US 12,232,661 B1
Bath seat apparatus
Shannon R. Bickel, Lakeville, MN (US); and Kasey L. Pipo, Elko New Market, MN (US)
Assigned to Regalo International LLC, Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed by Regalo International, LLC, Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/717,095.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/197,981, filed on Jun. 7, 2021.
Int. Cl. A47K 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 3/122 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bath seat apparatus for being engaged in a bath tub, the bath tub having first and second sides and a bottom, the bath seat apparatus comprising:
a) a frame having a receptacle for a child;
b) a first arm extending from the frame and having a distal end for engaging the first side of the bath tub;
c) a second arm extending from the frame and having a distal end for engaging the second side of the bath tub;
d) a third arm extending from the frame and having a distal end for engaging the first side of the bath tub;
e) a fourth arm extending from the frame and having a distal end for engaging the second side of the bath tub;
f) a first driver engaged to the frame that drives the first arm to and away from the frame;
g) a second driver engaged to the frame that drives the second arm to and away from the frame;
h) a third driver engaged to the frame that drives the third arm to and away from the frame;
i) a fourth driver engaged to the frame that drives the fourth arm to and away from the frame;
j) wherein the first, second, third, and fourth drivers are, respectively, first, second, third, and fourth gear assemblies;
k) wherein the first, second, third, and fourth gear assemblies include, respectively, first, second, third, and fourth pinons engaged to the frame;
l) The first, second, third, and fourth gear assemblies include, respectively, first, second, third, and fourth racks;
m) wherein the first arm includes the first rack, the second arm includes the second rack, the third arm includes the third rack, and the fourth arm includes the fourth rack; and
n) wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth pinions includes a face having an axis and a periphery, the pinon rotatable on the axis, the face having a first elongate spiral tooth having an inner end and an outer end, the inner end of the first elongate spiral tooth being adjacent to the axis, the outer end of the first elongate spiral tooth being adjacent to the periphery.