Patent ID: 6336231
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A portable, universal, self-inflating, bathtub liner comprising:a plurality of vertical inflated tube cushions adapted to be positioned around the inside of the total outer perimeter of a conventional bathtub, said vertical inflated tube cushions being connected together along their linear axis perpendicularly tangent to one another and forming a pair of air passage ports for allowing communication of air during inflation and deflation from one vertical inflated tube cushion to another; a plurality of horizontal inflated tube cushions positioned along the bottom of the portable, universal self-inflating, bathtub liner and adapted to rest upon the bottom surface of the conventional bathtub and physically attached to the vertical inflated tube cushions around their lower periphery, said horizontal inflated tube cushions being connected together along their linear axis perpendicularly tangent to one another and forming a pair of air passage ports for allowing communication of air during inflation and deflation from one horizontal inflated tube cushion to another; and a drain flap assembly, said drain flap assembly positioned near the outer perimeter of the surface composed of the horizontal inflated tube cushions near the end of the lengthwise dimension; and wherein water that is held inside the portable, universal, self-inflating, bathtub liner is released through the drain flap assembly and exits through the conventional tub drain as provided on the conventional bathtub.