Portable bathing chair for invalids

Claim 1

A folding portable invalid''s bathing chair comprising a pair of spaced apart lower parallel horizontal base frame members having caster wheels secured to the forward ends thereof, a pair of upright frame members secured to the rear ends of the horizontal spaced apart frame members, a wheel journaled on the lower end of each of the upright frame members, a rearwardly extending handle secured adjacent the upper end of each of the upright frame members to provide wheel chair propelling means for moving the chair from place to place, a pair of inverted ''''L''''shaped frame members having their lower ends secured to the forward ends of the horizontal frame members and having their rear ends secured to the upright frame members and having arm rest portions generally parallel to the horizontal frame members, vertically spaced front and rear folding brace members extending transversely in spaced apart parallel relation and connected at their outer ends to vertically spaced portions of the upright frame members at the rear of the chair and to vertically spaced portions of the ''''L''''-shaped frame members at the Front of the chair, flexible seat and back members secured to laterally spaced horizontal and vertical support members, a water supply tank secured to the back and adjacent the upper portion of the flexible back member to supply water for washing a person seated in said chair, a closed used water tank associated with the lower frame members, water supply lines from the water supply tank and spray means to wash various portions of the person seated in the chair, water collecting means to direct used wash water to the used water tank, and a controllable outlet from the used water tank.