US3862459A

US3862459A - Scrubber and massager apparatus

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Publication number: US3862459A
Application number: US410916A
Authority: US
Inventors: Fred F Brunette
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1973-10-29
Filing date: 1973-10-29
Publication date: 1975-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 1992-01-28

Abstract

A back scrubber and massager apparatus to be used in a bathing enclosure, such as a shower stall, to allow the user to wash his back or to give himself a back massage by merely standing with his back to the apparatus. The back scrubber and massager apparatus is adjustable for different size and type bathing enclosures, and also for users of different heights.

Description

United States Patent [1 1 Brunette 1 1 SCRUBBER AND MASSAGER APPARATUS [76] Inventor: Fred F. Brunette, 22804 Brookdale,

Farmington, Mich, 48024 [22] Filed: Oct. 29, 1973 [21] Appl. No.: 410,916

[52] U.S. Cl 15/21 D. 4/158, 15/97, 128/56 [51] Int. Cl. A46b 13/02, A61h 7/00 [58] Field of Search 15/21 R, 21 B, 21 C, 21 D, 15/97; 4/158; 128/56, 62 R [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,657,685 11/1953 Holland 4/158 X 2,876,765 3/1959 Day 15/21 D X 3,091,776 6/1963 Roberts 15/21 D [451 Jan. 28, 1975 3.115.322 12/1963 Fleming 15/21 R X FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 52,830 7/1890 Germany 4/158 Primary Examiner-Edward L. Roberts Attorney, Agent, or FirmHauke. Gifford Patalidis & Dumont [57] ABSTRACT A back scrubber and massager apparatus to be used in a bathing enclosure, such as a shower stall, to allow the user to wash his back or to give himself a back massage by merely standing with his back to the apparatus. The back scrubber and massager apparatus is adjustable for different size and type bathing enclosures, and also for users of different heights,

12 Claims, 10 Drawing Figures PATENIED JAN 2 8 I975 SHEET 1 OF 2 l, SCRUBBER AND MASSAGER APPARATUS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to means for scrubbing or massaging the back of a bather, and more particularly, to a motor driven back scrubber and massager apparatus having either vertical or spiral brushes or vertical or spiral rubber massagers which can be removably mounted in a bathing enclosure.

II. Description of the Prior Art Previous back scrubbing devices have come in numerous forms. Some have been designed to be mounted on a wall of a bathing enclosure, at a fixed height relative to the floor of the bathing enclosure, and yet others, because of their small size brushes, required that the bather move the brush to cover the area to be washed.

No previous device provides the combined attributes of the present invention, i.e., a back scrubber and massager apparatus which can be readily installed in and adapted for bathing enclosures of various sizes and shapes, which has a rotary cylindrical brush or massager which can be readily replaced to provide either scrubbing or a massage and which is of sufficient size to contact the entire length of a users back, and which assembly is adjustable to compensate for users of different heights.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a back scrubber and massager for removable installation in a bathing enclosure to provide a means for washing or massaging the back of a bather.

An adjustable support beam is adapted to be installed in a bathing enclosure by abutment of its opposite ends against the ceiling and the floor of the enclosure. A drive motor is supported on the support beam. A rotary cylindrical scrubbing means such as a brush or a rubber massaging means is also adjustably and removably supported on the support beam and is removably connected to the drive motor. The apparatus includes support legs each having one end abutting a wall in close proximity to the apparatus to make it rigid. For added rigidity, a support rod is connected near the top end of the support beam and has its free end abutting a wall of the enclosure opposite the apparatus.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A more complete understanding of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment. The description makes reference to the accompanying drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views and in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a back scrubber and massager apparatus installed in a bathing enclosure according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view taken of a portion of the structure shown in FIG. 1 enlarged somewhat for clarit FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view showing the connection between a back scrubbing brush or a massager and the drive means;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view taken substantially along line 55 of FIG. 1',

FIG. 6 is a side view of a gimballed bearing of the ap paratus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken substantially along line 7-7 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a side view of a portion of the apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a view taken substantially along line 9-9 of FIG. 8; and

FIG. 10 is a perspective top view of a scrubbing means of the apparatus of FIG. 1.

DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Now referring to FIG. I, a preferred embodiment of the back scrubber and massager apparatus, generally denoted as 10, is installed in a bathing enclosure, such as a shower stall, generally denoted as 12.

The apparatus 10 comprises a support beam 14 having its top end 16 forcibly abutting a ceiling 18 of the enclosure 12 and a bottom end 20 abutting a floor 22 of the enclosure 12. The top end 16 is threaded and is received in a nut (not shown) to vary the length of the support beam 14 and thus provide the means forlocking the support beam between the ceiling 18 and the floor 22 as will be more fully described subsequently.

A support fixture 24 is adjustably connected to the supporting beam 14, and a drive means 26, such as an electric motor, is mounted to the supporting fixture 24.

A bottom mounting fixture 28 is also adjustably connected to the supporting beam 14 below the support fixture 24.

A cylindrical scrubbing or massaging means 30 having a centrally disposed drive shaft 31 is rotatably connected at one end 33 to the mounting fixture 28, and is removably connected to the drive means 26 at its opposite end 35 to be driven in a rotary direction about its longitudinal axis as indicated by arrow A. The longitudinal axis of the scrubbing or massaging means 30 and the drive shaft 31 are generally parallel to the support beam 14.

In order to make the installation rigid, two pair of support legs are provided. One pair of

support legs

32, 34 are positioned at a right angle to each other, and are each adjustably connected at one of their ends 36, 38 respectively, to the support fixture 24. The other or

free ends

40, 42 of the

respective support legs

32, 34 abut different ones of two

adjacent walls

44, 46 of the enclosure 12. The other pair of

support legs

48, 50 are also positioned at a right angle to each other, and are each adjustably connected at one of their

ends

52, 54, respectively, to the mounting fixture 28. The other or

free ends

56, 58 of the

respective support legs

48, 50 abut different ones of the same two

adjacent walls

44, 46 as the

free ends

40, 42 of the

support legs

32, 34.

As can be best seen in FIG. 2, a support rod, generally denoted as 60, is provided to make the installation of the apparatus 10 even more rigid. The support rod 60 comprises a fitting 62 and a rod 68. The fitting 62 has a collar 64 at one end and a threaded bore at the opposite end 66. The collar 64 is threadably received by the threaded top end 16 of the support beam 14. The rod 68 has one end 70 threadably received in the threaded bore in the end 66 of the fitting 62 so that its length is adjustable and has an opposite or free end 72 adapted for forcible abutment against a wall or intersection of

adjacent walls

47, 49 generally opposite the apparatus 10. The collar 64 allows the support rod to be pivoted about the axis of the support beam 14 so that the support rod 60 can be properly aligned with an appropriate wall of the enclosure 12. The threaded connection of the end of the rod 68 into the threaded bore in end 66 of the fitting 62 which allows the length of the support rod 60 to be changed permits the apparatus 10 to accommodate enclosures 12 of various sizes.

Referring to FIG. 3, the support fixture 24 comprises a flange 74, a collar 76 connected to one side of the flange 74 and which slidably receives the support beam 14, and a fitting 78 connected to the other side of the flange 74. The drive means 26 is positioned on and attached to the fitting 78 so that its output shaft (not shown) protrudes from the bottom of the fitting 78.

The pair of

support legs

32, 34 are connected to opposite sides of the flange 74. For the sake of clarity, only the support leg 32 is shown in FIG. 3, the support leg 34 being identical thereto, therefore, while the following description refers only to the support leg 32, it holds true with reference to the other support leg 34 also.

