Patent ID: 6018826
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A collapsible infant bathtub comprising:a base having a foot end and an opposite head end, a bathing reservoir therebetween, said foot end and said head end of said bathing reservoir being provided with a stopping block, said base having a skirt on each side, each of said skirts being provided with a sliding groove extending the length thereof, each of said skirts accordingly forming a stopping board, the foot end and the head end of each of said skirts being respectively provided with a hole, the bottom of each of said holes being provided with several slots;a footrest and a headrest, each having a slider on each side thereof with a downward extending hook slidably engaging respective grooves in said skirts, a hole being provided in the upper surface of each slider, each said slider being provided with a catching member to abut each said stopping block on said bathing reservoir so as to prevent said footrest and said headrest from being separated therefrom;pressing devices being respectively provided in said holes of said skirts of said base, each of said pressing devices having a button and a spring, said button being provided with a slant surface at the top end thereof and a central hollow for said spring to be inserted there into, said button being provided with several barbs received in said slots, the end of each of said skirts of said base being slidably received in each of said sliders with said hook being respectively inserted in said sliding groove and with an inner surface of said hook respectively contacting said stopping board of each skirt, each of said buttons being pressed inward, each of said sliders being pushed inward along each of said skirts until each of said buttons protrude outward through said hole of each of said sliders so as to secure said footrest and said headrest to said base, and while said footrest and said headrest being collapsed, each of said buttons being pressed within each hole, each of said sliders being pushed inward along each said skirt to a secured position so as to collapse said footrest and said headrest for storage or carriage.