Patent ID: 9055847
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A47C,A47D,A47K

Abstract:
1. An infant bather having a head end and a foot end, comprising: a) a frame having an open configuration and a closed configuration, the frame having a first support member and a second support member, the first support member being pivotally engaged to the second support member such that the first and second support members pivot relative to each other to open the frame from the closed configuration and to close the frame from the open configuration; b) a flexible water bath engaged to the frame, the flexible water bath being watertight, the flexible water bath folding closed when the frame is closed from the open configuration to the closed configuration, the flexible water bath folding open when the frame is opened from the closed configuration to the open configuration; c) wherein each of the first and second support members comprise first and second endless elongate support members, respectively, such that each of the first and second support members defines respective first and second endless loops, wherein the first endless support member passes through the second endless loop, and wherein the second endless support member passes through the first endless loop; d) wherein the frame comprises a first pivot housing adjacent the head end of the infant bather and a second pivot housing adjacent the foot end of the infant bather, wherein said pivot housings engage the first and second support members, wherein at one of the pivot housings the first support member is disposed inwardly of the second support member, and wherein at the other of the pivot housings the second support member is disposed inwardly of the first support member; e) wherein each of the first and second support members comprises upper and lower sections, wherein in the open configuration the upper section of the first support member confronts the lower section of the second support member and the lower section of the first support member confronts the upper section of the second support member, and wherein in the closed configuration the upper sections of the first and second support members confront each other and the lower sections of the first and second support members confront each other; f) said first pivot housing comprising a first pivot block; g) said second pivot housing comprising a second pivot block; h) said first pivot block having a first channel running diametrically therethrough, said first channel receiving said first support member; i) said second pivot block having a second channel running diametrically therethrough, said second channel receiving said second support member; j) said first pivot block having a pair of first stops, each of the first stops projecting transversely of the second support member to stop the second support member from rotating in one direction, said first stops being positioned diametrically opposite each other; and k) said second pivot block having a pair of second stops, each of the second stops projecting transversely of the first support member to stop the first support member from rotating in one direction, said second stops being positioned diametrically opposite each other.