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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert R Bly, Wellington, OH (US);
Assignee:
Invacare Corporation, Elyria, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4579 ; 45781 ; 297 94 ;
Abstract
A transfer bench facilitates assembly and allows for ease of reversibility. Particularly, a seat has a seat portion secured to a frame assembly. A seat back is removably connected to the seat and frame assembly depending on whether the bathtub is a right-hand or left-hand tub. A preferred arrangement is to use a pair of L-shaped members, one leg of which receives the seat back and the second leg of which extends through openings in the seat portion. Spring biased snap buttons snap fit in place and removably secure the seat back to the remainder of the transfer bench.