Patent ID: 6226810
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A portable bath seat for use with a bathtub having an outer wall defining an upper ledge, an inner wall and a bottom wall, the portable seat comprising:a platform having first and second ends, clamping means pivotally mounted to a lower surface of said platform adapted to clampingly engage opposite surfaces of an outer side wall of a bathtub therebetween adjacent said first end of said platform, a leg assembly pivotally mounted to said lower surface of said platform adjacent said second end thereof, said leg assembly being pivotable from a first stored position generally beneath and parallel to said platform to a second deployed position generally perpendicular to said platform, locking means for selectively securing said leg assembly in said first and second position, a seat, means for mounting said seat relative to an upper surface of said platform so that said seat is moveable from a first position adjacent to said first end of said platform to a second position spaced toward said second end of said platform, said means for mounting said seat to said platform includes an elongated slot along said platform which extends from adjacent said first end to a central portion of said platform to an opening, a locking member extending through said slot and being of a size to be rotatable within said opening but being non-rotatable within said slot whereby said seat may be rotated when said locking member is within said opening but is non-rotatable when said seat is moved so that said locking member is within said slot, and said means for mounting said seat including a plurality of bearing means extending between said seat and said upper surface of said platform.