The support leg 32 comprises a sleeve connected at the end 36 to the flange 74 at a predetermined angle of approximately 45, and a limb 82 slidably received in the sleeve 80. The free end 40 of the limb 82 has a cap 84 to abut a wall of the enclosure 12 to prevent the wall from being scarred. The limb 82 is axially slidably mounted in the sleeve 80, as indicated by the arrow to allow the length of the support leg 32 to be adjusted. When the length of the support leg 32 has been adjusted to suit the particular enclosure 12, it is fixed by turning a thumb screw 84 disposed in the sleeve 80 into tight abutment against the limb 82.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, a drive shaft fitting 86 is connected at one of its ends to the output shaft of the drive means 26 below the fitting 78 to provide a removable driving connection of the scrubber member drive shaft 31 to the output shaft of the drive means 26. The drive shaft fitting 86 has a socket 88 to receive the top end 35 of the drive shaft 31. The socket 88 is larger than the drive shaft 31. Two identical inverted generally L-shaped slots 90 are disposed in opposite walls of the drive shaft fitting 86. The stem portion of each L- shaped slot 90 is open to the open end of the socket 88. Further, each generally L-shaped slot 90 includes a notch 92 extending downwardly from the end of the leg portion of the L-shape.

The drive shaft 31 has two pins 94 located near its end 35 extending in opposite directions from the drive shaft 31. Each of the pins 94 is slidably receivable in a different L-shaped slot 90 in the drive shaft fitting 86.

To connect the drive shaft 31, and therefore the scrubber or massager means 30, to the drive means 26, the end 35 of the drive shaft 31 is inserted into the socket 88 through the open end thereof and the pins 94 are inserted in respective slots 90 through their open ends. The drive shaft 31 is moved laterally of the socket 88 until each of the pins 94 engages respective ones of the notches 92.

The pins 94 are prevented from inadvertantly disengaging from the notches 92 by a stop member, generally denoted as 96. As can best be seen in FIG. 4, the stop member 96 comprises a housing 98 attached to the exterior of the fitting 86 and a pin 100. The housing 98 has a bore therethrough which is coaxial with a bore through the wall of the fitting 86. The pin 100 is axially received through the bore in the housing 98 and the bore in the fitting 86 to protrude into the socket 88 just above the top end 35 of the drive shaft 31 when the 5 pins 94 are seated in the notches 92.

Both the bore in the housing 98, and the pin 100 may be threaded so that the pin 100 can be selectively axially moved into and out of socket 88. Alternatively. the pin 100 could be spring loaded in the housing 98 to be axially biased into the socket 88 in which case. to axially move it out of the socket 88. the user need merely apply an axial force to the pin 100 of sufficient magnitude to overcome the spring constant of the biasing spring.

Referring now to FIGS. 1, 5 and 8, the bottom mounting fixture 28 is similar to the support fixture 24, and comprises a flange 102, a collar 104 which is connected to one side of the flange 102 and which slidably receives the support beam 14, and a bearing retainer 106 connected to the other side of the flange 102.

The other pair of

support legs

48, 50 are connected to opposite sides of the flange 102. The

support legs

48, 50 are identical to each other, therefore, while the following description refers only to the support leg 48 for clarity, it holds true with reference to the other support leg 50 also.

As can best be seen in FIG. 5, the support leg 48 comprises a sleeve 108 connected at the end 52 to the flange 102 at a predetermined angle of approximately 45, and a limb 110 slidably received in the sleeve 108. The free end 56 of the limb 110 has a cap 112 which abuts a wall of the enclosure 12 to prevent the wall from being scarred. The limb 110 is axially slidable in the sleeve 108, as indicated by the arrow C, to allow the length of the support leg 48 to be adjusted. When the length of the support leg 48 has been adjusted to suit a particular enclosure 12, it is fixed by turning a thumb screw 113 disposed in the sleeve 108 into tight abut rnent against the limb 110.

