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EP0008515A1
EP0008515A1 EP79301624A EP79301624A EP0008515A1 EP 0008515 A1 EP0008515 A1 EP 0008515A1 EP 79301624 A EP79301624 A EP 79301624A EP 79301624 A EP79301624 A EP 79301624A EP 0008515 A1 EP0008515 A1 EP 0008515A1
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    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
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  • This invention relates to baths, particularly but not exclusively for use by disabled people.
  • a disabled person When using a conventional bath a disabled person has to be bodily lowered into and lifted out of the bath; in hospitals this is often done with lifting tackle, which can be very uncomfortable or even dangerous for the patient, whilst in domestic surroundings where no mechanical assistance is available the procedure is very difficult if not impossible.
  • Modified baths which comprise a box-like, open-topped enclosure provided with a closeable side door and containing a seat for a disabled user, which can be filled to a level at which about half of the seated user's body is immersed.
  • the invention provides a bath incorporating a seat for a user, the bath being tippable from an upright position to place a seated user in a reclined position in which most of the user's body may be immersed in water contained in the bath.
  • Such an arrangement enables the user to be washed in a lined and immersed condition, with ready access to all par- the user's body, without his having to be bodily lowered into and lifted out of that position.
  • the bath may be arranged to be tippable in any convenient fashion. Preferably it is pivotally mounted for movement about a predetermined axis, but this is by no means essential. Indeed in a simple form of the invention the bath could be arranged to rest on the floor and to be manually lifted and lowered between a stable upright position in which the user is initially seated and a stable tipped back position in which he is reclined. In another alternative the bath could be mounted for combined sliding and tipping movement constrained by a pivoted arm connecting the bath to a fixed point so that when the bath is pushed or pulled along its sliding path the arm constrains it to tip in the desired fashion.
  • the movement of water in the bath aids the tipping movement in both directions, whilst the presence of that water stabilises the bath in both positions, for example by mounting the bath for pivotal movement about a transverse axis approximately midway of its length.
  • mechanical means are provided to move the bath between its upright and reclined positions.
  • One such means comprises a lever-operat mechanism having its operating lever mounted alongside the bath for convenient operation by a user in the bath.
  • the lever is pivotally mounted on a stationary base of the bath, to tip the bath about a transverse horizontal axis where it is pivotally mounted on the said base.
  • the lever is constrained for movement in a longitudinal slot or recess in a side flange or lip of the bath and is preferably resiliently biassed towards one side of the said slot so as to be releasably lockable in respective lateral recesses at the ends of the latter so as to hold the bath in its upright and reclined positions respectively.
  • means may be provided for positively securing the bath in the upright and/or the reclined position, for example one or more mechanical latches acting between the bath and a stationary base structure, or a mechanical or hydraulic jack which may be arranged to effect the movement of the bath as well as hold it in its respective positions.
  • the arrangement is such that the bath is stable when the user is reclined and immersed, rather than having to be held in that position.
  • the bath is arranged to be stable when the user is seated upright with his lower legs and feet immersed in water.
  • the "foot end" of the bath which contains th user's feet when he is seated upright is arranged to house enough water to immerse most of the user's body when tne bath is tipped back to the reclined position, so that no more wate need then be added.
  • the preferred manner of use of the bath is to fill the foot end with sufficient water: befor the bath is tipped back, to achieve immersion when it is so tipped.
  • the weight of that water then counterbalances the weight of the user to provide stability in the seated positio whilst the movement of the water when the bath is tipped back assists in moving it to the reclined position.
  • the bath has an openable side wall portion to provide an access opening for a user to enter and leave the bath from the side.
  • This enables a user to be moved directly into a seated position in the bath from his bed, and back again by sideways movement.
  • this procedure is facilitated by making the seat in the bath substantially the same height above floor level as the surface of a bed.
  • the said openable side wall portion may be a removable panel, or a hinged door, or of any other convenient nature.
  • a hand grip is provided in the form of a bar extending across the bath in front of the seat for a user.
  • a bar is however particularly useful when provided in conjunction with a drop-down panel for closing a side access opening as just mentioned.
  • Such a hand bar may then have one of its ends hingedly connected to such a panel and its other end engageable with a catch on the opposite side wall of the bath, thus roviding both a convenient part for a user to grip in order to close the said panel without having to lean out of the bath, and a means of securing the panel in its closed position.
  • the said catch for the free end of the hand bar may be an over-centre type spring catch which when engaged applies a substantial inward force to the said panel via the bar, to achieve a water-tight seal between the latter and the side of bath.
  • the bar may comprise two parts connected end to end by a double-threaded connector of the bottle-screw type which is rotated by a user to tighten the side panel in its closed position.
