposite direction and the bathtub can be upside down so that the construction can be used as an end table or a study desk, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2000Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Inventor: Chao-Chun Yang
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Patent number: 5996139Abstract: Bathing apparatus for the infirm or disabled is a portable chair supported on adjustable legs. A depressed intermediate basin portion holds water and can receive the buttocks of a bather. It is provided with a drain at its lowermost portion. One end of the basin portion is connected to an upstanding backrest/headrest. A second end of the basin portion is connected to an elevated horizontal platform which serves as a thigh rest when the buttocks are in the basin in a first mode of operation. In a second mode of operation, the platform serves as a seat so that the user can slide into or out of the basin for less strenuous entry and exit when alone or assisted. A continuous smooth, water resistant surface covers platform, basin and backrest/headrest portions for comfort and ease of maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1996Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Inventor: Theresa C. Gesse
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Patent number: 5628484Abstract: A water basin floor mounted support for holding a water basin, such as a floor mounted sink or bathtub in a position where it is to be mounted in the floor of a structure during the building of the structure. The floor mounted support comprises a carrier plate having an enlarged central opening designed to receive plumbing connected to the depending tub portion of the water basin. The water basin also has a peripheral flange which is to be mounted in the floor of the construction. A plurality of height adjustable legs hold support the support plate at a desired elevation and thereby stabilize the water basin during the actual fabrication of the floor, such as the pouring of a concrete floor. In this way, the floor can be literally poured or fabricated around the sink or other water basin such that when the floor is completed, the sink or other water basin is firmly mounted in place. The height of the legs are adjustable so as to accommodate for floors of differing height relative to the ground surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1996Date of Patent: May 13, 1997Inventor: Gabriel Lechuga
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Patent number: 5539939Abstract: Bathing apparatus for the infirm or disabled is a portable chair supported on adjustable legs. A depressed intermediate basin portion holds water and can receive the buttocks of a bather. It is provided with a drain at its lowermost portion. One end of the basin portion is connected to an upstanding backrest/headrest. A second end of the basin portion is connected to an elevated horizontal platform which serves as a thigh rest when the buttocks are in the basin in a first mode of operation. In a second mode of operation, the platform serves as a seat so that the user can slide into or out of the basin for less strenuous entry and exit when alone or assisted. A continuous smooth, water resistant surface covers platform, basin and backrest/headrest portions for comfort and ease of maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1995Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Inventor: Theresa C. Gesse
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Patent number: 5459888Abstract: A bathtub comprising a bathtub body having two rows of spaced join posts at two lengthwise opposite edges of the bottom reinforced with crossing ribs, locating feet standing on the floor of a bathroom and fitting with the join posts of the bathtub body for supporting the bathtub body, a protective plate fixed vertically beside the lengthwise side of the bathtub body and having fixing posts fitting with locking tubes with which sidewise posts provided on the locating feet also fits so that the bathtub body may be positioned firmly, with hollow space under it being for easy affix of a drain tube with thee bathtub body.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1994Date of Patent: October 24, 1995Inventor: Ching-Shu Chen
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Patent number: 5289598Abstract: A whirlpool bath is provided having a support frame for contact with a supporting surface. The support frame includes a support section for separately supporting a water containing tank and an impeller for creating a water jet stream within the tank. The support section is vertically adjustable to adjust the position of both the tank and the impeller relative to the support surface and the impeller is separately adjustable vertically relative to the tank. The tank is not secured to the support section, and both the tank and the impeller may be separately removed for cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1993Date of Patent: March 1, 1994Inventor: Lawrence E. Madson, Jr.
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Patent number: 5241713Abstract: A reinforcing device for a bathtub consists of a bathtub body and a reinforcing base. The bathtub body has four feet beneath the bottom of the bathtub body. The reinforcing base has four basic holes corresponding to the four feet of the bathtub body. The four feet of the bathtub body are capable of being, respectively, inserted into the four basic holes of the reinforcing base. Each foot of the bathtub body and each basic hole of the reinforcing base are screwed up by a screw member, by which the reinforcing base is capable of being fastened with the bathtub body so as to increase the bearing strength and the durability of the bathtub body.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1991Date of Patent: September 7, 1993Assignee: San Ying Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung-Shun Wang
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Patent number: 4551869Abstract: A floor support for a plastic bathtub has a top panel and integral ribs injected molded from PVC plastic. The panel has an upper contoured surface which matches the contour of the underside surface of the plastic bathtub. The depending support ribs provide for structural support and for seating legs which elevate the support above floor level. The top panel has a drain support section with an aperture therethrough to align with the aperture through the floor of the bathtub and provides a seat for the drain pipe. The floor support is solvent welded to the underside of the plastic bathtub to provide for a durable, rigid and lightweight tub.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1984Date of Patent: November 12, 1985Assignee: Trayco Inc.Inventor: Thomas H. Whitney