Patent ID: 7107630
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: A47K,A61G,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 and a drainage port for draining hot water from the bathtub; a cover for closing the open top of the bathtub except for an opening for allowing the bather to stick the head through; and an overflow prevention mechanism having an overflow port located on a surface of the cover facing the bathtub, a cover-side overflow pipe extending from the overflow port through a body of the cover, and a bathtub-side overflow pipe, one end of which is connected to the cover-side overflow pipe when the cover is closed and the other end of which leads to either the drainage port or an external drainage pipe.