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ActiveAid 285 Tilt In Space Shower/Commode Chair

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ActiveAid 285 Tilt In Space Shower/Commode ChairThe ActiveAid 285 is the tilt in space version of the ActiveAid stainless steel rehab shower commode line the chair OTs reach for when a user needs both clinical grade construction and genuine tilt in space function for daily bathing. The patented Gravity Assist Tilt (GAT) mechanism uses gravity rather than a motor or complex mechanical system to achieve infinite tilt positioning up to 30. The result is a low maintenance, easy to operate tilt that a

The ActiveAid 285 is the tilt-in-space version of the ActiveAid stainless steel rehab shower commode line — the chair OTs reach for when a user needs both clinical-grade construction and genuine tilt-in-space function for daily bathing. The patented Gravity Assist Tilt (GAT) mechanism uses gravity rather than a motor or complex mechanical system to achieve infinite tilt positioning up to 30°. The result is a low-maintenance, easy-to-operate tilt that a caregiver can engage without significant force, and which holds at any angle across the full range — not just preset positions.

The stainless steel frame is corrosion-resistant for daily wet-environment use and carries the same clinical build quality as the ActiveAid 600 Series — heavier than aluminum, longer service life, designed for institutional-intensity daily use. Frame widths run from 16" to 22". Seat widths are 16", 18", 20", and 22". Seat depths are 18" and 20". Four casters standard; 24" rear wheel self-propel option available. The chair rolls over most toilets at 19.25" seat height clearance, and can be used with the included anti-spill commode pail. Supports up to 350 lbs. Made in the USA.

Questions about tilt configuration or sizing for a specific user? Call 866-218-0902 — Mon–Fri 9AM–5PM · Sat 9AM–3PM

Specifications — Standard 18" Model

Brand / Model ActiveAid 285 · Tilt-in-Space
Weight Capacity 350 lb
Product Weight 55 lb
Tilt Mechanism Gravity Assist Tilt (GAT) · patented · infinite up to 30°
Frame Widths Available 16" · 18" · 20" · 22"
Seat Width Options 16" · 18" · 20" · 22"
Seat Depth Options 18" · 20"
Floor to Top of Seat 25" (front, upright)
Under Seat Clearance 19.25" · fits over most standard toilets
Overall Width (18" frame) 24.5"
Seat Width Between Arm Pads 20.25"
Arm Height Above Seat 7.5"
Top of Seat to Top of Back 22.5"
Headrest Height from Seat 22" – 30" (adjustable)
Legrest Range 15.5" – 21.5"
Overall Length (no tilt) 47" minimum with footrests
Overall Length (full tilt) 61" maximum
Casters Dual 5" locking · stainless steel / composite · standard
Wheel Option 24" rear wheels available (285-24 model)
Frame Stainless steel · black or white · corrosion-resistant
Back Adjustable tension sling-style
Seat Options Ensolite® · Comfortuff® · keyhole cutout for toileting
Included Calf strap · seat belt · commode pail with cover · gooseneck leg rests
Origin Made in USA

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Gravity Assist Tilt and how is it different from other tilt mechanisms?
Most tilt mechanisms use a mechanical ratchet or pin system that locks at preset positions — you engage the tilt, it clicks to 10°, 20°, 30°. The ActiveAid 285's GAT uses gravity and counterbalance to achieve infinite positioning — the chair tilts to exactly the angle the caregiver positions it, not just to preset stops. This gives more precise control for users who need a specific angle for comfort, pressure relief, or hygiene access. It also requires less force to operate than spring or ratchet-based systems, which reduces caregiver strain over daily use.

How does this compare to the ActiveAid 600 Series?
The 600 Series is a non-tilt clinical shower commode — same stainless steel frame quality, similar configuration options, but no tilt function. The 285 adds tilt-in-space for users who need that capability. If tilt isn't clinically indicated, the 600 is the more straightforward and lower-cost choice. If tilt is needed, the 285 is the right chair in the ActiveAid line.

What seat and frame width should I order?
Frame and seat width should be specified based on the user's measurements — ideally following an OT assessment. As a general rule, seat width should be 1–2" wider than the user's hip width when seated. Frame width determines overall chair width and must fit through bathroom doorways. Call us with the user's measurements and we'll confirm the right configuration before the order goes in.

Can it be used over a standard toilet?
Yes — the underseat clearance is 19.25" in the upright position, which clears most standard and comfort-height residential toilets. The chair also works with the included commode pail as a freestanding commode.

Is a self-propelled version available?
Yes — the Model 285-24 replaces the 5" casters with 24" rear wheels for users who can self-propel. Call us to confirm availability and pricing.

