Patent Publication Number: US-2017347841-A1

Title: Bathing Chair Assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art including information disclosed under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98. 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to chair devices and more particularly pertains to a new chair device for sitting level on an uneven surface. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a chair that may be positioned in a shower thereby facilitating the chair to support a physically disabled user in the shower. A plurality of legs is provided and each of the legs is removably coupled to the chair. Thus, each of the legs may support the chair in the shower. Each of the legs is positioned at a selected height with respect to the chair. Thus, the chair may sit level on an uneven surface. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a top perspective view of a bathing chair assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a back exploded view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a cross sectional view taken along line  4 - 4  of  FIG. 1  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new chair device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the bathing chair assembly  10  generally comprises a chair  12  that may to be positioned in a shower  14 . The shower  14  may be a bathing shower or the like. Thus, the chair  12  may support a physically disabled user  16  in the shower  12 . The chair  12  has a seat  18  and a back rest  20 . 
     The seat  18  has a top surface  22  and a bottom surface  26 . The seat  18  has a plurality of slots  30  extending through the top surface  22  and the bottom surface  26 . Thus, each of the slots  30  may have a fluid drain therethrough when the chair  12  is positioned in the shower. The slots  30  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed on the seat  18 . The back rest  20  is coupled to and extends upwardly the top surface  22  of the seat  18 . 
     A plurality of sleeves  32  is provided. Each of the sleeves  32  is coupled to and extends downwardly from the bottom surface  26  of the seat  18 . Each of the sleeves  32  has a distal end  34  with respect to the bottom surface  26 . The distal end  34  corresponding to each of the sleeves  32  is open. Each of the sleeves may be aligned with an associated one of four corners of the seat. 
     A pair of arms rests  36  is provided. Each of the arms rests  36  is coupled to and extending upwardly from the seat  18 . Each of the arms rests  36  is oriented coextensive with opposite sides of a perimeter of the seat  18 . Moreover, each of the arm rests  36  may comprise a pair of spaced uprights and a central member. 
     A plurality of legs  38  is provided and each of the legs  38  is removably coupled to the chair  12 . Thus, each of the legs  38  may support the chair  12  in the shower. Each of the legs  38  is positioned at a selected height with respect to the chair  12 . Thus, the chair  12  may sit level on an uneven surface. 
     Each of the legs  38  has a first end  40  and a second end  42 . Each of the legs  38  comprises a first section  44  slidably coupled to a second section  46 . Thus, each of the legs  38  has a telescopically adjustable length. The first section  44  corresponding to each of the legs  38  has a plurality of apertures  48  extending therethrough. The apertures  48  are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along the first section  44 . 
     A lock  50  is movably coupled to the second section  46  corresponding to each of the legs  38 . The lock  50  is biased to engage a selected one of the apertures  48  in the corresponding leg  38 . Thus, the corresponding leg  38  is retained at a selected length. 
     A plurality of pins  52  is provided and each of the pins  52  may be manipulated. Each of the pins  52  extends through an associated one of the sleeves  32  and engages an associated one of the legs  38 . Thus, the associated leg  38  is retained in the associated sleeve  32 . A plurality of feet  54  is provided and each of the feet  54  is coupled to the second end  42  of an associated one of the legs  38 . Each of the feet  54  frictionally engages the shower  14  thereby inhibiting the chair from sliding in the shower. 
     In use, each of the legs  38  is inserted into the associated sleeve  32 . Each of the pins  52  is manipulated to retain the legs  38  in the sleeves  32 . Each of the legs  38  is adjusted to a selected height. Thus, the chair  12  may be positioned to extend between un-even surfaces in the shower  14  such as a floor and a built in shower seat or the like. The physically disabled user  16  sits on the seat  18  while bathing. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.