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EP-3226734-B1 - A BATHING APPARATUS WITH RECYCLING SYSTEM

EP3226734B1EP 3226734 B1EP3226734 B1EP 3226734B1EP-3226734-B1

Inventors

  • HONG MENG, Alan Chew
  • YIP, Chew Joon

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20151202

Claims (11)

  1. A movable bathing apparatus (100, 200, 300, 400, 800) comprising: a lower body (102, 202) comprising an engine components, including at least one electric pump; an upper body (108, 208) mounted on said lower body (102, 202) includes a watertight enclosure adapted to accommodate a person therein; wherein said upper body (108, 208) is a watertight enclosure having four sides with front panel (214, 306, 308) openable, providing a person to step into or out; wherein said engine components in said lower body (102, 202), configured to manage the water in the enclosure of said upper body (108, 208) by receiving water therein from outside and pumping the water into said upper body (108, 208) characterised in that thread-less bolts (104, 206) are extending from the lower body (102, 202), configured to assist the placement of upper body (108, 208); the upper body (108, 208) including a plurality of holes to pass through the thread-less bolts (104, 206) allowing to fit the upper body (108, 208) on to lower body (102, 202), the thread-less bolts (104, 206) are joined by a horizontal bar (106, 204) allowing the user to hold and move the bathing apparatus (100, 200, 300, 400, 800).
  2. The bathing apparatus (100) of claim 1, wherein said engine components include at least one electric pump (402).
  3. The bathing apparatus (100) of claim 1, wherein said upper body (108) is a watertight enclosure having four sides with front panel (214) open providing a person to step into or out.
  4. The upper body (108) of claim 3 wherein the seating space allows a person to sit, stand or accommodating a wheel chair of a disabled.
  5. The front panel (214) of claim 3 is configured with a drawbridge (308) to step into said upper body (108) arranged with rough surface.
  6. The front panel (214) of claim 3 is configured with a sliding door (602), which automatically closes said front panel (214) by pressing a push button switch.
  7. The sliding door (602) of claim 6 is configured to close from sides or from bottom.
  8. The bathing apparatus (100) of claim 1 can be configured with a rotating bathing apparatus.
  9. A movable bathing apparatus (100) according to claim 1 and with a recycling of water comprising: a lower body comprising an engine components, a used water tank (504) holding used water and a clean water tank (506) holding clean water; an upper body (508) mounted on said lower body includes a watertight enclosure accommodating a person therein, the upper body configured for receiving said clean water from said clean water tank (506) and releasing used water into said used water tank (504); wherein said engine components in said lower body includes at least one electric pump (502) configured to receive the used water from used water tank (504) and pumping into clean water tank (506) via at least one membrane filter (510).
  10. The bathing apparatus (100) of claim 9, wherein said engine components in said lower body (102) pump the water into upper body (108) by means of a shower bath arrangement or by a simple pump.
  11. The bathing apparatus (100) of claim 9 further comprises an additional water tank to hold the clean water for future use.

Description

Field of Invention The present invention relates to a bathing support apparatus for persons who are physically incapable of bathing themselves, particularly the disabled and elderly with limited mobility. Background of the Invention Various bathing facilities have been specially developed to address difficulties that are generally suffered by people with limited mobility such as the disabled and elderly, particularly those who are confined to wheelchairs, during their bath and/or shower. Such facilities include walk-in bathtubs, wheel-in showers and walk-in showers, which generally have a doorway-type of opening formed in one sidewall of the bathtub to provide accessibility of a wheelchair into the bathtub. Document JP2002126032A discloses a bathing apparatus according to the preamble of claim 1. Despite the fact that the above-described bathing facilities are able to provide a simpler access for the elderly and disabled persons to enter the bathtub, they however are not widely-employed for home use. This is mainly due to the relatively expensive costs for installation, and also largely due to the requirement of a substantially large space before they can install the doors, lifts, and tracks of the bathtubs. Furthermore, these are not usable by everyone in the household except the disabled users. As such, they may not be suitable for use as typical bathrooms of most private homes. Accordingly, it is the primary object of the present invention to alleviate limitations associated with these existing bathing facilities for the disabled users by providing a moveable bathtub that is transferable from one location to another, without the need to be permanently iffront panelnstalled or positioned in a standard bathroom, which generally are stymied by limited space. It is yet another object of an unclaimed embodiment to provide a bodysuit having straps that is slidably connected to a transverse supporting bar provided in a bathroom by means of an extendable and retractable cable, and which configured to lift and to hold the body of the disabled users so that they can step in or out of the moveable bathtub themselves with minimal risk of falling. It is yet another object of an embodiment of the invention to provide a platform configured to provide the disabled users a zero-step walkway connecting to the moveable bathtub. Other objects of this invention will become apparent on the reading of this entire disclosure. Summary of the Invention The invention is defined by appended claim 1. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are defined by the dependent claims. Examples and embodiments of the description not falling within the scope of the claims do not form part of the invention and are provided for illustrative purposes only. In one aspect of the present invention, provided a bathing apparatus specifically configured for elderly and disabled persons so that he/she could safely access the bathroom. The bathing apparatus having a lower body includes an engine components, an upper body mounted on the lower body includes a watertight enclosure adapted to accommodate a person therein, wherein the engine components in the lower body configured to manage the water in enclosure of the upper body by receiving water therein from outside and pumping the water into the upper body. The bathing apparatus having the engine components include at least one electric pump. The bathing apparatus having the upper body is a watertight enclosure having four sides with front panel open providing a person to step into or out. The upper body includes space for allowing a person to sit, stand or accommodating a wheel chair of a disabled. The front panel of the bathing apparatus is configured with a drawbridge to step into the upper body arranged with rough surface. The front panel of the bathing apparatus is configured with a swing door. The front panel of the bathing apparatus is arranged with a rubber sealer to filling the gap avoiding the water leaking out. The bathing apparatus having an upper body is fixed on the lower body by means of metal stand of the lower body driven into the holes of the upper body. The bathing apparatus having an upper body comprises an extendable or retractable cable to release or draw the wheel chair into the bathing apparatus. The bathing apparatus having the engine components in the lower body pump the water into upper body by means of a shower bath arrangement or by a simple pump. In another aspect of the present invention, provided a bathing apparatus specifically configured for recycling the used water to continuously access the bathroom without any deficiency of water. The bathing apparatus with a recycling of water includes a lower body comprising an engine components, a used water tank holding used water and a clean water tank holding clean water; an upper body mounted on the lower body includes a watertight enclosure accommodating a person therein, receiving the clean water from the clean water tank a