Patent ID: 8141184

Claim:
A portable personal hygiene apparatus, comprising: a water-impermeable user support shaped to support a person in a seated posture and with the person's feet on a support surface in front of the apparatus, including a support surface contoured to receive a person's body thereon and a raised side surface extending continuously from the support surface completely around upper and lateral side edges of the support surface such that water discharged onto a person seated on the support surface is contained by the user support and flows downwardly to a front lower edge of the support surface; a support frame fixed to the user support and having at least one wheel permitting rolling movement of the apparatus; and a basin selectively positionable in a retracted position beneath the user support and an operative position extending forwardly of and below the lower front edge of the support surface such that any water flowing off of the support surface drains into the basin; wherein the user support has a fixed position on the support frame; wherein the support surface of the user support includes an upper section which is configured to be engaged by the person's back and head, a seat section extending forwardly from the back section, and a front section which extends substantially vertically downward from a front edge of the seat section; and wherein the raised side surface of the user support is narrow in width such that an overall width of the user support substantially corresponds to a width of the support surface.