Power operated bathtub seat

Claim 1

A POWER OPERATED LIFT FOR BATHTUBS COMPRISING A VERTICALLY MOVABLE SUPPORT HAVING A SEAT MOUNTED THEREON, SAID SUPPORT COMPRISING A SINGLE VERTICALLY ELONGATED MEMBER OF UNIFORM NON-CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA AND SHAPE THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH, A VERTICALLY ELONGATED TUBE GUIDINGLY ENCLOSING THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID MEMBER FOR GUIDED RECTILINEAR VERTICAL RECIPROCATORY MOVEMENT, SAID TUBE BEING OF A COOPERATING CROSS-SECTIONAL INTERNAL AREA AND SHAPE TO THAT OF SAID MEMBER, MOUNTING MEANS RIGIDLY SUPPORTING SAID TUBE WITH ITS LOWER END DISPOSED ABOVE ONE END OF A BATHTUB, SAID MEMBER AT ITS LOWER END HAVING A LATERALLY PROJECTING LIFT ARM, A VERTICALLY EXTENDED FLUID CYLINDER AND PISTON UNIT DISPOSED ADJACENT AND PARALLEL TO SAID TUBE AND CONNECTED TO SAID LIFT ARM, A SOURCE OF FLUID PRESSURE AND CONTROL AND SUPPLY MEANS SELECTIVELY CONNECTING SAID SOURCE TO SAID CYLINDER ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PISTON FOR EFFECTING POSITIVE LIFTING AND LOWERING OF SAID MEMBER, SAID MEMBER LIFT ARM, TUBE, MOUNTING MEANS AND UNIT BEING LATERALLY OFFSET FROM THE BASIN OF SAID BATHTUB, A SEAT ARM EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID MEMBER, SAID SEAT ARM PROJECTING OVER SAID END WALL AND OVERLYING THE BOTTOM OF SAID BATHTUB, SAID SEAT BEING DEPENDINGLY SUPPORTED BY SAID SEAT ARM FOR TURNING ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS WHEREBY TO SELECTIVELY POSITION SAID SEAT WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE SIDES OF SAID BATHTUB.