Abstract: Grab rail assemblies are disclosed for mounting on walls, such as the tiled walls of a showering area or a mud room. The assemblies are designed to aesthetically meld with the surrounding environment by having a front tile mounting panel. They may also be provided with a drainage system to avoid water collecting long term within the rail when the rail is used in a shower.

Abstract: Described is a one-piece shower pan with a seat having no openings for water leakage, other than the drain hole. The shower pan includes a drain hole designed to fit a conventional drain pipe such that when the conventional drain pipe is fastened to the shower pan, the conventional drain pipe extends ½ to 2 inches above the bottom of the shower pan. In this way, when cement or other adhesive is floated on the interior surface of the shower pan, tiles of varying thickness can be installed in such a manner that the top surface of the tiles are substantially flush with the top portion of the conventional drain pipe. The shower pan also has a water dam with a fin extending vertically on the outer edge of the water dam as added protection against water migration outside the shower pan.

Abstract: A grab bar body is configured to have an overall shape that is defined by an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface. The grab bar body defines an open center space that is entirely bounded by the inner peripheral surface. In one example, the grab bar body has an overall shape that corresponds to an oval shape, with the open center space having a corresponding oval shape.

Abstract: A shower seat comprises a frame having a length and a width, wherein one of the length and width is adjustable. The shower seat further includes a cover enclosing the frame and accommodating the frame in an extended position and a contracted position. The shower seat is adapted for use adjacent a surface within a shower.

Abstract: A bathing environment such as a shower or a tub, has a knee wall in a wall of the environment, a stanchion disposed across from the knee wall, and a bench supported by the knee wall and the stanchion so a user may slide across said bench into said bathing environment. According to an embodiment of the invention, the stanchion has a groove having a depth equal to a thickness of the bench for receiving the bench therein while maintaining a flush surface across the stanchion and the bench to allow a user to slide thereacross.

Abstract: A doorless, flexible shower stall for aircraft is shown, which shower stall is made of lightweight, 2-core-2 materials. The shower stall flexes as the aircraft flexes up to as much as five (5%) percent. The direction of discharge of water from the shower head is so the water will not be discharged out the doorless opening for the shower. Slopes of the floor is enough to overcome the angle of the aircraft during flight and still drain. The shower stall is composed of large pieces that are assembled and sealed when installed on the aircraft.

Abstract: A movable seat is disclosed which is positionable within a shower stall of a type having at least one rear support element, such as a rear ledge, and at least one frontal support element, such as a lower frontal threshold. The movable seat includes an essentially horizontal support that has a rearward portion that is suitable to be supported on the ledge and a leg that extends downwardly from a forward portion of the support to a foot. The seat is sufficiently flexible such that if a weight load of a human or thereabout is placed on the support, then the foot will flex forwardly in response thereto, thereby jamming the seat in place relative to the shower stall.

Abstract: This invention relates to home furnishings and accessories that utilize corner space of a shower stall as a support platform. The support platform may include a top support surface with two sides positioned to contact two perpendicular walls of the corner. A support frame may connect to the top support surface such that the bottom of the support frame and the top support surface are offset from one another. This offset configuration of the support platform may prevent the support frame from interfering with anything in the area directly below the top support surface.

Abstract: A bar that is to be attached to a wall includes two stanchions, each stanchion supporting a portion of an elongated piece that extends from one stanchion to the other. A supporting connector having a lower portion attaches to and extends upwardly from each of the stanchions and a portion above the lower portion. A horizontal support extends horizontally from the portion above the lower portion of the connector between the stanchions and is disposed a distance D1 above each the stanchion. And, an adhesive is disposed beneath and attaches to the horizontal support and extends along a length thereof.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to systems and/or methods that help clean persons having reduced mobility. The systems and/or methods of certain example embodiments help clean persons in areas that are difficult and sometimes even impossible to clean, thereby reducing the likelihood of infection, disease, development of antibiotic resistant diseases, etc. At least one showerhead is provided in such systems/methods. A chair, table, bench, or the like, has a seat and a back support. At least one bladder is connected to the seat and/or the back support of the chair, or on the table, bench, etc., with each said bladder having at least one opening. A hose connects a supply of cleansing fluid to the at least one bladder such that, in operation, the cleansing fluid is forced out of the at least one opening of each said bladder towards the person.

