US642168A - Attachment for bath-tubs. - Google Patents

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N0. (542,58. Patented Jan. 30, I900. A. T. SMITH.

ATTACHMENT FOR BATH TUBS.

(Application filed June 16, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADDISON T. SMITH, OF CAMBRIDGE, OIIIO.

r#t'l'TACHMENT FOR BATH-TUBS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 642,168, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed June 15, 1899. Serial No. 720,616. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADDISON T. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cam-- bridge, in the county of Guernsey and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Bath Tubs, &c.; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to attachments for bath-tubs and the like and is directed more particularly to the production of an improved support adapted for use as a seat for the bather and also as a holder for abowl, basin, or like vessel, the support to this end being constructed to be positioned whereby it may be brought below the edge of the tub when used as a seat or inverted to bring it above said edge when employed to hold a vessel, the support in either position being also available as a holder for articles of apparel or the bath, as will be readily understood. The nature of my invention will be readily comprehended by reference to the following detailed description and to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved support in position for use as a seat for the bather. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the support in inverted position for use as a bowl or basin stand.

Referring to the said drawings by letter, A denotes my improved support, and B is one form of bath-tub to which the support is adapted for application. The support comprises a shelf a, preferably rectangular in shape, but having rounded corners, which shelf may be of any suitable material. One side of the shelf may be plain, as shown, or so formed as to provide a comfortable seat for the bather, but the opposite side is preferably provided with a depression a to receive the base of the vessel.

The arms c of the support maybe of any suitable material, preferably metal. For economy of construction I employ stout wire for these arms, the arms proper being extensions of lengths of wire secured to that side of the shelf which forms the support for the bowl or basin. Each of the lengths is secured to said side by staples cl, the Wire being offset at the depression to prevent the wire, and consequently the legs, from movement. The wire beyond the shelf is bent upwardly to form the arms, and each of said arms, there being four in number, is provided at its end with bends, providing opposite hook portions 0 0 the hook portions 0 engaging the edges 1) of the tub when the shelf is in the position shown in Fig. 1, while the hook portions 0 engage said tub edges when the shelf is in the inverted position. (Shown in Fig. 2.) The length of the arms is such that when suspended within the tub the shelf will be at the proper height to afford a comfortable seat for the bather, and when in inverted position the length of the legs brings the shelf above the edge of the tub, so that the supported basin or bowl may be within easy access of the user. The hook portions 0 0 will conform to the edges of the particular tub for which they are designed as an attachment, and the dimensions of the shelf will be proportionate to the width of the tub, although if found desirable the legs may be bent outwardly or inwardly to conform to varying widths of tubs. In either of the positions shown the shelf affords a support for Wearing-apparel, articles of the bath, Ate.

My improved support is very simple in construction,and hence can be cheaply produced. The simplicity of construction likewise precludes disorder, and by the construction employed the support is efficient and is readily converted from a seat into a stand for bowls or other vessels.

I claim as my invention- 1. An attachment for bath-tubs and the like, comprising an invertible shelf provided with supporting-arms each arm having at its end the double hook portions 0' c oppositely disposed and conforming to and adapted to hook over the edge of the tub or the like, whereby the shelf may be securely positioned below the edge to afford a seat, or securely placed in inverted position above the edge to afiord a stand for a bowl or other vessel.

2. An attachment for bath-tubs and the like, comprising a shelf having a depression in one of its sides to receive the base of a bowl bring it above the edge to afford a stand for 10 or other Vessel, supporting-legs for the shelf a bowl or other Vessel.

formed of Wire having the offsets as described In testimony whereof I affix my signature the legs at their ends being provided with opin presence of two Witnesses.

5 positely-disposed hook portions adapted to rest on the edge of the tub and to engage the ADDISON SMITH sides of said edge to prevent transverse move- Witnesses: ment whereby the shelf may be positioned be W. T. NORTON,

low the edge to afiord a seat or inverted to ARTHUR BROWNING.

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