| 摘要 |
An apparatus (10) for enabling persons with impaired mobility to enter and leave a bathtub (12) includes a water inflatable shell (15) having a shape such that when fully inflated the shell (15) wedges between opposed bathtub sidewalls (14, 16) and has a top tapering (2) a platform at about the level of the top of the sidewalls (14, 16) so that the person may lower and raise himself into and out of the bathtub (12) by releasing and adding water from and to the shell (15), respectively, and the period of time required to transit a distance between the top of the sidewalls (14, 16) and below the top of the sidewalls (14, 16) is briefer than a comparable distance below the top of the sidewalls (14, 16) by virtue of the reduced volume of the tapered top of the shell (15). Horizontal tubes (30, 32) of elliptical cross section contribute to the tapered shape of the top and add stability. |
