Sheila L Stone

US Patent:

20080052817, Mar 6, 2008

Filed:

Aug 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/846339

Inventors:

Sheila Stone - Lafayette CO, US

International Classification:

A47K 3/022

US Classification:

45711, 29592

Abstract:

A padded bathtub bar has resilient gripping feet and is adjustable in length by turning an actuating wheel. The pad is removable, and the bar may be washed in the dishwasher, as it has no metal parts. The bar may be placed in a variety of locations to allow various comfortable and stable bathing positions. The removable pads may come in a variety of sizes and configurations. The bathtub bar is lengthened and shortened by converting rotational movement of a hand rotation wheel into translational movement of an inner translation cylinder. As the hand rotation wheel is turned in one direction an attached threaded actuation rod turns as well. As it rotates within a threaded translation nut, the nut, the attached inner translation cylinder and one of the feet are caused to translate outward. Turning the hand wheel in the other direction retracts these elements and shortens the bathtub bar. A removable foot assembly is inserted into an end of the inner translation cylinder. After the removable foot assembly has been removed, the removable pillow slides off the end of the bathtub bar from which it was removed. The feet swivel slightly to accommodate slanted or uneven bathtub walls. The removable pillows may be removed and used separately for neck support and the like.