US20090230738A1

US20090230738A1 - Pedicure Chair and Mini Spa

Info

Publication number: US20090230738A1
Application number: US12/190,609
Authority: US
Inventors: Kevin Le; Thanh Le
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2008-03-13
Filing date: 2008-08-13
Publication date: 2009-09-17

Abstract

A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult may include a tub member for the feet of the user, a seat member for the user to sit on, a back rest member connected to the seat member to rest the back of the user, a head rest member connected to the back rest member to rest the head of the user, and an arm member connected to the back rest member to rest the arms of the user. The back rest member may correspond to a first decoration to catch the attention of the child or young adult, and the head rest member may correspond to the first decoration to catch the attention of the child or young adult. The arm member may be decorated to catch the attention of the child or young adult. The first decoration may correspond to a car, and the first decoration may correspond to a princess. The first decoration may correspond to a little house, and the first decoration may correspond to a castle. The first decoration may correspond to an animal, and the first decoration may correspond to a movie character.

Description

PRIORITY

The present application is a continuation in part of the application with a Ser. No. 12/047,340 and filed on Mar. 13, 2008 and with a title of Pedicure chair and Mini spa

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to chairs used for services such as pedicures, manicures, facials and other related services, and more specifically to such a pedicure chair for a child or young adult.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART

Chairs used in professional beauty salons have become particularly versatile, allowing a customer to receive a facial, manicure, and pedicure while sitting at a single work station. Such chairs may include a removable work tray installed after a client sits in the salon chair for resting the client's hand on such work tray to facilitate a manicure. Such chairs may also include a pedicure basin at the foot of the chair to facilitate pedicure services. The pedicure basin typically includes a faucet for adding water to the basin, a drain for draining water from the basin, and may further include water pressure jets for inducing a Jacuzzi-type whirlpool action to massage and clean the client's feet.
In the case of known chairs of the type wherein the pedicure basin is secured to the foot of the salon chair, the client must typically step into the pedicure basin en route to sitting in the chair.
In some cases, children may use the pedicure chair which could be reduced in size. The children who use these chairs may have a difficult time maintaining their attention on the pedicure.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,052,082 discloses a salon chair includes a pedicure basin positioned between the foot of the chair and a front step opposite the foot of the chair. The pedicure basin includes a bottom floor, a perforated stepping surface above the bottom floor of the basin, and a nozzle assembly disposed between the bottom floor and the stepping surface for agitating water in the pedicure basin. Pressurized air is directed out of the nozzle assembly to induce a whirlpool action in the water held by the basin. The stepping surface may remain in the pedicure basin for days at a time, but may be removed when desired for cleaning purposes. The front step includes a cut-out, or groove, allowing allows a technician's chair to pull up closer to a person seated in the salon chair.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,732,387 discloses a pedicure treatment system including a receptacle for immersion treatment with jet action. A re-circulating circuit is coupled to a source of sanitizing agent through a metering pump. Different automated sanitizing modes are carried out according to programmed recirculation of the sanitizing agent. Automated fill control with level sensors and power drain features are provided.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,845,650 discloses a pedicure stand including a horizontal beam, first and second legs fixed to a first end of the beam and extending downwardly therefrom and inclined outwardly away from each other, third and fourth legs fixed to a second end of the beam and extending downwardly therefrom and inclined outwardly away from each other, and a pad of soft material fixed to an upper surface of the horizontal beam.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,075,457 discloses a bench unit, being fitted with compartments open to the top and with covered side compartments for use in rendering a pedicure treatment. The bench is of a height to enable a seated patient to rest one or both feet in individual open compartments with a first central flat tray section serving as a rest for a foot being treated or as a storage space for treating implements or towels. Two of the open compartments are fitted with removable foot bath pans with the walls of these bathing compartments fitted with electrical heating elements.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,939,825 discloses an apparatus for pedicure including an open top treatment chamber receptive of at least one human foot within an upwardly opening generally channel shaped foot-receiving device within the chamber and provided with foot-scrubbing means, a foot rest within the device, and means for effecting relative reciprocation between the device and the foot rest for foot-scrubbing action. Provisions are made for spraying treatment fluid on the foot, alternating with drying air. Recirculation of liquid treating fluid can be effected.

SUMMARY

A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult may include a tub member for the feet of the user, a seat member for the user to sit on, a back rest member connected to the seat member to rest the back of the user, a head rest member connected to the back rest member to rest the head of the user, and an arm member connected to the back rest member to rest the arms of the user.
The pedicure chair may correspond to a first decoration to catch the attention of the child or young adult, and the head rest member may correspond to the first decoration to catch the attention of the child or young adult. The arm member may be decorated to catch the attention of the child or young adult.
The tub member may be decorated to catch the attention of the child or young adult.
The first decoration may correspond to any design that simulates a movie character, animal, shape or object to catch the attention of the child or young adult.
The first decoration may correspond to a little house, and the first decoration may correspond to a castle.
The first decoration may correspond to an animal, and the first decoration may correspond to a movie character.
The arm member may rotate with respect to the back rest member, and the head rest member may detach from the back rest member.
The tub member may be connected to a stand member for supporting a entertainment device, and the entertainment device may be a DVD device.
The entertainment device may be a music player, and the first decoration of the back rest member may be interchanged with a second decoration of the back rest member.
The first decoration of the head rest member may be interchanged with a second decoration of the head rest member, and the stand may be positioned on the right side of the pedicure chair.
The stand may be positioned on the left or right side of the pedicure chair, and the stand can be positioned at a varying height.
The stand can be positioned at a varying view angle, and the entertainment device may be a game.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention may be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which, like reference numerals identify like elements, and in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of the pedicure mini spa of the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a front view of the pedicure mini spa of the present invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates a front view of another embodiment of the pedicure mini spa of the present invention;

FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram form examples of the entertainment device that can be used with the pedicure mini spa of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention relates to a mini spa which is adapted to be used in beauty salons to provide pedicures for kids and young adults. The mini spa of the present invention may include an entertainment device to entertain the user of the mini spa. Most adults can be entertained by reading a book or magazine. However, children and young adults usually do not find a book or magazine to be sufficiently entertaining in order to hold their attention for sufficiently long amount of time. These children and young adults are generally more entertained by a DVD player, computer games or a music player. Consequently, the present invention incorporates these devices into entertainment system which is part of the mini spa and connected chair. The system includes a holder to position the entertainment device and to adjust the entertainment system in order to vary the height and to vary the view angle for the user of the mini spa and connected chair. The chair connected to the mini spa may be decorated in order to catch the attention of a child or young adult. The chair may be constructed in accordance with the tube design such that it stimulates children's attraction such as a car, an animal, a movie character, a princess or any such appropriate object. Alternatively, the entire pedicure chair may be decorated in order to catch the attention of the child or young adult. The chair may be constructed such that it stimulates a car, an animal, a movie character, a princess, a little house, a castle or any other type of object which would attract the attention of a child. The chair connected to the mini spa is decorated to simulate any animal such as a bear, animated figure, panda bear or other such desirable animal. The chair may have armrests which are made to resemble paws of the animal, and armrests are movable in order to facilitate entry and exit of the user of the chair. The back rest of the chair may have colors which are compatible with the coloring of the animal. The head rest which is in the form of an animal head can be detached in order to be converted to a different animal.
FIG. 1 illustrates a pedicure spa, chair and entertainment system shown generally by reference element 100. The spa chair 111 includes a seat member 113 for the user of the spa chair 111 to sit while having a pedicure. The seat member 113 is connected to a back rest member 115 for the user of the spa chair 111 to support his/her back. The seat member 113 and the back rest member 115 may be color-coordinated in order to simulate the coloring of the animals or animal which is trying to be represented.
FIG. 1 illustrates a pair of arm members 107 which are connected to the back rest member 115, and the arm members 107 are rotatable with respect to the back rest member 115 so that the arm members 107 can be rotated to allow the user easy access to the spa chair 111. Furthermore, FIG. 1 illustrates a head rest member 117 which is in the form of an animal head in order to further create the illusion that the chair 111 is a simulated animal. The head rest member 117 includes an ear member 101 which is formed to represent the ear of the animal, a nose member 103 which is formed to represent the nose of the animal, a mouth member 105 which is formed to represent the mouth of the animal and the eye member 109 which is formed to represent the eye of the animal.
FIG. 1 additionally illustrates an entertainment system 151 which is connected to the tub member 109 and the spa chair 111. FIG. 1 illustrates that the entertainment system 151 includes a stand member 153 for holding the entertainment device 155 which may be a DVD, game or music player.
FIG. 4 illustrates the entertainment device 155 which may include a DVD player 457 to play a DVD disk for the user a game player 459 to play a game for the user and/or a music player 461 to play music for the user. The entertainment device 155 may include only one or two or all of these devices or any equivalent devices.
The entertainment device 155 can be rotated and raised up and down in order to provide for varying heights and varying angles in which to view the entertainment device 155.
The stand member 153 can be positioned on either the left or the right of the mini spa.
The chair connected to the mini spa may be decorated in order to catch the attention of a child or young adult. The chair may be constructed in accordance with the tube design such that it stimulates children's attraction such as a car, an animal, a movie character, a princess or any such appropriate object or theme. Alternatively, the entire pedicure chair and mini spa may be decorated in order to enhance the theme and to catch the attention of the child or young adult. The chair may be constructed such that it stimulates a car, an animal, a movie character, a princess, a little house, a castle or any other type of object which would attract the attention of a child. The chair connected to the mini spa is decorated to simulate any animal such as a bear, animated figure, panda bear or other such desirable animal. The chair may have armrests which are made to resemble paws of the animal, and armrests are movable in order to facilitate entry and exit of the user of the chair. The back rest of the chair may have colors which are compatible with the coloring of the animal. The head rest which is in the form of an animal head can be detached in order to be converted to a different animal.
FIG. 2 illustrates another embodiment of a pedicure spa, chair and entertainment system shown generally by reference element 200. The decoration of FIG. 1 has been removed and a new decoration has been placed to represent a different an animal. More specifically, the decoration of the back rest member, and the head rest member has been changed from a first decoration to a second decoration. FIG. 2 illustrates that the spa chair 211 has been decorated to suggest a cartoon character. The spa chair 211 includes a seat member 213 for the user of the spa chair 211 to sit while having a pedicure. The seat member 213 is connected to a back rest member 215 for the user of the spa chair 211 to support his/her back. The seat member 213 and the back rest member 215 may be color-coordinated in order to simulate the coloring of the cartoon character which is attempting to be represented.
FIG. 2 illustrates a pair of arm members 207 which are connected to the back rest member 215, and the arm members 207 are rotatable with respect to the back rest member 215 so that the arm members 207 can be rotated to allow the user easy access to the spa chair 211. Furthermore, FIG. 2 illustrates a head rest member 217 which is in the form of a cartoon head in order to further create the illusion that the chair 211 is a simulated cartoon character. The head rest member 217 includes an ear member 201 which is formed to represent the ear of the cartoon character, a nose member 203 which is formed to represent the nose of the cartoon character, a mouth member 205 which is formed to represent the mouth of the cartoon character and the eye member 209 which is formed to represent the eye of the cartoon character.
FIG. 2 additionally illustrates an entertainment system 151 which is connected to the tub member 209 and the spa chair 211. FIG. 2 illustrates that the entertainment system 151 includes a stand member 253 for holding the entertainment device 155 which may be a DVD, game or music player.
FIG. 3 illustrates a pedicure spa, chair and entertainment system shown generally by reference element 300. The spa chair 311 includes a seat member 313 for the user of the spa chair 311 to sit while having a pedicure. The seat member 313 is connected to a back rest member 315 for the user of the spa chair 311 to support his/her back. The seat member 313 and the back rest member 315 may be color-coordinated in order to simulate the coloring of the animals or animal which is trying to be represented.
FIG. 3 illustrates another embodiment of a pair of arm members 307 which are connected to the back rest member 315, and the arm members 307 are rotatable with respect to the back rest member 315 so that the arm members 307 can be rotated to allow the user easy access to the spa chair 311. Furthermore, FIG. 3 illustrates a head rest member 317 which is in the form of an animal head in order to further create the illusion that the chair 311 is a simulated animal in this case a panda bear. The head rest member 317 includes an ear member 301 which is formed to represent the ear of the animal, a nose member 303 which is formed to represent the nose of the animal, a mouth member 305 which is formed to represent the mouth of the animal and the eye member 309 which is formed to represent the eye of the animal.
FIG. 4 additionally illustrates an entertainment system 151 which is connected to the tub member 309 and the spa chair 311.
FIG. 3 illustrates that the entertainment system 151 includes a stand member 353 for holding the entertainment device 155 which may be a DVD, PDA, game or music player.
While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the description herein of specific embodiments is not intended to limit the invention to the particular forms disclosed.