Abstract: A foldable support mechanism attachable to a wall or other fixed support, comprising a platform member movable between a substantially horizontal, deployed position and a substantially vertical, stowed position in which the platform member is adjacent to and substantially parallel to the said wall or other fixed support and in which a support surface of the platform member faces away from the said wall or other fixed support, and a support structure comprising two links, each pivotally connected to the platform member and at least one of which is pivotally connectable directly or indirectly to the said wall or other fixed support, in which the links of the said support structure each include a respective limb, the two limbs being so formed or so positioned that, in the said stowed position, at least a portion of the said limbs lies in substantially the same plane as one another, parallel to the wall or other fixed support, in which the said limbs are shaped or profiled at the regions where they meet in the st

Abstract: A transfer bench includes a base frame with a plurality of telescoping legs. At least one foot pad assembly is threadably connected to at least one of the legs. A plurality of receiving members are connected to the base frame, with each receiving member including a locking device. A side frame is connected to the base frame and includes an attachment device configured to engage the grab bar of a shower stall. A seat is carried on the base frame. A seat back assembly is removably mounted on the base frame. The seat back assembly includes a seat back frame having extension elements configured to engage the receiving members on the base frame. A leg support can be removably mounted on the transfer bench.

Abstract: A prefabricated shower bench for installation in a tiled shower includes an upper surface having a plurality of peripheral edges, and at least three sidewalls. Each sidewall has an upper edge and a lower edge. Each upper edge is connected along a corresponding peripheral edge of the upper surface. The lower edge of each sidewall terminates in a common plane. One sidewall includes a setback area along the entire lower edge which has a height greater than the height of a sidewall of a prefabricated shower module. The upper surface is horizontal or pitched downwards toward the shower module when the shower bench is installed adjacent to the sidewall of the shower module such that the sidewall of the shower module resides within the setback area, thereby preventing the weight of the shower bench from resting on the sidewall of the shower module.

Abstract: A shower stretcher assembly includes a frame which supports a platform having panels that define a back rest section, a seat section, and a foot section. The seat section is of flexible material which conforms to the shape of a person lying thereon. This flexible material provides increase in the effective length of the mattress support that conforms to person's body between navel and knees.

Abstract: A bathtub seat system a bathtub that has a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The perimeter wall includes a pair of lateral walls attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The perimeter wall has an upper edge defining an opening extending into the bathtub. A block is removably positioned in the bathtub and has a bottom side, a top side and a peripheral surface extending between the top and bottom sides. The peripheral surface includes a front side, a back side, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. A width of the block from the first lateral side to the second lateral side increases from the bottom side to the top side. The block extends between and frictionally engages the lateral walls. The block provides a seating space for a person using the bathtub.

Abstract: A tiled structure comprises a layer of adhesive mortar, a bracket having a substantially flat base mounting portion with a plurality of perforations embedded in an adhesive mortar with the mortar flowed through the perforations and substantially covering opposite sides of the base mounting portion, and a tile veneer bonded to the adhesive mortar over at least one side of the base mounting portion.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a reversible seat for use in a shower. The seat having an integral handle for moving the seat from a closed position to an open position and a means for retaining the seat in a closed position in either a standard orientation or reversed orientation.

Abstract: Shoulder supports extend from a shower enclosure wall and support a shower accessory. The shoulders have an attachment on the side for the shower accessories. The selected shower accessory would have a mating attachment on each of its ends to correspond to two shoulders extending from the enclosure walls. The attachment is preferably a male/female indentation on one of the shoulders and shower accessory and a corresponding attachment on the other. The indentations provide a non-permanent attachment of the shower accessory to the supports so that the chosen accessory may later be removed and replaced if desired.

