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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mary F. Sherlock, Kerrville, TX (US);
Rainer Kuenzel, Hunt, TX (US);
Assignee:
Freedom Bath, Inc., Kerrville, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 3/02 ;
Abstract
A bath lifting system comprises a seat which is raised and lowered inside of a bath by a lifting device positioned inside the bath. The lifting device provides an aesthetically appealing system with the seat substantially covering the lifting device, thus obscuring its view. The guiding assembly guides the seat from a lowered position to a raised position facilitates ingress and egress to a bather. A composite bath embodiment and a retrofit embodiment, both with either straight up or laterally offset lifting, are disclosed.