Bathtub safety seat

Claim 1

A SEAT ATTACHMENT FOR BATHTUBS HAVING SIDE WALLS AND AN END WALL, SAID ATTACHMENT COMPRISING A FRAME HAVING PARALLEL SPACED SIDE MEMBERS, COMPRISING A FRAME CLINED INWARDLY TO MEET AT AN APEX, SAID END MEMBERS BEING FURTHER INCLINED UPWARDLY TO PLACE SAID APEX ABOVE THE PLANE DEFINED BY SAID SIDE MEMBERS, A CROSS MEMBER JOINING THE SPACED END OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS OPPOSITE SAID APEX, A SEAT CARRIED BY SAID SIDE MEMBERS AND SAID CROSS MEMBER, BALL-SOCKET CARRYING BRACKETS ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE OPPOSED INNER SIDE FACES OF THE SIDE WALLS OF A BATHTUB ADJACENT THE UPPER MARGIN OF SAID SIDE FACES, AND BALL PIVOT MEMBERS ADAPTED TO SEAT WITHIN SAID BALLSOCKETS AND EXTENDING ADJUSTABLY FROM SAID FRAME ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CROSS MEMBER, WHEREBY WITH SAID BALL-SOCKET BRACKETS INSTALLED ON A BATHTUB AND SAID BALL-PIVOT MEMBERS ADJUSTED TO SEAT WITHIN SAID BALLSOCKET BRACKETS SAID SEAT ATTACHMENT MAY BE PIVOTALLY MOVED BETWEEN A POSITION PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE BATHTUB FOR CLEANING AND A SEATING POSITION WHEREIN SAID APEX ENGAGES THE UPPER MARGIN OF THE BATHTUB END WALL TO PLACE SAID SEAT IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE.