Pedicure chair assembly with basin for steam bath and heating
AssigneeLexor, Inc.
InventorsChristopher L. Luong, Quang Nguyen, Long Luong
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Abstract
A pedicure chair with a basin for receiving a quantity of water therein. An autofill system can be incorporated with the basin to automatically manage spillover. The auto fill system can have a controller, a water supply valve, and a water level sensor. The water level sensor can be a proximity sensor attached externally of the basin. The water level sensor can send a signal to a controller when the water level sensor detects a predetermined water level in the basin. The controller is configured to shut off the water supply to the basin by sending a signal to actuate the water supply valve. A steamer can be used with the pedicure chair to provide heat and a therapeutic steam bath.
Claims29
A pedicure chair assembly, comprising:
- a seat having a seating surface;
- a chair body having a hollow space;
- a basin located, elevation-wise, below the seating surface in the hollow space, wherein the basin comprises wall surfaces that include a bottom surface defining a cavity;
- a pump outlet cover disposed on one of the wall surfaces to discharge water from a jet pump and circulate water within the basin;
- a steamer having a holding space for holding a quantity of liquid to be steamed to produce steam flowing out a steamer outlet;
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- a steam distributor located within the cavity of the basin, above the bottom surface;
- wherein the steam distributor comprises a distributor outlet and a distributor inlet;
- wherein the steam distributor is configured to distribute steam from the steamer out the distributor outlet and into the cavity of the basin;
- a connection safety device having a housing with an inlet, an outlet, and a movable valve and a spring located inside the housing for regulating steam flow;
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- wherein a first tubing section or a first pipe section connects the steamer outlet to the inlet of the connection safety device, and a second tubing section or a second pipe section connects the outlet of the connection safety device to the distributor inlet.
A method of using a pedicure chair assembly, comprising:
- adding water to a basin located below, elevation-wise, a seat of a pedicure chair, the basin and the seat defining a lengthwise axis passing through a mid-section of both the basin and the seat;
- placing a steam distributor comprising a steam inlet and a steam outlet in a cavity of the basin;
- fluidly coupling a steamer, located externally of the basin, to an inlet of a connection safety device having a housing with a movable valve and a spring via a first tubing or a first pipe and fluidly coupling an outlet of the connection safety device to the steam inlet of the steam distributor via a second tubing or a second pipe, and placing the second tubing or the second pipe over an upper edge of the basin;
- activating the steamer to push steam through the steam distributor and into the cavity of the basin;
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- wherein the seat is accessible, from a location external of the pedicure chair, from a first side of the lengthwise axis and a second side of the lengthwise axis.
A pedicure chair assembly, comprising:
- a seat having a seating surface;
- a chair body having a hollow space and a basin comprising wall surfaces that include a bottom surface defining a cavity;
- a pump outlet cover disposed on one of the wall surfaces to discharge water from a jet pump and circulate water within the basin;
- a steamer having a holding space for holding a quantity of liquid to be steamed to produce steam flowing out a steamer outlet;
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- a steam distributor located within the cavity of the basin and in fluid communication with the steamer, the steam distributor comprising a distributor inlet and a distributor outlet having a shape of a round manifold with a plurality of spaced apart openings formed on the round manifold;
- a connection safety device in fluid communication with both the steamer and the steam distributor and located outside and spaced from both the basin and the steamer;
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- wherein the connection safety device comprising a valve for blocking and opening fluid communication between the steamer and the steam distributor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.