US3478369A - Back washing apparatus - Google Patents

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Nov. 18, 1969 E. E. ENSLEY BACK WASHING APPARATUS Filed Dec. 11, 1967 [NVENTOR EARL 5. ENSLEV United States Patent "ice Patented 31121:?

perforated as shown at 28. Wall 18 is covered by a flex- 3,473,369 ible resilient layer 30 of sponge rubber and the like. A BACK WASHING QE P water feed line 32 is connected via a shut off valve (not h 'l a 4 shown) to any of side surfaces or walls of the container Filed D i fif No 689,507 5 to introduce water therein which is then expelled through Int. (:1. A47k 7/00; A61h 9/00 the Perforatwns .s CL 4 153 5 Cl i In use, the container is ad usted to the proper height,

layer 30 is soaped, the water is turned on, and the user is able to obtain a complete and thorough back wash by ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE 10 moving his back up and down against the soaped continuously wet front surface of the container. g s gsf ig g g ii i ggg igg f a Stall shower for If desired, the channels can be replaced by rear mounted suction cups on rear wall 16.

While I have described my invention with particular reference to the drawings, my protection is to be limited only by the terms of the claims which follow.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION y apparatus includes a hollow container having Having thus described my invention, I claim as new spaced apart front and rear surfaces joined by side. surand desire to secure b Letters P faces. Means connected to the rear surface detachably Apparatus adapted to be installed i a ll Shower secures same to an interior wall of the shower. Means to be used to bath the k f a user, id apparatus secured to one of the side surfaces introduces water'into prising a hollow container having Spaced apart f t d the container. The front surface is flexible and resilient, rear urf and Side Surfaces, means to detachably for p being formed of rubber With a Corrugated cure said rear surfaces to a wall of said shower, means Surface having alternately Spaced horizontally extending connected to one of said side surfaces to introduce water lands d y which is Palforated Whfimby Waist is into said container, said front surface being flexible and e pe themthmllghresilient and having perforations through which water is In use, the user first applies soap to the front surface 11 and then moves his back into contact with this surface; 2 Apparatus as Set f rth in claim 1 wherein i by moving 1115 back With an P aI 1d down movement Wlth curing means includes a plurality of spaced apart suction the water flow initiated, the back 1s automatically cleaned. cups BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 3. Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said connected means is a hollow pipe. In the f 4. Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said front 1 i a perspeftlve 9 my lnventlon surface is corrugated with alternatively spaced horizontally FIG. 2 s a front view of my inventlon extending lands and valleys. 3 i acres? seFtlonal of my i l 5. Apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said se- 4 detafl ,vlew one Part of my mventlon curing means includes a pair of channels and guides for FIG. 5 1s a detail partially cut away front perspective said channels. view of my invention; and References Cited FIG. 6 is a detail partially cut away rear perspective 40 view of my invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,068,757 1/1937 Mishelle 4-158 2,290,378 7/1942 Motto.

EMBODIMENTS 2,305,982 12/ 1942 Morando.

Referring now to FIGS. 1-6, a pair of oppositely dis- 2,901,760 9/1959 Nelson 4-158 XR posed parallel vertical channel members 10 secured to a 2,9 9/1959 H ckney 4'184 XR wall 12 of a stall shower engage corresponding side walls 3,209,372 10/1965 Boyett et 4-158 14 of a hollow container having a flat rear wall 16 and 3,289,215 12/1966 Kennedy 4158 a spaced apart front wall 18. Thumb screws 20 hold the side walls in the channel. Alternatively, the walls 14 can LAVERNE D- GEIGER, Primary Examiner have extensions which are narrow and extend at right H Y K A S Assistant i angles for connection in a channel.

The container has a front wall 18 which is corrugated U.S. Cl. X.R. with horizontal parallel lands 24 and valleys 26 and is 128--65

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