  • the bath may be mounted on a wheeled base so as to be positionable next to a user's bed when needed. Whether or not the base is wheeled, the bath may be mounted for vertical adjustment on the base, e.g. by means of a screw or a mechanical or hydraulic jacking device, to enable the height of its seat to be varied, e.g. to suit different bed heights.
  • the bath is mounted on a vertical pillar slidably adjustable in a base structure to adjust the height of the bath above floor level, suitable cooperating apertures for the reception of a locking pin being provided in the pillar and the base.
  • the bath may be made of any suitable material, but is preferably a glass-reinforced-plastics moulding.
  • the bath comprises a glass-reinforced-plastics body 1 mounted for pivotal movement about a transverse horizontal axis 2 on an upright pillar 3 itself mounted for up and down sj-iding movement in a base structure 4. Suitable cooperating apertures (not shown) are provided in the pillar and in the base structure to receive a locking pin for securing the bath at a desired height above the floor level.
  • the bath is formed with a seat 5 and has a drop-down hinged panel 6 (see Figure 5) closing an access opening in one of its side walls 7.
  • the bath in the upright position shown in Figure 1 has its foot end 8 filled with water up to the level 9 which is judged to be sufficient water to immerse most of a user's body when the bath is tipped back as described below.
  • the bath is now positioned alongside the user's bed with the panel 6 dropped down to form a bridge between the bath and the bed.
  • the user's legs are swung across into the foot end of the bath and his body is then slid across into a sitting position on the seat 5.
  • the panel 6 is now closed.
  • the bath is stabilised by the weight of the water in the foot end, but the user's weight counterbalances the water sufficiently to make it easy for the bath now to be tipped gently into the position shown in Figure 2 by means of mechanism to be described below.
  • the user is placed in a reclined position with most of his body immersed in water, whose new level 10 is indicated in Figure 2.
  • the whole of the user's body is now readily accessible for washing by an assistant.
  • the bath is gently tipped back to the Figure 1 position so that the water drains back into the foot end 8 and the user is once more sitting upright ready to be returned to bed.
  • a lever 11 for enabling a user to move the bath between its upright position shown in Figures 1 and 3 and its reclined position shown in Figures 2 and 4 is pivotally mounted at 12 on an extension 1 3 of the pillar 3 and an arm 14 integral with the lever 11 is pivotally connected to a link 15 itself pivotally connected to a downwardly extending portion 16 ( Figure 5) of the bath body 1.
  • a link 15 itself pivotally connected to a downwardly extending portion 16 ( Figure 5) of the bath body 1.
  • the top end of the lever 11 is received in a slot 17 ( Figure 6) formed in a side flange 18 of the bath body 1 and .provided with terminal recesses 19 and 20 for securing the lever, which is resiliently biased towards the recessed side of the slot 17 in each of its terminal positions so as releasably to secure the bath body in its respective upright and reclined positions.
  • a manually grippable hand bar 21 extends across the bath in front of the seat 5 for a user.
  • the bar 21 is pivotally connected to the panel 6 which closes the access opening already mentioned.
  • the free end of the bar 21 is engageable in an over-centre type spring catch 22 so as to hold the panel 6 in its closed position and thus provide a water-tight seal between the panel and the side wall 7 of the bath.
  • the bar 21 When in the position shown in ghost lines in Figure 7 (and in full lines in Figures 5 and 8)-the bar 21 provides a convenient lever for the user to open and close the access panel 6.
  • the position of the bar shown in full lines in Figure 7 is an out of the way position to enable the bath to be placed immediately alongside a user's bed.
  • a resilient, e.g. rubber, sealing member is provided between the access panel 6 and the bath body, for example in the form of a compressible rubber tube received in a groove formed in the side wall of the bath around the access opening.
  • lever mechanism described above which in the illustrated embodiment provides a mechanical advantage of about i2 to 1, enables a user in the bath to move the bath between its upright and reclined positions with very little effort, which is of course of great importance to a disabled user.
  • the location of the panel 6 well above the foot region 8 which initially receives the water means that all of the water can be added before the user enters the bath, as compared with the box-like baths previously mentioned in which the water can only be added with the side door closed.
  • the advantage of this is that the temperature of the water can be adjusted in simple fashion before the user enters, as compared with the box-like bath just mentioned in which a mixer tap has to be used because the user is already in the bath.
  • the bath body is formed with a recess 23 ( Figures 7 and 8) below the crotch region of a user to facilitate washing.
  • a recess may be of channel-like configuration to assist flow 6f water lengthwise of the bath during its movement from one position to another.
  • a bath according to the invention can of course be used at any desired location. As well as being positioned adjacent a user's bed as described above, it can be located elsewhere in for example a bedroom or a bathroom, for use by a user in a wheelchair or on a stretcher or indeed by a user who is able to walk. When used adjacent a bed the access panel does not have to be used as a bridge as described above, but can alternatively be dropped right down to an out of the way position and the bath then placed in side by side contact with the bed, or indeed alongside a wheelchair or stretcher.

