WO2018154160A1

WO2018154160A1 - Shower cubicle with movable seat

Info

Publication number: WO2018154160A1
Application number: PCT/ES2018/070118
Authority: WO
Inventors: Philippe Dufermont
Original assignee: Philippe Dufermont
Priority date: 2017-02-23
Filing date: 2018-02-20
Publication date: 2018-08-30
Also published as: ES2680395A1; ES2680395B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a shower cubicle with a movable seat, which comprises: a vertical panel with rolling means and upper and lower guiding means, able to move linearly and in parallel to a fixed wall of the cubicle, for which purpose the panel comprises, on the outer edge, handles for manual movement and/or a motor with a remote control for the autonomous movement thereof, which panel, in a suitable area and at a suitable height, is connected to a seat base with armrests that project orthogonally from the vertical panel. During travel, the panel moves the seat base from the shower tray to the outside of the cubicle, crossing the opening of a sliding door, the seat being arranged close to a chair for transporting the user, with the possibility of the user getting onto the seat of the panel by himself or herself, to be transferred into the cubicle, and being centred on the shower tray.

Description

SHOWER CABIN WITH DISPLACABLE SEAT

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a shower cabin with movable seat of general application in the sanitary industry and especially to the industry destined to the manufacture of bath cabins, which allows disabled people to practice their cleaning and cleaning by their own means .

For this purpose, the invention has a shower cabin seat mounted on a movable medium, capable of automatically or manually moving a user from the outside of the shower cabin to the shower tray arranged inside from the cabin, where you can perform your toilet.

In this way, the user can enter the bathroom with his wheelchair and mount in the seat that will be previously removed from the cabin, without any obstacle so that the user can approach and be able to easily mount in the cabin seat, At which time you can operate an electric motor operating control that is associated with the movable medium, in a position to move the user inside the cabin, which will be centered on the shower tray to perform your bath. Once the bath is finished, the user can use the control again, reversing the movement and moving the seat out of the cabin.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the current state of the art it is already known the use of chairs provided with wheels, which allow to be housed manually inside the cabin to perform the shower or cleaning of the handicapped person previously sitting in it, as it happens in the utility model for "Portable shower for disabled and disabled people with publication number ES1 042 996 U.

These types of chairs have the disadvantage that an assistant requires to introduce the user into the shower or bathtub, which is sometimes embarrassing for the user since it requires reserving their privacy.

On the other hand, to introduce the chair with wheels into the shower tray, it requires that the plate have recesses to allow the wheels to enter the shower cabin, which causes the shower water to flow through the recesses flooding the toilet room, a fact that is very uncomfortable for this type of shower can be used in a home.

The technique is also known by the state, another type of wheelchair, whose seat is removable with lower guides to be coupled on a platform that is housed inside the bathtub, as is the case of the utility model number ES 1 035 481 U for "Device for mobile seat for bathtubs".

These types of chairs require the help of several people to remove the seat with the disabled person and place it inside a bathtub, which can cause the user to feel upset about the work he is giving to the people around him.

On the other hand, these types of chairs have the disadvantage that their configuration is very complex and that they require assembly and disassembly work to use the same seat for the bathroom as for transport, resulting in a waste of time and energy to perform The toilet of a user.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention is to provide a shower cabin with a movable seat to the market, whose travel of the seat allows it to automatically or manually remain outside the shower cabin waiting for a user, which once mounted on the seat You can activate a motor, which moves the seat inside the cabin being centered on the shower tray for cleaning.

For this purpose, the seat is mounted on a support means provided with bearings and guided top and bottom to be able to move from the inside of the cabin to the outside of the cabin, as well as to travel in the opposite direction, to the object of power move a user sitting down to the shower and once done his toilet take him out of the cabin.

According to the invention, the shower cabin with a movable seat is constituted by a closed enclosure whose walls can be transportable and / or fixed and whose base is formed by a shower tray, all in a position to be structured to allow cleaning or cleaning. the cleaning of disabled or disabled people.

For this purpose, the cabin comprises a vertical panel provided with rolling and upper and lower guiding means, which is capable of moving linearly and parallel to a fixed wall of the shower cubicle.

For such displacement, the panel has some handles on its outer edge to be able to carry out a manual drag of the panel, as well as a motor with remote control, which allows the autonomous displacement of the panel activated by the user himself.

Said panel, in the appropriate area and height, involves a seat base with armrests, capable of being articulated to the panel, the seat assembly being able to protrude orthogonally from the sliding vertical panel.

All this is arranged so that the panel travels with the seat from the shower tray to the outside of the cabin, passing through the opening of the sliding door, intended for closing the cabin.

In this situation, the outer seat of the cabin is in proximity to the user's transport wheelchair, which has the possibility of being mounted by its own means in the cabin seat, in order to be automatically or manually transported to the inside the cabin, and remain centered on the shower tray for personal hygiene.