Abstract: A shower bathing apparatus is described as including a seat and a first water discharger provided rearward and upward in relation to the seat. The first water discharger is configured to discharge water in a direction forward of the seat. A water discharge direction from the first water discharger and a positional relationship between the first water discharger and the seat may be adjustable so that the water discharged from the first water discharger is able to reach the seat or forward of the seat. The water discharged from the first water discharger may further flow from above a seat occupant's shoulder to the seat occupant's leg.

Abstract: A footrest for a shower is disclosed. The footrest is adapted to be mounted in a corner of a shower stall. In various forms, the footrest includes a top surface for resting a foot during bathing or shaving. The top surface is concavely contoured to resist lateral slipping. Ideally, the top surface conforms substantially to the shape of a portion of the surface of a cone. Two mounting flanges extend downward from the footrest element for mounting to shower walls, either by adhesive or screws. In certain variations, cutout openings in the surface of the footrest assist in resisting slipping in a forward or backward direction. The footrest may be adjusted by applying pressure to the top or bottom surface to change the mounting angle. Thus, the device can be deformed to conform to the angle of a corner which is not formed exactly as a right angle.

Abstract: A shower seat frame may comprise a seat, a center support member, a rear support leg, and a pair of opposing end support legs. The seat may include a center support recess, a rear support recess, and a pair of opposing end support recesses. The center support member may be adapted to engage the center support recess and may include a vertical support, support fastener passageways, support fasteners, a lateral brace, a notch, brace fastener passageways, and brace fasteners. The support fasteners may be passed through the respective support fastener passageways to attach the vertical support to the seat. The lateral brace may be affixed to the vertical support and may be oriented substantially perpendicular thereto. The brace fasteners may be passed through the respective brace fastener passageways to attach the lateral brace to an underside of the seat. The rear support leg may be affixed to a vertical surface of a shower enclosure.

Abstract: A movable seat is disclosed which is positionable within a shower stall of a type having at least one rear support element, such as a rear ledge, and at least one frontal support element, such as a lower frontal threshold. The movable seat includes an essentially horizontal support that has a rearward portion that is suitable to be supported on the ledge and a leg that extends downwardly from a forward portion of the support to a foot. The seat is sufficiently flexible such that if a weight load of a human or thereabout is placed on the support, then the foot will flex forwardly in response thereto, thereby jamming the seat in place relative to the shower stall.

Abstract: A portable commode, shower, and bath wheelchair apparatus comprising a first support frame, a second support frame, a mechanical interface interconnecting the first support frame to the second support frame thereby forming a first contiguous support member and a second contiguous support member. A seat assembly is slidingly attached to both the first contiguous support member and to the second contiguous support member.

Abstract: A shower corner seat assembly is made up of a seat plate and supporting bracket frame. To fit in the corner, the seat is generally triangular like most others, but with the corner tip of the triangle cut away leaving a four-sided shape. Other minor modifications to true triangularity may also be present. The frame follows the contour of the seat and it, too, is formed to match the corner opening of the seat plate, leaving the framework to be more or less “U”-shaped with the arms of the “U” bent inward tending to somewhat follow the sides of the seat plate. Their ends are, in fact, bent even farther inward so they have to be forced or sprung outward to attach the frame to the shower wall. The openness of the frame near the shower corner makes this possible. The seat plate is then attached to it.

Abstract: A preformed structural support for ceramic tile for use in constructing a horizontal support surface, such as a seat or a foot rest in a shower or the like installation environment is provided. The preformed structural support includes a base of a corrosion-resistant material that can be trimmed to conform to the irregularities of the structural walls to which it is to be installed against. The base includes tile receiving sides that are textured and are ready for the application of tile using a suitable adhesive, such as a thinset compound. The preformed structural support is installed without the use of penetrating fasteners, thereby preserving the integrity of the waterproofing of the shower.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to systems and/or methods that help clean persons having reduced mobility. The systems and/or methods of certain example embodiments help clean persons in areas that are difficult and sometimes even impossible to clean, thereby reducing the likelihood of infection, disease, development of antibiotic resistant diseases, etc. At least one showerhead is provided in such systems/methods. A chair, table, bench, or the like, has a seat and a back support. At least one bladder is connected to the seat and/or the back support of the chair, or on the table, bench, etc., with each said bladder having at least one opening. A hose connects a supply of cleansing fluid to the at least one bladder such that, in operation, the cleansing fluid is forced out of the at least one opening of each said bladder towards the person.

