Patent ID: 6055685
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
Apparatus for bathing a patient comprising:(a) a portable frame being selectively movable to the location of a patient and supporting an open top tub for receiving a patient for bathing;(b) a membrane capable of supporting a patient for lowering said patient into said tub and lifting said patient from said tub, said membrane being positioned above said tub;(c) first and second spaced apart membrane engaging members for engaging opposite first and second ends of said membrane, said first membrane engaging member being a driven shaft which is adapted to receive said first end of said membrane, said shaft being capable of rotation in opposite first and second directions, whereby rotation of said driven shaft in said first direction causes a first end portion of said membrane to be wound around said shaft, thereby raising said membrane, and rotation of said shaft in a second direction causes said first end portion of said membrane to be unwound, thereby lowering said membrane into said tub; and(d) a drive mechanism for rotating said driven shaft, for raising and lowering of said membrane within said tub at the location of said portable frame.