Clamp-on grab rail for bathtubs or the like

Claim 1

A SAFETY DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO THE UPPER EDGE PORTION OF A VERTICAL WALL OF A BATHTUB, SAID DEVICE HAVING, IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF GENERALLY A-SHAPED BRACKETS EACH HAVING LOWER FOOT PORTIONS ADAPTED TO STRADDLE SAID WALL AND HAVING OPPOSED CLAMPING SURFACES ENGAGEABLE WITH OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WALL, UPWARDLY EXTENDING SIDE MEMBERS CONVERGING TOWARD EACH OTHER FROM THE FOOT PORTIONS AND INTO ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT OF THEIR UPPER ENDS AT THE APEX OF THE A, A SEPARATELY FORMED TENSION BAR FORMING THE CROSS-BAR OF THE A AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS AT INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS THEREOF BETWEEN SAID FOOT PORTIONS AND SAID APEX, AND TENSION MEMBERS ACTING BETWEEN SAID SIDE MEMBERS AND SAID TENSION BAR AND COOPERATING WITH THE BAR TO PULL SAID FOOT PORTIONS TOWARD EACH OTHER WHEN SAID UPPER END PORTIONS ARE IN ABUTTING ENGAGEMENT, SAID UPPER END PORTIONS OF SAID SIDE MEMBERS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM THE SIDE MEMBERS AND TOWARD THE OTHER OF SAID BRACKETS AND HAVING EXTERIOR BEARING SURFACES, AND A HAND RAIL EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID BRACKETS AND HAVING HOLLOW END PORTIONS RECEIVING SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID BRACKETS AND TELESCOPING CLOSELY OVER SAID BEARING SURFACES TO RETAIN THE BRACKET END PORTIONS ASSEMBLED IN ABUTTING RELATION AT SAID APEX WHILE PERMITTING RELATIVE TURNING OF THE SIDE MEMBERS ABOUT THE END PORTIONS.