Patent ID: 6088847
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A moveable bathing seat for use in a bathtub enclosure having vertical walls, the moveable bathing seat comprising:a horizontal surface,means for attaching said horizontal surface to the vertical walls of the bathtub enclosure,a seat,a swivel assembly for swivelling said seat about a vertical axis, said swivel assembly having a top portion fixed to said seat, and a bottom portion secured to said top portion in pivoting relation thereto,a pair of spaced-apart rails having a low coefficient of friction secured to said horizontal surface, each rail having a channel, said channels in facing relation, andsaid bottom portion of said swivel assembly having two oppositely disposed runners, said runners freely captured within said channels for horizontal sliding movement of said bottom portion along said channels of said rails, said coefficient of friction of said rails being sufficiently low to allow said runners to slide easily in said channels with the weight of a person on said seat, such that said seat is moveable rectilinearly along said horizontal surface.