Is an OT assessment recommended before ordering?
For a chair at this level of clinical complexity — tilt-in-space, multiple frame and seat width options, configurable back and leg rests — an OT assessment is strongly recommended. Getting the configuration right matters for both the user's safety and the caregiver's ergonomics. We work with OTs across SW Florida regularly and can support the assessment process with product information and measurements.

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We work with OTs and rehab discharge teams across SW Florida and ship nationwide. Call us before ordering to confirm frame width, seat configuration, wheel option, and lead time.

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Works as a paper towel holder. Its a stick. It doesnt look like a cheap stick and it didn't break. Which means it met all my criteria. Great job.
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when having guests over, it's nice for each one to use their own towel instead of having a 'community' guest towel, or those fancy ones that people feel guilty using. This solved the problem.
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Anonymous B
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Format: Paperback
A wonderful book that illuminates the reality of the God of Israel compared to the ANE deities.
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F. Gwin
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★★★★★ 5
Excellent. An invaluable resource!
Format: Paperback
Recently I have been reading a lot of books that have told me that the Bible's story of Adam and Eve plus the Exodus etc. are all myths that are extremely similar. Therefore, we should rethink the Bible and change our understanding of it to a more modern worldview that incorporates this knowledge and denies any sort of originality in the biblical account. John Oswalt thinks differently. He thinks that the Genesis story of origins is not some random piece of Semitic or Mesopotamian literature, but that is really unique revelation from God (and is prepared to back that statement up!). The book is divided into two sections: The Bible and Myth The Bible and History Oswalt spends the first few chapters defining the world of the Old Testament and trying to find a definition for the word myth. He comes to the conclusion that a myth "the reflection of a certain way of thinking about the world. To be sure, because of the way in which it thinks, the fantastic is often found in myth. But it is not the presence of the fantastic that makes a piece of literature myth; rather, it is the presence of the mythic worldview." This worldview, he asserts, is based off of what he calls "continuity," which he describes as "when the human, natural, and divine realms are expressed and actualized [together]." The worldview that assumes continuity is based on the here and now, and is very panentheistic. Primordial time is a key factor and the gods are dependent on the humans. This is not so with the biblical worldview. The worldview of the Bible assumes transcendence - an independent God meeting with people on his own terms. He then compares and contrasts these views and shows the real differences between stories like Enimu Elish and Genesis 1. He doesn't deny similarities in the narratives, but he shows the differences in the worldviews. He then moves on to history. Just like the word "myth," Oswalt has to define history, because how civilizations have viewed history in the past has never been the same as Western civilization views history. Then he asks whether or not the Bible is history, and whether or not it matters. He makes several great points here, one of which is that ancient annuals and chronicles never recorded the defeats of kings, yet we find Israel's holy book littered with their failures and mess ups. This is a serious deal when looking at whether or not the Bible is history, because in the ancient way of thinking this surely stands out. He then looks at other questions, like "Are Biblical Faith and Biblical History Inseparable?" and responds to some critics (including Bultmann!). He then looks into the origins of the Israelites' worldview by means of authorship. Is the Bible a late text that was updated from an older, polytheistic one? "No!" says Oswalt. He deals with critiques here as well before moving on to a brilliant conclusion where he sums up the book and gives us a view of how modernism and rationalism are taking us back to the worldview based on continuity. Overall, this was a brilliant book and I wish I had read it sooner!!! It seems like so many authors today are trying to convince us that the Bible has so much in common with the other stories of origin out of an anti-biblical or liberal worldview (like ). However, under close scrutiny these criticisms do not stand up. I thank John for this book, and I will be recommending it to countless others!
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Cari Ring
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★★★★★ 4
Excellent analysis, decent theorizing
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While the analysis and argumentation presented in The Bible among the Myths is outstanding, the early chapters of the book suffer from a few problems. First - and this is mainly a complaint given my own preferences - the style of writing in chapters 1-4 differs noticeably from that of the rest of the book. While the introduction and chapters 5-10 reflect a learned, academic style, the first four chapters are written more casually, without quite the same rigor that characterizes most of Oswalt's writing. I am not entirely sure of the reason for this difference, and I wouldn't mention it if it were not for the second issue. These same chapters reflect their writing style in their content, so much so that I nearly gave up on the book after the first three chapters. While I appreciate the author's need to provide background information, definitions, and an overarching theoretical framework, his methodology as laid out in the text is much less rigorous than I would prefer to see. The