Sink mounted bathing device

Abstract

An infant bathing device having the undersurface thereof contoured for being removably received in resting position on a double sink, the device having a first trough portion configured and contoured for receiving the body of the infant, the first trough portion adjacent one end of the device having an upwardly extending back and head supporting portion extending above the highest point of the first trough portion. The device includes a second shallower trough portion adjacent the other end thereof for receiving bathing articles such as soap and the like. Intermediate the two trough portions is an overflow divider spaced below the upper periphery of the main body of the device, the divider having the undersurface thereof configured for resting on the divider of a double kitchen sink with the back and head supporting portion abutting one end of the sink. The back supporting portion may optionally be provided with handle means with the entire device being formed in an integral unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A unitary device for infant bathing, said device being configured for use on a double basin kitchen sink having a raised partition between the basins; said device comprising: substantially peripheral ridge means defining a top opening;   a first trough portion generally configured and contoured for receiving the body of an infant therein, said first trough portion including an upwardly extending back and head supporting surface extending above the plane of said opening;   a second trough portion adjacent the end of said device opposite said supporting surface, said second trough portion having a shallower depth than said first trough portion; and   a divider portion between said first and second trough portions, one end of said ridge means and the undersurface of said divider portion adjacent said back and head supporting surface being configured and dimensioned for setting said device over a double basin sink with said one end of the ridge means resting on an edge region of the sink and the undersurface at the divider portion resting on and being retained in position by the partition of said sink; said first trough portion includes horizontally disposed ledge means mating, with said divider portion generally opposite said supporting surface and configured for enabling the feet of the infant to rest thereon.   
     
     
       2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said divider portion has an upper surface thereof spaced from the plane of said opening for permitting water in said first trough portion to overflow into said second trough portion. 
     
     
       3. The combination according to claim 2, wherein said second trough portion includes drain means for permitting water therein to drain into the sink. 
     
     
       4. The combination according to claim 3 wherein said supporting surface includes handle means on the undersurface thereof adjacent the end thereof. 
     
     
       5. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said ridge means is a substantially peripheral outwardly extending flange configured for providing rigidity to said device. 
     
     
       6. The combination according to claim 5 wherein said device is formed from a linear polyethylene plastic composition. 
     
     
       7. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said supporting surface is generally planar. 
     
     
       8. The combination according to claim 7 wherein said second trough portion is provided with means for retaining accessory bathing articles. .Iadd. 
     
     
       9.  An infant bathing device generally configured for use in a double basin kitchen sink having a raised partition between the basins, comprising: ridge means defining a top opening;   a first trough portion for receiving the infant therein, said first trough portion including an uppermost part including an upwardly extending back and head supporting surface extending above the general plane of said top opening;   a second trough portion;   a divider portion located between the first and second trough portions and having an upper substantially horizontal surface and an outwardly directed surface substantially parallel to the general plane of said top opening for being received on the upper edge of the sink partition, said divider portion further including first and second spaced apart side walls angularly intersecting said outwardly directed surface each for extending into a respective sink basin at each side of the partition to prevent translation of the bathing device in a direction transversely of the partition;   the inner wall surface of the divider portion first side wall being integrally joined with the first trough portion and serving as a footrest for the infant; and   portions of the ridge means extending generally parallel to the divider portion horizontal surface and lying below the uppermost part of the first trough portion to define a lip for being restingly received on the sink immediately adjacent a sink basin. .Iaddend.