The invention has provided that the vertical panel can be a movable side wall of the shower cabin, maintaining the same dimensions in height and width of the cabin, while its thickness can be variable.

Likewise, the movable vertical panel can form a part of a movable side wall of the shower cubicle, its width being the same as the wall, with a smaller height and its variable thickness.

In any of the two previous cases, the invention has provided that the movable vertical panel is capable of having a vertical profile with a sealing gasket in proximity to its outermost edge in order to allow the sliding door of the cabin to close .

Likewise, the panel may have, in proximity to its inner edge, another vertical profile with a sealing gasket to act as a watertight closure of the movable panel on the adjacent wall of the cabin, while the panel by the lower edge can have a profile with Sealing gasket for tight fitting on the shower tray.

When the movable panel configures a mid-height portion of a side wall of the shower cubicle, it is provided that a profile or vertical post is arranged on the panel guide to allow the fitting or closing of the upper part of the door cabin slide.

The invention has provided that the vertical panel incorporates bearings in the lower edge of the panel, in a position to be supported on the ground in its displacement through a lower guide that enters the interior of the cabin, being located between the plate of shower and fixed wall.

The panel is guided by the upper edge in a profile that protrudes from the cabin and is fixed to the fixed wall of the cabin and properly insulated, said upper guide being of equal length as the lower guide.

Likewise, the movable vertical panel can be formed by a single plastic, metallic, resin or similar body or be capable of carrying an internal metal frame covered with panels, in a position to support and reinforce the body of the panel so that it cannot be buckled by The user's weight.

For a better understanding of the above, the descriptive memory of a set of drawings in which the object of the invention is shown is attached, without it being understood that the aforementioned graphic representation constitutes a limitation of the peculiar characteristics of this application.

Figure 1: Shows a top plan view of the shower cabin with movable seat. It shows that the panel has moved inside the cabin that is closed by a sliding door, while the panel seat is arranged on the shower tray where the user could sit, while outside from the cabin there is a wheelchair of the user for the transport by his house.

Figure 2: Represents a top plan view of the shower cabin with movable seat. It shows that the panel has moved out of the cabin through the open door opening, leaving the seat of the panel, where the user could sit, in proximity to the user's wheelchair, so that it Move once your toilet is done.

Figure 3: Represents a front elevation view of the fixed wall of the cabin and the movable panel, with a width and height similar to a side wall of the cabin, which is guided superiorly by a profile protruding from the cabin and by a lower profile that guides the panel bearings. The panel has a seat base with articulated arms at a certain height.

Figure 4: Illustrates a view in side elevation and section of the movable panel provided at a certain height with the seat base and armrests, with a motor that drives the movement of the panel and a lower bearing on its lower edge. on a guide that rests on the ground.

Figure 5: Shows a detail of the motor assembly in the upper guide of the sliding panel.

Figure 6: Represents a detail of a bearing arranged on the lower edge of the movable panel, which runs on a lower guide fixed to the ground.

Figure 7: Illustrates a front elevation view of the fixed wall of the cabin and a movable panel of smaller height than the side wall of the cabin, which is guided by an upper profile that protrudes from the cabin and a lower profile that guides the panel bearings. The panel has a seat base with articulated arms at a certain height.

Figure 8: Shows a view in side elevation and section of the movable panel of less height than the side wall of the cabin and which is provided at a certain height of a seat base and arms, with the upper edge of the panel being coupled in a upper guide, while the lower edge involves bearings on a guide that supports and is fixed on the ground.

Figure 9: Represents a detail of the upper guide of the panel of less height than the side wall of the cabin.

Figure 10: Illustrates a detail of a bearing arranged on the lower edge of the lower height panel, which runs on a lower guide fixed to the ground.

Figure 11: Shows a front elevation view of the fixed wall of the cabin and a sliding panel of lower height, which on the panel guide has a complementary profile as a vertical upright for closing the sliding door.

Figure 12: Represents a front elevational view of the fixed wall of the cabin and a movable panel, capable of carrying an internal reinforcement frame coated externally with panels.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

The different components that make up the shower cabin with a sliding seat are described in detail below, according to a planned embodiment.

The shower cabin with movable seat, is constituted by a closed enclosure with two fixed adjoining walls and two other transportable ones, one of them being a sliding section door, while the base of the enclosure is formed by a shower tray.

In the first, second, third and seventh figures, it is observed that the cabin comprises a vertical panel (1) with rolling means (2) and with upper guiding means (3) and lower guiding means (4) arranged to move linearly and in parallel to a fixed wall (5) of the cabin (6).

In the third and seventh figures it can be seen that the panel for its manual movement has handles on its outer edge (7), while in the fourth and fifth figures the panel has an engine (8) with control on its upper guide remotely for autonomous movement.