first few chapters are much less heavily annotated, with fewer scholarly references and a great number of offhanded summaries. He labels his approach to the definition of "myth" as phenomenological, that is, examining the common characteristics of a variety of myths in order to summarize what is essential about them. However, his listings of these common characteristics are vague and poorly related to actual bodies of mythology that survive to the present day. Examples, when cited, are drawn almost exclusively from the Greek and Egyptian traditions. For the understanding of Israelite culture as it relates to its neighbors, this is certainly a fair beginning; for the definition of myth, which is a worldwide phenomenon transcending culture and geography, it seems very far from adequate. As someone who has a thorough knowledge of Christianity and Greco-Roman mythology and at least a nodding acquaintance with Egyptian, Norse/Germanic, and Celtic mythologies, I can at least begin to fill in some of the gaps in Oswalt's analysis. His generalizations, although sweeping, are not particularly problematic, but I am concerned that he embarks upon such a grand theoretical project without doing at least a little more specific analysis of various individual mythologies to demonstrate his points. More problematic in my opinion is that he groups all these various mythologies into a single worldview. Any number of scholars have tried to broaden the interpretations of myths to demonstrate that all cultures revert to the same basic narrative (The Golden Bough being the most famous example, and The Hero with a Thousand Faces being a more recent one); none of them has succeeded particularly well from a scholarly perspective. Despite this early weakness, Oswalt's work undergoes a dramatic improvement starting in chapter 5. His basic point - that the essential view of reality in Israel is demonstrably opposed to the view held by any of its neighbors - can be made without resorting to the sweeping claims of the earlier chapters, and he does an excellent job of presenting and analyzing the evidence for his view. His terminology (of "continuity" and "transcendence"), while not quite adequate to present an overarching definition and theory of what constitutes a myth, is certainly well-suited to his specific analysis. In particular, the analysis of the supposed parallels between the Enuma Elish and Genesis 1 is outstandingly done. After presenting a table with the usual outline of the Enuma Elish against the outline of Genesis 1, he simply proceeds to list the major plot events and how much time it takes to relate each one in the text itself. From this alone, it is readily apparent that the prevailing "outline" has intentionally been generated to encourage comparison to the Genesis account of creation. Such spurious efforts - minimizing the events of over 500 lines of poetry, while selecting 5 which bear questionable similarity to a verse in Genesis - are not honest scholarship, and kudos to Oswalt for pointing this out. I agree with a previous reviewer that it would have been helpful to append the text of the Enuma Elish in parallel with Genesis for readers to compare for themselves would have been a nice touch, but Oswalt's claims are not so elevated that they could not be disproven by direct appeal to the text. One final note. A previous reviewer noted that many of the authors Oswalt discusses wrote between the 60's and 80's, and complained that this made the book seem "dated." I am a graduate student in classics, and can assure those who are concerned that in any field dealing with antiquity, "dated" sources are often some of the most important. Unlike quantum physics, which has less than a century of history, the classic writings of antiquity and the history of those eras has been studied for over two millennia. Meaningful research begins, in fact, with the scholars of Alexandria who worked around 300 BCE; often the work they have done is not duplicated anywhere else. In the field of Ancient Near Eastern studies and Biblical studies in particular, there is likewise a long history of scholarly and interpretive effort. Sources less than a hundred years old are not dated - in the grand scheme of things, they are actually quite recent. It is also worth noting that many of the very recent books, which the reviewer presumably has in mind, are written for a popular audience and would not be considered truly scholarly efforts. Some are written by scholars, but those specific books are unlikely to come up in a serious academic analysis of the subject. The views entertained by those books, however, are very clearly addressed in The Bible among the Myths - largely because the scholarly arguments they were based on are much older than most people assume. Just because Oswalt does not mention names of popular authors does not mean that his argument fails to cover all its bases. All in all, the book is well written and persuasive. The earlier chapters might be found in any popular book on the subject, but the later chapters are more clearly of a scholarly bent, with corresponding vocabulary; readers who are looking for more of a lay approach to the issues may want to look for another author. However, the analysis of parallels between the Old Testament and the surviving Ancient Near Eastern literature is well-presented and balanced, and Oswalt's treatment of other scholars in the field seems to be fair. (I have not read any of their works myself, but Oswalt presents both strengths and weaknesses when considering whether an author's position is sufficiently explanatory and praises some aspects of works he disagrees with. He also is willing to point out when he agrees with some of the author's data, but draws a different conclusion. All of this strikes me as favorable.) The later chapters are thoroughly referenced in endnotes and draw from a variety of sources. Chapters 1-4: 3.5 stars Chapters 5-10: 5 stars Overall: 4.5 stars
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Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2014

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