Abstract: A shower bathing apparatus includes: a concave seat; and a water discharger provided rearwardly and upwardly to the seat and configured to discharge water in a forward direction of the seat. A water discharge direction from the water discharger and positional relationship between the water discharger and the seat are adjusted so that at least part of the discharged water directly reaches the seat with no seat occupant seated on the seat.

Abstract: A shower cube with shaving buddy is used for sitting while in the shower and resting one's leg on the movable shaving buddy or the like, has a sturdy plastic frame with a rubber gripping base. This sturdy plastic frame has a vinyl cushion seat cover which is able to be lifted up to a 90 degree angle at the hinges in order to release the movable shaving buddy. When the cushion seat is up, a large bath supply storage space is accessible with a rubber coated wire base insert. The movable shaving buddy has a rounded vinyl cushion leg rest for easier shaving of ones legs. The shaving buddy also has 2 drawers with rubber coated wire drawer inserts used to store smaller bath and shower storage needs.

Abstract: A telescoping support bar installed in a shower enclosure and similar facilities requires no mechanical wall fasteners. The support bar includes telescoping tubes with end retainers gripping walls of the enclosures. Length of the support bar is governed by fixed length spacer means and internal extensible means. Extensible means, having bearings movable along a rod, provides the lengthening and shortening of the support bar as the distance between the bearings is increased or decreased. This change in distance likewise changes the overall length of the support bar. With the retainers snug against the walls, one of the tubes, being rotatable, is turned in circular motion. This rotation is converted into an axial force along the bar causing the retainers to forcefully grip the walls, providing a rigid and strong bar installation.

Abstract: A transfer seat to be used in conjunction with a toilet improves access to sanitary facilities by the disabled. The transfer seat may be used as one element of a modular system for improving bathroom fixtures designed for use by the handicapped. This modular system includes a transfer seat to be used in conjunction with a toilet; a hand rail assembly designed for use with the transfer seat; and a shower distribution system designed for use with the hand rail assembly. The components of this modular system may be used separately or together.

Abstract: Provided in some embodiments is a portable bathing support for use in a standing position. The portable bathing support includes a frame having a support member of sufficient height to be grasped by a human while in a standing position and at least three feet coupled to the frame. The feet are able to provide a friction between the frame and a supporting surface. At least one foot includes a suction cup that can at least partially couple the portable bathing support to a shower and/or bathtub supporting surface during use. Further, wherein the portable bathing support can fit within a shower and/or bathtub used for bathing, and can be use by a human in a standing position without being fixedly coupled to the shower and/or bathtub.

Abstract: A grab bar for projecting from a structure to a projecting side of the grab bar includes a user support member operable to support a user, the user support member being disposed at the projecting side of the grab bar; and an extending member attached to the user support member and dimensioned to extend between the projecting side and an attachment side of the grab bar opposite the projecting side, whereby an upper edge of the grab bar extends from the extending member upwardly and away from the attachment side at a first end of the grab bar and extends upwardly and away from the projecting side at a second end of the grab bar opposite the first end.

Abstract: A corner bench for a shower is constructed by placing a beam diagonally between adjacent walls of the shower. The ends of the beam are supported on the upwardly facing edges of tile pieces which are attached to the shower walls. The tile pieces are placed on the walls such that their upper edges are horizontal and are coplanar with the top of the beam. A triangular platform is then placed on top of the beam and the upper edges of these tile pieces to create the bench. Tile is then placed on top of the platform and the front of the beam to finish the bench.

