Bath safety rail
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1. A bath safety rail for being engaged to and disengaged from a bath surface, comprising:
- a) a base;
b) a handle on the base;
c) a first suction cup confronting the base, the first suction cup having a first surface that engages said bath surface and a second surface that confronts the base, the first suction cup having a first central portion and a first axis extending through the first central portion, the first suction cup further having a first periphery, the first periphery being in a first plane and the first axis being at a right angle to the first plane; and
d) the handle being formed of two opposing pieces, each of the opposing pieces being on one side of a handle plane, the first axis being in the handle plane, the handle plane being at a right angle to the first plane.
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Abstract
A bath safety rail for being engaged to and disengaged from a bath surface. The bath safety rail includes a base, a handle on the base, first and second suction cups opposing the handle, cam followers on the suction cups that extend into the base, and cams in the base to engage and draw up the cam followers and suction cups to thereby create suction. The handle is two-piece where the pieces are separated by a handle plane, where each axis of each suction cup is in the handle plane.
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8 Claims
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1. A bath safety rail for being engaged to and disengaged from a bath surface, comprising:
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a) a base; b) a handle on the base; c) a first suction cup confronting the base, the first suction cup having a first surface that engages said bath surface and a second surface that confronts the base, the first suction cup having a first central portion and a first axis extending through the first central portion, the first suction cup further having a first periphery, the first periphery being in a first plane and the first axis being at a right angle to the first plane; and d) the handle being formed of two opposing pieces, each of the opposing pieces being on one side of a handle plane, the first axis being in the handle plane, the handle plane being at a right angle to the first plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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