A. Body-rest to be Used in Connection with Sitz and other Baths and also as a Litter
Year: 1888

page_text: A. Body-rest to be Used in Connection with Sitz and other Baths
and also as a Litter
I JAMES BRODIE of Heath Royd Ilkley in the County of York, Hydropathic
Establishment Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
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This invention has for its object the construction of a Body-rest to be made in part
or in whole of wood, basket work wicker-work cane india-rubber gutta percha
papier-miche, metal metal-wire or other material and to be of such size and shape
that part or parts of the human body or even the whole body may be immersed
in a Sitz or other bath with ease and comfort to the person making use of
the same
I accomplish my object by constructing a Body-rest preferably of briss or copper
wire strengthened by bars or rods of the same or a similar materiil, and all of which
may or may not be electroplated
I construct my Body-rest either of a fixed and definite shape or I so construct it
that its shape may be varied
I construct my Body-rest so that it may or may not be fixed or attached to any
Lind of Sitz or other bath
Preferably so far as the Sitz bath is concerned, I attach my Body-rest to the front
part of a specially constructed bath in such a manner and with such an arr ingement
of counter-weight rack and pinion lever or springs, together with a handle or handles
to be grasped by the person making use of the bath, that he or she may have no
difficulty in effecting the necessary immersion without disturbing the position of the
body on the Rest, and in rising from the bath with or without the assistance of an
attendant
I attach my Body-rest to any flange or other bath in such a manner that without
disturbing the bodily position of the person making use of the sume, he or she may
partially or totally iminerse hun or herself or be partially or totally immersed by an
attendant
I construct my Body-rest so that it may or may not be connected with electrical
appliances and I also construct it in such inner that it may be readily detached and
removed from the bath and be utilised as a Litter
Dated this Tenth day of April 1888

page_text: and also as a Litter
1, JAMPS BRODIE, of Heath Royd, Ilkley in the County of York, Hydropitluc
Establishment Proprietor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the saine is to be performed, to be particularly described and iscertained in
and by the following statement
This invention has for its object the construction of a body rest to be made in whole
or in part of wood, basket work, wicker work, cane, india-rubber, gutta-perch,
papier mache, metal, metal wire or other material, and to be of such size and
shipe that part or parts of the human body or even the whole body may be
immersed in a sitz or other bath with ease and comfort to the person making use of
the same
I accomplish my object by constructing Body rest preferably of brass or copper
wire strengthened by bars or rods of the same or similar material and all of which
may or may not be electroplated
I construct my body-rest either of a fixed and definite shape or I so construct it thit
its shape may be varied
I construct my body-rest so that it may or may not be fixed or attached to any
kind of sitz or other bath
Preferably so far as the Sitz bath is concerned I attach my Body-rest to the front
part of a specially constructed bath in such manner and with such an arrangement
of counter weight, rack and pinion, lever or springs or other means of moving
the same together with a handle or handles to be grasped by the person making use
of the bath, that he or she may have no difficulty in effecting the necessary immersion
without disturbing the position of the body upon the rest and in rising from the same
with or without the assistance of an attendant
In some cases I dispense with the above described mechanism to be operated by
the user of the bath, and provide other means such as a cord and pulley by which the
user can lower him or herself into the bath and raise him or herself therefrom at
pleasure
I attach my body-rest to any plunge or other bath in such a manner that without
disturbing the bodily position of the person making use of the same he or she may
partially or totally immerse him or herself or be partially or totally immersed by an
attendant
I construct my body rest so that it may or may not be connected with electrical
appliances and I also construct it in such manner that it may be readily detached
and removed from the bath and be utilized as a litter
In the annexed drawings similar letters refer to similar parts throughout all the
views
Fig 1 shews in longitudinal sectional elevation, a sitz-bath a, and the con-
struction of a body-rest according-to my invention, mounted therein Fig 2 1 a

page_text: transverse sectional elevation at the line 11 of the bath a, and shews the body-rest
in back elevation The parts or side frames 6 b are connected by the studs or cross-
stavs ccc and the rods e 1-d, d, are studs or pins taking into sockets e, e, on the
axis f, around which the body-rest turns 9, is a toothed sector fixed to the side of
the bath a h, is a worm in connection with the said body-rest and takes into the
toothed sector g The worm h, being turned by means of the handle h 1 either by
the person using the bath or by an attendant causes the said rest with the person
therein to partially rotate around the axis f to such an extent as to cause the said
person to become partially immersed in the bath, are setscrews in the sockets e, e,
for pinching the studs or pins d d and fixing the rest in position ), is a weight
acting as a counterpoise in whole or in part to the person taking the bath
Fig 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a sitz-bath a, and body-rest comprising
the parts b, c, c 1, and axis f, as above described, the means employed for lowering
and raising the body-rest in this case being a cord 1, passing over one or more pulleys
carried overhead and operated by the person using the bath or by an attendant
When it is required that body-rest such as shewn in Figs 1 and 2, shall be used
as a litter, the counterweight, is removed, the studs d, d, are released by unpinching
the setscrews, when the body-rest can be lifted from the sockets ee by means of
the handlesk, provided for the purpose and which are removed after placing the
rest in the bath or where required Or in the case of the rest shown in Fig 3 the
weight is removed and the axis f, withdrawn, and the rest carried by each end or
other wise
When total immersion is required it will be obvious that the body-rest is
to be somewhat modified in form and the bath must be longer so that a person can
be placed upon the rest and into the bath in a straighter posture than in the sitz-bath
above referred to
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
1 A body-rest mounted upon an axis, and used in connection with a bath, the
rest being so arranged that a person supported therein may be readily immersed to a
greater or less extent in the bath with or without the aid of gearing or other
mechanical appliances substantially as described and illustrated
2 A body-rest for use in connection with a bath either for partial or total
immersion and so constructed that it can be readily detached from a bath and
utilized as a litter substantially as hereinabove described and illustrated
Witness-
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THOS E CRAVEN, CE, Fel Inst PA,
24, Victoria Chambers, Leeds
JAMES BRODIE