Patent ID: 7111335
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: A47K,A61H

Abstract:
1. A bathing aid, comprising: a wheelchair separable into a seat unit for a bather to sit down on and a bogie unit located under the seat unit; a bathtub having an open top for receiving the seat unit with the bather sitting thereon; a bathtub supporter for supporting the bathtub while allowing the bathtub to change its orientation so that the direction of the open top changes between an upward direction and a frontward direction; an electrical driving power source; and a bathtub actuator for changing the orientation of the bathtub using a driving power of the driving power source, wherein the bathtub is held in an upright position where the open top is directed almost frontward to reduce a size of the area the bathtub occupies in the front-to-back direction when the bathtub is not used.