Likewise, in the first, second, third, fourth, seventh and eighth figures it can be seen that the movable panel is associated with the appropriate height, a seat base (9) with articulated arms (10), whose seat assembly protrudes orthogonally of the vertical panel.

As seen in the first and second figures, all this is arranged so that the panel in its travel moves the seat base (9) from the shower tray (11) to the outside of the cabin (6) crossing the opening (12) of an open sliding door (13), ready to be the seat next to a chair (14) for transporting the user after cleaning.

In the first and third figure it can be seen that the movable vertical panel (1) is capable of having the same height and width as the fixed wall (5) of the shower cabin (6).

Likewise, in the seventh figure it can be seen that the movable vertical panel (1) can have the same width and of less height than the fixed wall (5) of the shower cabin (6).

In the two previous cases, the movable vertical panel (1) is capable of having profiles (15) with sealing joints (16) in proximity to its lateral edges and in its lower edge.

All this is arranged to allow the fitting of the sliding door (13) of the cabin, on the profile (15) and sealing gasket (16) arranged on the outer edge of the movable panel, as well as effecting the sealing of said panel by the inner edge adjusting on the adjacent wall (17) of the cabin, while the lower profile (15) of the panel with sealing gasket (16) will fit on the shower tray (11).

In the eleventh figure it can be seen that when the movable panel (1) is of a lower height, a vertical profile (18) is arranged on the upper guide (3) of the panel, in order to allow the closing of a part of the Sliding door (13) of the cabin (6).

In the sixth and tenth figures it can be seen that the vertical panel (1) incorporates wheels (19) on the lower edge of the panel, in a position to rest on the ground on a lower guide (20), which goes inside of the cabin, being located between the shower tray (11) and the fixed wall (5).

In the ninth figure it is observed that the upper end of the panel is guided in a profile (21) of the same length as the lower guide and protruding from the cabin (6) and is anchored to the fixed wall (5).

In the fourth, eighth and twelfth figures it can be seen that the vertical panel (1) can be formed by a resistant body of plastic, metal, resin, etc., or a combination of several resistant bodies, or incorporating an internal frame ( 22) metallic coated with panels, in a position to support and reinforce the body of the panel so that it cannot be buckled by weight.

Claims

SHOWER CABIN WITH DISPLACABLE SEAT, of the type that is constituted by a closed enclosure whose walls can be transportable and / or fixed and whose base is formed by a shower tray, in a position to be structured to allow the cleaning or cleaning of people disabled, characterized in that it comprises a vertical panel (1) with rolling means (2) and upper (3) and lower (4) guiding means, capable of moving linearly and parallel to a fixed wall (5) of the cabin ( 6), for which purpose the panel has on its outer edge some handles (7) for manual movement, and / or a motor (8) with remote control for autonomous movement, which panel, in the area and height appropriate, it has an associated seat base (9) with arms (10), which protrude orthogonally from the vertical panel (1), in which the panel moves the seat base (9) from the shower tray (11) to the exterior of the cabin (6) crossing the opening (12) of a sliding door (13), in a position to be next to a user transport chair (14), with the possibility of mounting by its own means in the panel seat, to be moved inwards of the cabin, and remain centered on the shower tray.
SHOWER CABIN WITH MOVABLE SEAT, according to claim one, characterized in that the movable vertical panel (1) is capable of having the same height and width as the fixed wall (5) of the shower cabin (6).
SHOWER CABIN WITH MOVABLE SEAT, according to claim one, characterized in that the movable vertical panel (1) can have the same width and of smaller height than the fixed wall (5) of the shower cabin (6).
SHOWER CABIN WITH MOVABLE SEAT, according to claim one, second and third, characterized in that the movable vertical panel (1) is able to dispose in the vicinity of its edges, profiles (15) with gaskets (16) in a position to allow the fitting of the sliding door (13) of the cabin, as well as the seal of the panel on the adjacent wall (17) of the cabin and the shower tray (11).
SHOWER CABIN WITH DISPLACABLE SEAT, according to claim 3, characterized in that when the movable panel (1) configures a portion of the fixed wall (5) of the shower cabin (6), a profile or a profile is arranged on the panel guide vertical upright (18), in a position to allow the closing of a part of the sliding door (13) of the cabin (6).
SHOWER CABIN WITH MOVABLE SEAT, according to previous claims, characterized in that the vertical panel (1) incorporates wheels (19) in the lower edge of the panel, in a position to rest on the ground in its movement through a guide (20) , which enters the interior of the cabin, being located between the shower tray (11) and the fixed wall (5), while superiorly the end of the panel is guided in a profile (21) of the same length as the guide bottom and protruding from the cabin (6) and is anchored to the fixed wall (5).
SHOWER CABIN WITH MOVABLE SEAT according to previous claims, characterized in that the vertical panel (1) is capable of being formed by a resistant body of plastic, metallic, resin or similar material, or it can involve a metal internal frame (22) coated with panels, ready to support and reinforce the body of the panel.