Patent ID: 7856679
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A bath aid device for use with a bathtub including a bathtub wall having an upper edge, wherein the bath aid device assists one outside of the bathtub in the bathing of another within the bathtub, the bath aid device comprising: a base, formed with a padded area for kneeling, having a inner tub-facing end positionable adjacent to the bathtub wall and an opposing outer end; a seat carried by a seat support mounted to the outer end of the base for movement relative to the padded area for kneeling formed in the base between a sitting position of the seat away from the padded area for kneeling and a stored position of the seat near the padded area for kneeling; a chest support, formed with a padded chest engaging area, mounted to a chest support extension and positionable on the upper edge of the bathtub wall; the chest support extension mounted to the inner tub-facing end of the base for reciprocal movement between a lowered position of the chest support near the base for positioning against the upper edge of the bathtub wall and a raised position of the chest support away from the base, and in the raised position of the chest support for pivotal movement between a deployed position of the chest support away from the padded area for kneeling and a stored position of the chest support near the padded area for kneeling; and the chest support extension supported between the inner tub-facing end of the base and the seat support in the stored positions of the seat and the chest support.