Portable shower

Abstract

A portable shower that can be used in diverse environment and that can accommodate persons with disabilities that prevent them from being ambulatory. A base for the shower is of a size and shape permitting a person to stand therein, or sit on a shower chair thereon. A sprayer is provided comprising a tank for holding water, a hand pump for pressurizing the water in the tank, and a hose extending from the tank and terminating in a spray head. The sprayer is contained in an upright ledge integral with the base, located within the periphery of the base, and that has an opening sized to receive at least a portion of the sprayer tank. A frame formed from tubular posts is secured upright from the base. A clip secures the sprayer hose to the top of a tubular post to dispose the spray head at a location above the head of the user. A shower curtain is supported by the top edges of the frame to drape about the frame with its side edges opposing to form an entryway, the curtain formed with a cut-away at its bottom edge to accommodate the sprayer tank ledge.

1 . A portable shower, comprising:
 a base of a size and shape permitting a person to stand therein, or sit on a shower chair thereon, and having top, bottom and side surfaces;   a sprayer comprising a tank for holding water, a hand pump for pressurizing the water in the tank, and a hose extending from the tank and terminating in a spray head; and   an upright ledge having a top and having a bottom integral with the top surface of the base, located within the periphery of the base, the ledge upstanding from the base and on which the sprayer tank is disposed.   
   
   
       2 . The portable shower of  claim 1  in which the hose includes a mechanism for turning the water to the spray head on and off. 
   
   
       3 . The portable shower of  claim 1  in which the ledge has an opening sized to receive at least a portion of the sprayer tank. 
   
   
       4 . The portable shower of  claim 1  in which the base and ledge are formed as one piece. 
   
   
       5 . The portable shower of  claim 1  wherein the base is rectangular and the ledge is box-shaped. 
   
   
       6 . The portable shower of  claim 1  wherein the base is hollow and is formed with a plurality of internal structural supports. 
   
   
       7 . The portable shower of  claim 6  wherein the internal structural supports comprise cone shaped members that are formed integral with and extending normal to the bottom surface of the base. 
   
   
       8 . The portable shower of  claim 1  in which the base has a drain opening therein to allow water to drain to an area between the top and bottom base surfaces, and a drain spout fitted into a side surface of the base for expelling drain water from the base. 
   
   
       9 . The portable shower of  claim 1  including a plurality of tubular posts having top and bottom ends, the base having openings through its top surface around the periphery of the base and through the top surface of the ledge, each sized to retain the bottom end of a tubular post therein wherein to provide a frame of base-connected tubular posts upstanding from the base and around the base and sprayer. 
   
   
       10 . The portable shower of  claim 9  including a plurality of tubular members between and connecting pairs of the base-connected tubular posts to stabilize the frame. 
   
   
       11 . The portable shower of  claim 10  in which the connecting tubular members are disposed normal to the base-connected tubular posts. 
   
   
       12 . The portable shower of  claim 9  including extension tubular posts having top and bottom ends that are secured at their bottom ends upright to the top ends of the base connected tubular posts to extend the height of the frame. 
   
   
       13 . The portable shower of  claim 12  including a plurality of connecting tubular members between and normal to and connecting the lower ends of opposing pairs of the extension tubular posts to the base connected tubular posts, and connecting the upper ends of the extension tubular posts, whereby to stabilize the frame. 
   
   
       14 . The portable shower of  claim 13  wherein the there are no connecting tubular members between one set of opposing pairs of connected tubular posts and extension tubular posts, permitting walk in access to the shower. 
   
   
       15 . The portable shower of  claim 13  in which the connection are made with tubular tees or tubular elbows. 
   
   
       16 . The portable shower of  claim 9  including a plurality of horizontally disposed tubular members between and connecting pairs of the tubular posts to form top edges of the frame, and a shower curtain having top, bottom, and side edges, the top edges of the shower curtain being supported by the top edges of the frame to drape about the frame with its side edges opposing to form an entryway. 
   
   
       17 . The portable shower of  claim 16  in which the shower curtain is formed with a cut-away at its bottom edge to accommodate the sprayer tank ledge. 
   
   
       18 . The portable shower of  claim 16  in which corners of the shower curtain are formed with pairs of openings spaced apart from the bottom edges to the top edges of the curtain, through which strings can be inserted to tie the curtain to respective tubular posts. 
   
   
       19 . The portable shower of  claim 1  including a clip for securing the sprayer hose to a tubular post adjacent the top end of the tubular post to dispose the spray head at a location above the head of the user. 
   
   
       20 . A portable shower, comprising:
 a rectangular base of a size and shape permitting a person to stand therein, or sit on a shower chair thereon, and having top, bottom, and side surfaces, and a drain opening therein to allow water to drain to an area between the top and bottom base surfaces;   a drain spout fitted into a side surface of the base for expelling drain water from the base;   a sprayer comprising a tank for holding water, a hand pump for pressurizing the water in the tank, and a hose extending from the tank and terminating in a spray head, the hose including a mechanism for turning the water to the spray head on and off;   an upright box-shaped ledge having a top and having a bottom integral with the top surface of the base, located within the periphery of the base and formed as one piece with the base, the ledge upstanding from the base and on which the sprayer tank is disposed and having an opening sized to receive at least a portion of the sprayer tank;   a plurality of tubular posts having top and bottom ends, the base having openings through its top surface around the periphery of the base and through the top surface of the ledge, each sized to retain the bottom end of a tubular post therein wherein to provide a frame of tubular posts upstanding from the base and around the base and sprayer, the frame having horizontally disposed tubular members between and connecting pairs of the tubular posts to form top edges of the frame;   a clip for securing the sprayer hose to a tubular post adjacent the top end of the tubular post to dispose the spray head at a location above the head of the user; and   a shower curtain having top, bottom, and side edges, the top edges of the shower curtain being supported by the top edges of the frame to drape about the frame with its side edges opposing to form an entryway, the curtain formed with a cut-away at its bottom edge to accommodate the sprayer tank ledge.