Referring to FIGS. 5, 6, and 7, a bearing 114 is carried by a bearing retainer 106 mounted to the fixture 28. The bearing 114 has a central bore in which the end 33 of the drive shaft is slidably and rotatably received. The bearing 114 includes two oppositely extending pins 116 which are pivotally received in corresponding apertures in the bearing retainer 106 to allow the bearing 114 to pivot in a vertical plane about these pins 116, thus, providing a gimbal joint for the bearing 114.

In order to remove the scrubber or massaging means 30 from the apparatus 10, the user axially moves the pin 100 out of the socket 88 of the drive shaft fitting 86. The pins 94 of the drive shaft 31 are removed from the notches 92 by moving the drive shaft 31 axially upwardly. The drive shaft 31 is then moved laterally of the socket to move the pins 94 along the leg portions of the L-shaped slots 90. Next, the drive shaft 31 is axially moved downwardly moving the pins 94 along the stem portions of the L-shaped slots 90 until the end 35 of the drive shaft 31 is free of the socket 88. Simultaneously with, and in response to this manuevering of the end 35 of the drive shaft 31, the bottom end 33 of the drive shaft 31 is also moving in the following manner. As the drive shaft 31 is moved axially upwardly, the end 33 axially slides upwardly in the bore 115 of the bearing 114. As the drive shaft 31 is moved laterally of the socket 88, the bearing 114 pivots in a vertical plane about bearing pins 116, and as the drive shaft is moved axially downwardly, the end 33 slides axially downwardly in the bore 115 of the bearing 114. At this point, the end 35 of the drive shaft 31 is free of the drive shaft fitting 86, but the end 33 of the drive shaft 31 is still in the bore 115 of the bearing 114. To remove the end 33 out of the bearing, and to thus remove the drive shaft 31 and the scrubber or massager means 30 from the apparatus 10, the user moves the drive shaft 31 in a vertical plane about the bearing pins 116 outwardly from the apparatus until the end 35 is clear of the drive means 26. In doing so, the bearing 114 pivots in a vertical plane about its gimbal mounting to a point shown in broken lines in FIG. 6. The scrubber or massage means 30 then can be completely removed from the apparatus 10 by moving the drive shaft 31 axially to move the end 33 from the bore in the bearing as indicated by the arrow D of FIG. 6.

As can best be seen in FIGS. 8 and 9, the adjustable support beam 14 is comprised of two

telescoping beams

132, 134. The beam 132 is the larger upper beam. and the beam 134 is the smaller lower beam which moves axially within the beam 132. Each of the beams 132,134 has a plurality of apertures 136 spaced at predetermined intervals along its longitudinal axis.

The two

telescoping beams

132, 134 are selectively restrained from relative movement by a pin member 138. The pin member 138 includes a housing 141 affixed to the exterior of the upper beam 132. The housing 141 has a bore therethrough which is coaxial with an aperture 136 in the upper beam 132. A pin 139 is axially received through the bore in the housing 141 and through the coaxially disposed aperture 136 in the beam 132 to protrude into the interior of the upper beam 132 and through an aperture 136 in the lower beam 134.

Both the bore in the housing 141 and the pin 139 may be threaded so that the pin 139 can be selectively axially moved into and out of the interior of the upper beam 132. Alternatively, the pin 139 could be spring loaded in the housing 141 to be axially biased into the interior of the upper beam 132.

The upper beam 132 further comprises a threaded shaft 140 axially threadably received in a threaded bore disposed at the top end of the beam 132 such that the longitudinal axis of the threaded shaft 140 is coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the beam 132. A flexible cup 142, such as a rubber suction cup, is connected to the free end of the threaded shaft 138 to concavely face upwardly or away from the beam 132.

The lower beam 134 further comprises a flexible cup 144, such as a rubber suction cup, connected to its bottom end 146 to concavely face away from the lower beam 134.