Abstract: A suction-adhered device includes a main body, suction cup units, and suction power detection units. The main body is provided with chambers. Each of the suction cup units includes a suction cup received in the chamber, and a safety lever projected from the upper side of the main body and movably connected to the suction cup with an elastic element mounted between them. Each of the suction power detection units includes a probe received in a long hole near the chamber to partially project from the long hole, and an indicating member visible via a window formed on a top of the main body above the long hole. When the suction cup is loosened from a mounting surface, the indicating member is turned by an elastic element to show a warning indicating zone thereof, so that a user may be timely warned to re-mount the main body.

Abstract: According to the invention, a grab bar having a three dimensional shape provides a support for a shower head. A bracket that holds the shower head has a pair of arms or the like for gripping the grab bar. The bracket slideably engages the grab bar so the shower head may be positioned as desired by a user. According to an embodiment of the invention, a shower wall has an opening conforming to the shape of the grab bar.

Abstract: According to the invention, a seat is provided for use in a shower or a bath. The seat has a base for supporting a user, a support, such as a pair of legs, for supporting the weight of a user, and a bracket for removeably attaching to a grab bar. The seat is dimensioned so that the grab bar does not support the load of the user.

Abstract: A prefabricated shower bench for installation in a tiled shower includes a seating member defining at least one peripheral edge, and at least one sidewall depending downwardly therefrom. The sidewall has an upper edge and a lower edge. The upper edge is connected along a corresponding peripheral edge of the seating member. The lower edge terminates at a height above the ground which is the same as or slightly greater than the height of a corresponding sidewall of a prefabricated shower module. The upper surface is horizontal or pitched slightly downward toward the shower module when the shower bench is installed adjacent to the sidewall of the shower module. The lower edge of the downwardly depending sidewall is situated substantially in registry with an upper edge of the prefabricated shower module sidewall. The prefabricated shower module sidewall is in a plane that is substantially contiguous with a plane formed by the downwardly depending sidewall of the bench.

Abstract: A grab bar assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes: a grab bar having a first aperture and a second aperture defined along an axis; a post which receives the grab bar; an insert which pass through the first aperture and abut the second aperture; and a fastener mounted through the post and the second aperture along the axis, the fastener receivable into the insert to retain the grab bar within the post.

Abstract: A simply assembled bath chair includes a seat, a backrest, two backrest support racks, and four chair legs. The seat has a bottom surface provided with two tube frames inserted by the chair legs, and four fixing bases inserted by the backrest support racks of the backrest. The connecting ends of the tube frames and the chair legs are correspondingly formed with a conical portion. Each of the connecting ends of the tube frames is sleeved with a first screwing member, while each of the connecting ends of the chair legs is sleeved with a second screwing member correspondingly screwed to the first screwing member. After the connecting ends of the tube frames and the chair legs are connected to each other, the second screwing member of the chair legs is screwed to the first screwing member of the tube frames, so that the chair legs are moved upward by the second screwing member.

Abstract: A shower bench includes an L-shaped first brace with legs attached to vertical shower walls. A bench subassembly includes a cross brace, a foam block, and a T-shaped beam made of cementitious bonding agent that adheres the cross brace to the foam block and also adds strength to a front edge of the foam block. The brace and the block are cut to fit horizontally against the first brace with legs overlapping, such that the braces form a rigid geometric arrangement that supports the block. Ends of the braces are screwed together. The large uniform surfaces of the block are covered with tile and grout. The resulting assembly is extremely rigid and non-flexing, such that cracking of the tile and grout is substantially minimized, even when the bench is loaded up to 400 lbs.

Abstract: The present summary regards to a utility model patent to support the feet. It is belonging to sanitary metal field an it was developed to facilitate the foot washing during the shower and it is understood: by an ‘U’ structure (1)-(2); and by two nesting plates (4) in whose upper extremities are connected and it stays displaced in a sharp angle and the extremities of the extreme routes of the ‘U’ structure and the lower extremities of the said plates stays turned down and it foresee roles to fixation on the box wall or other shower places.

