This is a pretty standard-looking walker that mostly older people tend to use, except it is waterproof, so it can be taken into the shower space (or even a bathtub, if it has a shower).

Obviously, it gives the person taking the shower something to hold onto, to help prevent a fall --or even to help get back up if a fall does occur.
-- Vernon, Dec 11 2010

Shower noose. Shower_20Noose
Shameless, blatant plagiarism. Equally practical. [8th of 7, Dec 11 2010]

I don't want to write a criticism longer than the idea, especially when I'm grateful for the brevity & clarity of your exposition. But. I maintain this idea is only suitable for very spacious showers / tubs, and that it would be unworkable, or even counterproductive, for standard walkers in standard bathrooms. Grab bars are better. Borrow a walker, and experiment a little (I have).
-- mouseposture, Dec 11 2010


Seems there is a need for a semi collapsible waterproof walker...
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Dec 13 2010


// semi collapsible //

i.e. perfectly strong, rigid and waterproof, right up to the point the user leans their weight onto it. ...
-- 8th of 7, Dec 13 2010


In what way are standard walkers not waterproof? The ones I've seen are just bent-and-bolted aliumiunium tubing, with a couple of plastic grips and some rubber feet.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 13 2010


Maybe they would rust in time, [Max]. The size is really the issue. If they were made in a rubbery style for showering, maybe then they would squish in.
-- blissmiss, Dec 13 2010


//If they were made in a rubbery style for showering, maybe then they would squish in.//

The same could be said of the geriatrics.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 13 2010


heh
-- blissmiss, Dec 13 2010


Obviously, folks, if the thing described here is necessarily too big to be used as described, then that's what makes this Idea half-baked.
-- Vernon, Dec 14 2010


A watertight walker sounds like a reasonable idea regardless, if they aren't already, but taking one into a space where there's a slick wet soapy floor and expecting it to work... that doesn't sound too bright.

Wotcha need in that case is a hoop-skirt frame.
-- FlyingToaster, Dec 14 2010


Women would like that. Not so nice for the men. Don't think.
-- blissmiss, Dec 14 2010


We're doing this all wrong.

Just think: the walker itself is a wrap-around frame of tubular aluminium.

So: all we need to do is drill a bunch of holes at intervals all over the frame, and add some nozzles. Then have a snaplock connector for a high-pressure hoze and - ipso ileum! - you have a take-anywhere, plug-and-play while- you-wait pressure-washer for old people!

As a bonus, a liquid soap feedline could be added, as could feedlines for laundry detergent and compressed air. With a little automation, you will be able to wash, launder and blow-dry your elderly relative before your very eyes.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 14 2010



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