To install the support beam 14 in the enclosure 12, the cup 144 is placed against the floor 22 and the support beam 14 is held by the user in a substantially vertical position relative to the enclosure 12. Next, the upper beam 132 is moved axially until the cup 142 abuts the ceiling 18, and an aperture 136 in the upper beam 132 is coaxially disposed with an aperture 136 in the lower beam 134. The pin 137 is then inserted through the coaxially disposed apertures 136 in the

beams

132, 134, thus, preventing further axial movement of the telescoping beams 132, 134 relative to each other. To further adjust the effective length of the support beam 14 in order to produce the required abutting force between it and the ceiling 18 and the floor 22 of the enclosure 12, the threaded shaft is turned in the appropriate direction to either lengthen the amount of the shaft 140 extending from the top end of the upper beam 132, or to shorten it, thus, providing a fine adjustment for the length of the support beam 14 which allows its use in varied enclosures.

The position of the support fixture 24 and the mounting fixture 28 are adjustable on the support beam 14. This adjustable feature is best illustrated in FlGS. 8 and As hereinabove mentioned, the support fixture 24 has the collar 76 which slidably receives the support beam 14. More specifically, it receives the upper beam 132 of the support beam 14 and is retained in position thereon by a pin member 148. The pin member 148 comprises a housing 150 attached to an exterior wall of the collar 76 and a pin 152. The housing 140 has a bore therethrough which is coaxial with a bore through the wall of the collar 76. The pin .152 is axially received through the bore in the housing 150 and through the bore in the wall of the collar 76 to protrude into the interior of the collar 76.

Likewise, the collar 104 of the mounting fixture 28 slidably receives the lower beam 134 of the support beam 14 and is retained in position thereon by a pin member 154. The pin member 154 includes a housing 156 affixed to the exterior of the collar 104. The housing 156 has a bore therethrough which is coaxial with a bore through the wall of the collar 104. A pin 158 is axially received through the bore in the housing 156 and through the bore in the wall of the collar 104 to protrude into the interior of the collar 104.

To adjust the positions of the support fixture 24 and to retain it in the chosen location, the user need merely retract the pin 152 from the interior of the collar 76 and slide the fixture 24 along the beam 132 until it is at the desired location, and an aperture 136 in the beam 132 is coaxial with the pin 152. The pin 152 is then axially displaced through the bore in the housing and the bore in the collar 76 into the aperture 136 in the beam 132, thus, restraining the fixture 24 from further movementv The position of the fixture 28 is adjusted in a similar manner by moving it to a desired location on the beam 134 and inserting the pin 158 into an aperture 136 in the beam 134 at the desired location.

The construction of the scrubber or massage means 30 is best illustrated in FIG. 10. It comprises the abovementioned drive shaft 31, and a generally circular top frame, generally denoted as 116, mounted on the drive shaft 31. A generally circular bottom frame (not shown) identical to the top frame 116 is mounted on the drive shaft 31 in spaced relationship to and concentric with the top frame 116, and a plurality of scrubbing or massaging members 118 are attached at opposite ends to the top frame 116 and the bottom frame.

The top frame 116, and bottom frame each are mounted to a hub 120 having a centrally located aperture 122 to receive the drive shaft 31. The aperture 122 in the hub 120 is of generally the same shape as the cross-sectional shape of the drive shaft 31. As illustrated in FIG. 10, this shape is preferably square. A threaded bore is disposed in the hub 120 so that its axis is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the aperture 122. A thumb screw 126 is received through the threaded bore and functions as a set screw by being tightened against the drive shaft 31 to retain the scrubber or massage means 30 in position thereon.

