WHEELCHAIR FOR BATHING WITH SEAT

• Main Authors: SHIMAMURA KENJI, TAKAGAKI TOSHIYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.08.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSESOR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING ORSTIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheelchair for bathing with a seat which has a simple construction of the seat of the wheelchair and can perform the bathing care for a bathing person using the wheelchair for bathing. SOLUTION: The wheelchair for bathing (5) with the seat with which the bathing person get on and off from the left side or the right side is so constituted that the seat (2) with which the bathing person can easily move to the wheelchair for bathing (5) is the seat (2) to move in a lateral direction of the wheelchair (5) or the seat (2) to tilt forward when a mounting section (16) of the wheelchair (5) turns forward so that the moving to the wheelchair for bathing (5) and the setting are easy to be performed, and that the seat (2) is a covered seat (3) which is constituted by putting a cover (20) on the circular seat (2) disposed at a hip receptacle (18) of the wheelchair (5) so that the cover (20) can easily rotate on the covered seat (3) and the bathing person sitting on the cover (20) can easily rotate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI