Joseph R Norton

US Patent:

60556854, May 2, 2000

Filed:

Aug 4, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/128914

Inventors:

Joseph P. Norton - Cuyahoga Falls OH
Patricia A. Norton - Cuyahoga Falls OH

International Classification:

A47K 302

US Classification:

45651

Abstract:

Apparatus for bathing a disabled patient, comprising (a) a bathtub, (b) a flexible membrane positioned above the tub for lowering the patient into and lifting the patient from the tub, (c) membrane engaging members for engaging opposite ends of the membrane, one of the membrane engaging members including a rotatable driven shaft which is rotated in a first direction to raise the membrane and a patient therein and in a second direction to lower the membrane and a patient thereon, and (d) a drive mechanism for rotating the driven shaft in order to raise of lower the membrane and patient thereon. The preferred membrane is a woven nylon cloth.