Invalid bath
US5701614A · kind A · utility
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10Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47K3/006
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A bath (1) for use by an elderly or disabled person. The bath (1) includes a side opening (3) which extends over the full width and height of the bath (1) and is surrounded by and outwardly and downwardly extending skirt (8). A door (4) with a channel (9) on its inner surface is upwardly translatable in its own plane to bring the door (4) over the opening (3) and force the skirt (8) into sealing engagement with a seal (11, 40) in the channel (9) which may be a foamed rubber seal or a part fluid=filled flexible tube up which the fluid is squeezed to effect sealing in upper portions of the tube as closing is completed.
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