Patent · US Expired

Portable shower bath

US4305165A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
7References
7Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 1979
Grant dateDec 15, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 30, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47K3/06
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for aiding in the showering of bathing of bed patients, which apparatus includes disposable non-porous sheets adapted to be fitted within a basin for collecting shower and bath water after use. The basin is removable from the bathing apparatus frame structure so that it may easily be maneuvered under a bed patient, and then used similar to a stretcher to transport the bed patient from the hospital bed to the apparatus support structure. Water collected during the bathing procedure is directed into a holding tank which includes a water pump and drain hose for draining such shower or bath water into an appropriate lavatory drain.

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