Self-help bath seat

Claim 1

In a conventional bathtub, a bouyant inflatable bathtub seat made of sealable sheet material and comprising a seat portion formed from two rectangular sheets bonded together at their peripheries, said sheets being sealed together at spaced points across their widths to form a plurality of cylindrical bulges to receive air, an elongated opening in said seat portion extending parallel to said cylindrical bulges, a back portion and two side portions each having a single inflatable chamber, valve means in one of said portions, the seat portion, back portion and side portions all being pneumatically interconnected so that all of the portions are inflated when air is admitted through said valve means, said rectangular sheets being sealed together along their edges to form a plurality of uninflatable tabs integral with said seat portion, a plurality of suction cups mounted on said tabs, said suction cups being adapted to temporarily hold said bathtub seat at Least partially immersed within a bathtub, tie means, openings in said arms for the passage of tie means around and under said seat portion to hold said bathtub seat in position relative to the buttocks of the user, and said bathtub seat providing a very substantial bouyancy sufficient to materially aid the sitting user in easing him into and out of water such as may be contained within said conventional bathtub.