Bath lift

Claim 1

A BATH LIFT HAVING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING ELONGATED HYDRAULIC CYLINDER MEANS, MEANS FOR ANCHORING THE BASE OF SAID HYDRAULIC CYLINDER TO A SUPPORTING SURFACE, A MOTORIZED PUMP ASSEMBLY, MEANS HYDRAULICALLY OPERABLY INTERCONNECTING SAID PUMP ASSEMBLY AND SAID HYDRAULIC CYLINDER MEANS, LIFT ARM MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID HYDRAULIC CYLINDER MEANS SO AS TO BE MOVABLE THEREBY UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY, SAID LIFT ARM MEANS HAVING A FIRST PORTION EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID HYDRAULIC CYLINDER MEANS AND HAVING A SECOND PORTION CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST PORTION AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, A SEAT, MEANS MOUNTING SAID SEAT ON THE LOWER END OF SAID LIFT ARM MEANS COMPRISING MUTUALLY ENGAGEABLE AND RELEASABLE INTERLOCKING MEANS HAVING FIRST PORTIONS MOUNTED ON SAID LIFT ARM MEANS AND HAVING SECOND PORTIONS, A LIFT FRAME, THE SECOND INTERLOCKING MEANS BEING CONNMECTED TO SAID LIFT FRAME, SAID LIFT FRAME HAVING A PORTION EXTENDING BENEATH SAID SEAT, AND MEANS ATTACHING SAID SEAT ROTATABLY TO SAID LIFT FRAME FOR THE ROTATION OF SAID SEAT ON SAID LIFT FRAME ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS, SAID SEAT ROTATABLE ATTACHING MEANS BEING SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM SAID MUTUALLY ENGAGEABLE AND RELEASABLE INTERLOCKING MEANS FOR INDEPENDENT ACTION SO THAT SAID MUTUALLY INTERLOCKING MEANS CAN BE ENGAGED AND RELEASED WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH SAID ROTATING MEANS, WHEREBY AT TIMES WHEN SAID INTERLOCKING MEANS ARE INTERLOCKED SAID LIFT FRAME AND SEAT CAN BE LIFTED BY SAID LIFT ARMS, AND WHEREBY AT TIMES WHEN SAID MUTUALLY INTERLOCKING PORTIONS ARE NOT INTERLOCKED, SAID SEAT AND ITS LIFT FRAME ARE DISPOSED FREE OF SAID LIFT ARMS AND ARE ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED BY OTHER MEANS.