Impey Showers has revealed a revolutionary new shower seat in association with a leading UK occupational therapist.
The company had been inundated by requests from customers of all ages and abilities for an accessible yet stylish shower seat.
Shower seats are an essential bathroom item for those with mobility issues. They enable a person to enjoy showering as independently as possible, but traditional shower seats are very clinical in appearance, bulky, create trip hazards, act as dirt traps, and can damage floors.
Impey’s SlimFold shower seat is stylish, safe and functional and bears weight of up to 40 stone.
When folded, it has a profile of 111mm and the shower bench has a profile of 55mm. The thin profile enables the shower door to fold fully inwards without colliding with the seat.
The wetroom experts teamed up with leading UK occupational therapist and interior designer, Elaine Hollerhead, to design and produce the SlimFold. She had been troubled about the lack of a modern, inclusively-designed shower seat available on the market for a number of years.
She said: ‘In my capacity as an occupational therapist, I have been concerned with of aesthetics, functionality and safety of most products available to the disabled and grey markets for many years, especially in relation to shower seats.
“I was delighted to be invited to develop the SlimFold with Impey Showers and finally create a product that elderly or disabled people will actually want to use.”
Neil Whitehead, marketing manager at Impey Showers, added: “We firmly believed that existing shower seat design needed to be evolved and improved to provide the healthcare market with an exciting, aspirational and safe product.
“This product is outstanding and has been designed with anyone in mind due to its look and feel. We’ve had extremely positive feedback from end users, retailers and healthcare professionals and we are positive that the SlimFold will change the shower seat market.”
The new SlimFold shower seat and bench is available in 10 colours has been engineered to ensure maximum strength, support and durability. The products include a double curvature wall mount, cross bracing support and triangular structure which can support a weight of up to 300kg (40 stone).