The scrubbing or massage members 118 are brushes, if the device is to be used as a scrubber or if the device is to be used as a massager, the members 118 would preferably be in the form of rubber rollers. The members 118 could, of course, take other forms as well. Each member 118 is substantially cylindrical in shape and has an axially disposed shaft 130. The top end of each shaft 130 is received in an aperture in the top frame 116 and the bottom end of each shaft 130 is received in an aperture in the bottom frame so that the shaft 130, and therefore the member 118, can rotate about its longitudinal axis. Preferably, the aperture 128 in which the top end of the shaft 130 of a member 118 is received is not axially aligned with the aperture in which the bottom end of the shaft 130 of the same member 118 is received so that when the shaft 130 of one of the members 118 is connected between the top frame 116 and the bottom frame, the longitudinal axis of the member 118 follows a generally helical path.

The adjustability of the

support flanges

24 and 28 and the adjustability of the scrubber or massager 30 assembly on the drive shaft 31 allows the vertical location of the scrubber or massager to be changed to suit bathers of various heights. Brushes or a rubber massager can be used as desired and the manner in which the assembly 30 can be readily removed permits the user to readily use the device as either a scrubber or a massager.

Referring once again to P10. 1, the installation illustrated therein preferably includes a reostat 160 on a wall of the enclosure 12 and an on-off electric switch 162 on a wall outside the enclosure 12. Both the reostat 160 and the on-off switch 162 are connected to the drive means, or electric motor 26. The bather may turn the apparatus on and off from outside the enclosure, and regulate the rotational speed of the scrubbing and massaging assembly 32 by manipulating the reostat 160.

The foregoing detailed description is given primarily for clarity of understanding and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, for modifications will be obvious to those skilled in the art upon reading this disclosure and may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the appended claims.

1 claim:

1. A back scrubber and massager apparatus for installation in a bathing enclosure, comprising:

a generally cylindrically shaped massaging or scrubbing means;

an adjustable support beam having a top end adapted for abutment against the ceiling of the enclosure, and having a bottom end adapted for abutment against the floor of the enclosure;

driving means for rotating said massaging or scrubbing means about its longitudinal axis;

a fitting to removably connect said massaging or scrubbing means to said drive means;

a support fixture to mount said drive means to said support beam for selective movement along said support beam; and

another mounting fixture to mount said massaging or scrubbing means to said support beam for selective movement along said support beam;

said massaging or scrubbing means having its longitudinal axis generally parallel to said support beam.

2. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said adjustable support beam comprises:

at least two telescoping beams;

a plurality of apertures disposed along the longitudinal axes of each of said telescoping beams; and

at least one pin selectively slidably receivable in selected ones of said apertures of said telescoping beams to prevent relative axial movement of said telescoping beams.

3. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

a flexible cup member connected to the top end of said support beam concavely facing away from said top end; and

another flexible cup member connected to the other bottom end of said support beam concavely facing away from said bottom end.

4. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as de' fined in claim 3, further comprising:

a threaded shaft having one end received in the top end of said support beam to extend upwardly therefrom in alignment with the longitudinal axis of said support beam; and

said flexible cup member being connected to the other end of said threaded shaft.

5. A back scrubber and massager apparatus. as defined in claim 1, wherein said cylindrically shaped massaging or scrubbing means comprises:

a drive shaft having one end adapted to be removably connected to said fitting; and

a generally cylindrically shaped scrubbing or massag ing assembly concentrically disposed on said shaft. and connected thereto for selected movement along the longitudinal axis of said drive shaft.

6. A back scrubber and massager as defined in claim 5, wherein said scrubbing or massaging assembly comprises:

a generally circular top frame having a centrally disposed aperture to receive said drive shaft;

a generally circular bottom frame having a centrally disposed aperture to receive said drive shaft;

a plurality of generally cylindrically shaped members, each attached at one end to the periphery of said top frame and the other end to the periphery of said bottom frame for rotary movement about its longitudinal axis;

means for selectively connecting one of said frames to said drive shaft.

7. The scrubber and massage assembly as defined in claim 6 and in which said cylindrical shaped members are brushes.

8. The scrubber and massage assembly as defined in claim 6 and in which said cylindrical shaped members are formed of rubber.

9. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein each of said members is connected to said top frame and said bottom frame such that the longitudinal axis of said member follows, generally, a helical curve between said top frame and said bottom frame.

10. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 5, further comprising:

a bearing to slidably and rotatably receive the other end of said drive shaft; and

a gimbal joint connecting said bearing to said other mounting fixture to allow said bearing to pivot in a vertical plane to aid in assembling and disassembling said scrubbing or massaging means from said apparatus.

11. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 1 and further comprising:

ably connected at one of its ends to said mounting fixture and having at its other end a free end. said free end of each leg being adapted to abut a wall of the bathing enclosure to provide a rigid mounting of the apparatus.

12. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a support rod adjustably and pivotally connected at one of its ends to said support beam proximate the top end of said support beam such that said support rod extends generally perpendicularly from said support beam and can selectively pivot about the axis of said support beam, the other end of said support rod being a free end adapted to abut a wall of the bathing enclosure to provide a rigid mounting of the apparatus.

Claims

1. A back scrubber and massager apparatus for installation in a bathing enclosure, comprising: a generally cylindrically shaped massaging or scrubbing means; an adjustable support beam having a top end adapted for abutment against the ceiling of the enclosure, and having a bottom end adapted for abutment against the floor of the enclosure; driving means for rotating said massaging or scrubbing means about its longitudinal axis; a fitting to removably coNnect said massaging or scrubbing means to said drive means; a support fixture to mount said drive means to said support beam for selective movement along said support beam; and another mounting fixture to mount said massaging or scrubbing means to said support beam for selective movement along said support beam; said massaging or scrubbing means having its longitudinal axis generally parallel to said support beam.

2. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said adjustable support beam comprises: at least two telescoping beams; a plurality of apertures disposed along the longitudinal axes of each of said telescoping beams; and at least one pin selectively slidably receivable in selected ones of said apertures of said telescoping beams to prevent relative axial movement of said telescoping beams.

3. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising: a flexible cup member connected to the top end of said support beam concavely facing away from said top end; and another flexible cup member connected to the other bottom end of said support beam concavely facing away from said bottom end.

4. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 3, further comprising: a threaded shaft having one end received in the top end of said support beam to extend upwardly therefrom in alignment with the longitudinal axis of said support beam; and said flexible cup member being connected to the other end of said threaded shaft.

5. A back scrubber and massager apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein said cylindrically shaped massaging or scrubbing means comprises: a drive shaft having one end adapted to be removably connected to said fitting; and a generally cylindrically shaped scrubbing or massaging assembly concentrically disposed on said shaft, and connected thereto for selected movement along the longitudinal axis of said drive shaft.

6. A back scrubber and massager as defined in claim 5, wherein said scrubbing or massaging assembly comprises: a generally circular top frame having a centrally disposed aperture to receive said drive shaft; a generally circular bottom frame having a centrally disposed aperture to receive said drive shaft; a plurality of generally cylindrically shaped members, each attached at one end to the periphery of said top frame and the other end to the periphery of said bottom frame for rotary movement about its longitudinal axis; means for selectively connecting one of said frames to said drive shaft.

10. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 5, further comprising: a bearing to slidably and rotatably receive the other end of said drive shaft; and a gimbal joint connecting said bearing to said other mounting fixture to allow said bearing to pivot in a vertical plane to aid in assembling and disassembling said scrubbing or massaging means from said apparatus.

11. A back scrubber and massager apparatus as defined in claim 1 and further comprising: a pair of support legs disposed at substantially a right angle to each other, each leg being adjustably connected at one of its ends to said fixture and having its other end a free end, said free end of each leg being adapted to abut a wall of the bathing enclosure to provide a rigid mounting of the apparatus; and another pair of support legs disposed at substantially a right angle to each other, each leg beIng adjustably connected at one of its ends to said mounting fixture and having at its other end a free end, said free end of each leg being adapted to abut a wall of the bathing enclosure to provide a rigid mounting of the apparatus.