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US5813062A (en) * 1994-01-07 1998-09-29 Arjo Usa, Inc. Side entry bathtub
CN107468113A (zh) * 2017-09-05 2017-12-15 佛山市道道电子科技有限公司 一种坐式浴缸
CN112869603A (zh) * 2021-01-11 2021-06-01 威海蕴富贸易有限公司 一种翻转式浴缸
CN114209229A (zh) * 2021-12-27 2022-03-22 福建科迪厨卫有限公司 一种可调节式沐浴缸

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DE21746C (de) * G. BOEGLER in Karlsruhe Badewanne in Stuhlform mit Stell" mechanismus
GB749644A (en) * 1953-08-13 1956-05-30 Wallis Maynard Goslett Improvements in or relating to baths
DE2348349A1 (de) * 1972-09-28 1974-04-04 Blomqvist Rehab Prod Badewanne
CH554665A (de) * 1973-07-06 1974-10-15 Bill Hugo Badeinrichtung, insbesondere fuer bewegungsbehinderte personen.

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DE21746C (de) * G. BOEGLER in Karlsruhe Badewanne in Stuhlform mit Stell" mechanismus
GB749644A (en) * 1953-08-13 1956-05-30 Wallis Maynard Goslett Improvements in or relating to baths
DE2348349A1 (de) * 1972-09-28 1974-04-04 Blomqvist Rehab Prod Badewanne
CH554665A (de) * 1973-07-06 1974-10-15 Bill Hugo Badeinrichtung, insbesondere fuer bewegungsbehinderte personen.

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5813062A (en) * 1994-01-07 1998-09-29 Arjo Usa, Inc. Side entry bathtub
CN107468113A (zh) * 2017-09-05 2017-12-15 佛山市道道电子科技有限公司 一种坐式浴缸
CN112869603A (zh) * 2021-01-11 2021-06-01 威海蕴富贸易有限公司 一种翻转式浴缸
CN114209229A (zh) * 2021-12-27 2022-03-22 福建科迪厨卫有限公司 一种可调节式沐浴缸

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