Abstract: An improved portable bathing apparatus useful for washing toxic substances from a patient in a prone position includes a support platform mounted on a support frame, a circumferential rail with a sheet attached to the rail, the rail being movable between a position parallel with the table to a position above the table to define a vessel. Specialized liners may be positioned within the vessel for use when bathing a patient to wash toxic substances therefrom. A stretcher with a special stainless steel construction and configuration is provided for support of a patient within the vessel.

Abstract: An improved fireplace heat transfer unit includes a gas burner tube in a layer of sand retained in a trough beneath air conduction tubes arranged transversely to the burner tube. The air transfer tubes are all connected to a manifold at the rear of the fireplace grate unit which receives air for transport through the conduits and ejection into a room.

Abstract: An improved portable bathing apparatus is comprised of a generally planar platform mounted on a movable cart with a flexible tub enclosure supported on the platform by a framework that may be raised and lowered. An arrangement of articulated arms driven by a mechanical linkage operates to move the framework between the tub formed and a tub collapsed position. The linkage includes a special locking mechanism to insure that the framework will maintain the formed tub enclosure.