Abstract: A retractable shower support (A), typically a retractable shower chair, for moving an invalid in and out of a shower, wherein the retractable shower support (A) includes (i) at least a pair of elongate frame members (C), (D), connected to one another by a hinge mechanism such that each elongate frame member (C), (D) is adapted to be pivoted about the hinge mechanism between a stowed position and an erected position and whereby, when in the erected position, the upper surfaces of the elongate frame members are aligned in the same plane and at least one of the pair of elongate frame members is adapted to extend into a shower cavity, (ii) a platform (23) slidably mounted to an upper surface of the elongate frame members (C), (D) to enable the platform (23) to be slid back and forth along the elongate frame members (C), (D), and (iii) an invalid support means (B) mounted to an upper surface of the platform (23), wherein the invalid support means (B) is adapted to be moved from an upright position when in use, an

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-contained unit which employs a manually operable platform/seat attached to a u-channel rail system for the purposes of personal hygiene. The unit mounts to the wall of a shower or bath stall. The system is designed to aid those individuals in need of a secure and stable sitting platform that is vertically adjustable to accommodate the individual user's height. This unit facilitates bathing, showering and other personal hygiene requirements. The unit contains 2 swivel armrests that provide the user stability when moving in and out of the chair and an overhead retractable cage for added security for those individuals requiring additional support. I have found that the advantages of such a devise can reduce bath area accidents caused by slipping and instability and enables those individuals who are physically challenged the freedom to shower independently in a secure environment. There are no known devises of this nature.

Abstract: A padded shower seat for use when showering, the shower seat comprising a seat element having one or more openings therein, and a padded element engaged with the seat element, the padded element including one or more integrally formed projections push-fit received in a respective said opening and at least one reinforcing element associated with at least one said projection for preventing or inhibiting unintentional disengagement of the padded element from the seat element, or damage to the padded element, during lateral urging of the padded element parallel to the seat element. A water-resistant padded element and a reinforcing element are also provided.

Abstract: A shower cube with shaving buddy is used for sitting while in the shower and resting one's leg on the movable shaving buddy or the like, has a sturdy plastic frame with a rubber gripping base. This sturdy plastic frame has a vinyl cushion seat cover which is able to be lifted up to a 90 degree angle at the hinges in order to release the movable shaving buddy. When the cushion seat is up, a large bath supply storage space is accessible with a rubber coated wire base insert. The movable shaving buddy has a rounded vinyl cushion leg rest for easier shaving of ones legs. The shaving buddy also has 2 drawers with rubber coated wire drawer inserts used to store smaller bath and shower storage needs.

Abstract: A system for providing support in the shower, such as a toroidal support which can open and can be secured around a bather's chest. In some embodiments, the support can be coupled to a vertical spine which is coupled to the shower enclosing structure.

Abstract: A system and method for providing support in the shower, such as a toroidal support which can open and can be secured around a bather's chest. In some embodiments, the support can be coupled to a vertical spine which is coupled to the wall.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chair device for assisting handicapped or non-ambulatory persons to bathe or shower in a conventional setting. The chair device of the present invention has side flap portions provided with water dispensing holes wherein the side flap portions are pivotally attached to a seat portion to aid in reaching hard to reach areas of the body when bathing.

Abstract: A seat for use by a person bathing includes a horizontal surface supported by four legs. Each leg is connected to another leg to form a support assembly. Each support assembly is affixed to the underside of the horizontal surface. The seat also includes two guide rails which support a basket mounted on the underside of the horizontal surface. The basket may be slid out from either the front or rear of the horizontal surface. The guide rails are also used to reinforce the seat. In addition, the basket may be affixed to an edge of the horizontal surface to allow access by the user of the seat.

Abstract: A shower bath apparatus which enables hot water bathing in a relaxed condition and provides a warm feeling over the whole body, equivalent to bathing in a bath tub. The shower bath apparatus comprises a shower bath apparatus body, a seat, on which a bathing person is seated, a spray nozzle for jetting hot water to the bathing person, and an arm provided with at least one spray nozzle. Sprayed hot water envelops the whole body of a user in a seated position to give the user a warm feeling.