Folding sauna enclosure
AssigneeSunlighten, Inc.
InventorsAaron Michael Zack, Brian Franson, Brett Pearson, Jonathon Kemnitzer
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Abstract
A portable, personal therapy chamber for provision of radiation therapy. The therapy chamber includes a pair of telescopically positionable units that are lightweight and easily portable by a single user. The therapy chamber is configured for use by a single person lying generally prone on a surface. The units are formed from a plurality of pivotably coupled panels that are foldable in a first direction to a rolled up, tube-like storage configuration and unfoldable in a second direction to an arched formation or use configuration. The units, in the use configuration, are disposed to overlie the user and include a plurality of emitters that direct infrared energy toward the user's body.
Claims22
A folding therapy chamber comprising:
- a folding therapy unit that includes a plurality of elongate, substantially planar panels disposed side-by-side, one or more of the panels supporting an emitter configured to emit one or more of visible light, ultraviolet light and infrared radiation in one or more of a near-, mid-, and far-infrared band;
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- a hinge coupling longitudinal edges of adjacent ones of the panels, the hinge enabling pivoting of each panel in both a first direction and a second direction relative to the adjacent panels, pivoting in the first direction moving the plurality of panels toward and into a storage configuration in which the plurality of panels are at least partially folded onto one another, pivoting in the second direction moving the plurality of panels toward and into a use configuration in which the longitudinal edges of the adjacent ones of the panels abut to limit an extent of pivoting in the second direction and provide the plurality of panels in an arched formation, the plurality of panels in the use configuration being disposed on a surface to form a chamber having an interior radial dimension sized to receive a torso of a human user with a head of the user extending at least partially beyond an end of the folding therapy unit.
A folding therapy chamber comprising:
- an upper unit and a lower unit that each includes a plurality of elongate, substantially planar panels disposed side-by-side, each of the panels supporting an emitter configured to emit visible light, ultraviolet light and infrared radiation in one or more of a near-, mid-, and far-infrared band;
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- a hinge coupling longitudinal edges of adjacent ones of the panels, the hinge enabling pivoting of each panel in both a first direction and a second direction relative to the adjacent panels, pivoting in the first direction moving the plurality of panels toward and into a storage configuration in which the plurality of panels are at least partially folded onto one another, pivoting in the second direction moving the plurality of panels toward and into a use configuration in which the longitudinal edges of the adjacent ones of the panels abut to limit an extent of pivoting in the second direction and provide the plurality of panels in an arched formation that is disposable on a surface, the upper unit and the lower unit being disposed on the surface in longitudinal alignment with the lower unit extending outward from a first end of the upper unit to form a chamber in which a human user is received with a head of the user extending at least partially beyond a second end of the upper unit and a remainder of a user's body being within the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.