Patent ID: 8307471

Claim:
Bather movement apparatus for use with a sidewall opening bath enclosure, the apparatus comprising: a chaise; a stanchion having a stirrup for supporting said chaise; a pivot post extending exterior to the bath enclosure; a pivot arm interconnecting said pivot post with said stanchion and enabling arcuate movement of said chaise between a bathing position within the bath enclosure and a doorway position outside of the bath enclosure, the movement passing said chaise through the bath enclosure side opening; a roller disposed at a stanchion bottom, said roller being extendable from said stanchion bottom for bearing on a floor outside of the bath enclosure; an arcuate track disposed on a bath enclosure bottom for supporting the roller, stanchion and chaise within the bath enclosure; and a piston disposed in said stanchion for raising and lowering said stirrup and chaise as well as extending said roller from said stanchion bottom to bear on the floor outside of the bath enclosure.