Patent ID: 6286154
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
A portable bedside commode comprising:two identical frame members attached at one end to a back support so as to define generally a U-shaped space for reception of a user, the frame members and back support providing support for a removable waste container;each frame member comprising a long multi-bent member that rises at a slight outward incline angle from a floor to a chair arm height forming a rear leg of the portable bedside toilet commode, then turning horizontally so as to form an arm rest, then slanting at a comfortable angle upward and toward the front until it bends and turns against horizontally to form a standing position hand rail, then the member turns downwardly at a slight forward incline to form a front leg; the front and rear legs are connected further by an arch that extends from the rear leg, attaching to the lower side of the chair arm, reaches an apex halfway between the front and rear legs, then proceeds downwardly until it meets the front leg at a point opposite its rear leg point of attachment; a horizontal member is attached at both ends of the arch and to the front and rear legs; additional support is given by a set of members attached at the center of the horizontal member of the arched support assembly and extending in a V-pattern upwardly and intersecting the arch symmetrically with the vertical centerline of the arched member.