The Brief
- Terrance A. King, a Polk State College graduate, created Clean Box, an autonomous self-bathing machine designed to transform the cleaning process at nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
- The invention was inspired by the loss of his grandmother, who passed away after developing infected bedsores while in an assisted living facility.
- King is now meeting with assisted living facilities to discuss his invention.
LAKELAND, Fla. – A Polk State College graduate created an autonomous self-bathing machine designed to transform the cleaning process at nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
How Clean Box works
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Armed with a degree from Polk State’s Engineering Technology Program, Terrance A. King invented Clean Box, an enclosed bathing capsule that covers a user’s entire body except his or her head.
“While you’re inside the machine, you have a lot of free room,” King said. “It’s very roomy, it’s very comfortable.”…