Claims

1. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult, comprising:

a tub member for the feet of the user;

a seat member for the user to sit on;

a back rest member connected to the seat member to rest the back of the user;

a head rest member connected to the back rest member to rest the head of the user;

an arm member connected to the back rest member to rest the arms of the user;

an entertainment device connected to the pedicure chair for the entertainment of the child or young adult;

wherein the back rest member corresponds to a first decoration to catch the attention of the child or young adult, the tub member corresponds to the first decoration to catch the attention of the child or young adult, the head rest member corresponds to the first decoration to catch the attention of the child or young adult and the arm member are decorated to catch the attention of the child or young adult, the mini spa corresponds to the first decoration to catch the attention of the child or young adult.

2. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the arm member rotates with respect to the back rest member.

3. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the head rest member detaches from the back rest member.

4. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the entertainment device is supported by a stand member and a device holder.

5. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 4 wherein the entertainment device is one of a video player, music player, game device, DVD player, PDA or mini laptop.

6. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the first decoration of the back rest member is interchanged with a second decoration of the back rest member.

7. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the first decoration of the head rest member is interchanged with a second decoration of the head rest member.

8. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 4, wherein the entertainment device is positioned on the right side of the pedicure chair.

9. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 4, wherein the entertainment device is positioned on the left side of the pedicure chair.

10. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 4, wherein the entertainment device can be positioned at a varying height.

11. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 4, wherein the entertainment device can be positioned at a varying view angle.

12. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the first decoration corresponds to one of a car, an animal, a princess, a little house, a castle or a movie character.

13. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the first decoration of the pedicure chair corresponds to an object to catch the attention of the child or young adult.

14. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the first decoration of the back rest member corresponds to an object to catch the attention of the child or young adult.

15. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the first decoration of the tub member corresponds to an object to catch attention of the child or young adult.

16. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the first decoration of the head rest member corresponds to the object to catch the attention of the child or young adult.

17. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the first decoration of the armrest member corresponds to the object to catch the attention of the child or young adult.

18. A pedicure chair for user including a child or young adult as in claim 1, wherein the first decoration of the seat member corresponds to the object to catch the attention of the child or young adult.