Patent ID: 7328953

Claim:
An articulating bathing and support device for an individual comprising: a central support chassis comprising two articulating connector pairs joined by one or more lateral braces that can be variably sized to set the relative position of an anterior articulating connector to a posterior articulating connector within said articulating connector pair, each said posterior connector having a superior posterior connecting member and an inferior posterior connecting member that may be independently rotatably positionable about a coplanar arc of movement, and pivoting within said anterior articulating connector, each said anterior articulating connector having an anterior connecting member that may be independently rotatably positionable about a coplanar arc of movement, and pivoting within said anterior articulating connector; a transverse brace rigidly joining said articulating connector pairs; a positioning stand for said central support chassis comprising an anterior chassis support frame connected to said anterior articulating connectors and a posterior chassis support frame connected to said posterior articulating connector, said anterior and posterior chassis support frames being independently rotatably positionable about said arc of movement of said articulating connector and are rigidly held at more than one point within said arc; and, a head and thorax support frame connected to each said superior posterior connecting member.