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US 5,842,239 AGranted
Head and neck supporting device
OwnerScott B. Eckelbargerinventor
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Abstract
A supporting device is disclosed which is intended to be attached to a hair washing basin or sink commonly employed in beauty salons, and is specifically directed to such a support which will comfortably prop the neck and the head of a person while that person is in a supine position yet leave substantially all of the hair area free to be worked.
Claims13
A head and neck support for use in a U-shaped neck receiving notch defining part of the boundary between the interior and exterior of a typical commercial shampoo basin, the support comprising:
- a base adapted to fit a U-shaped neck receiving notch of a typical commercial shampoo basin;
- a pair of cushioned neck lifts fixed to the base and projecting in laterally spaced relation upwardly and, substantially, in parallel from the base to a common horizontal plane, to cushion and position a neck disposed upon the lifts, and to define, vertically, a first space between the common horizontal plane of the neck lifts, and the base, sufficient to receive, without substantial contact, the spinous processes of a neck;
- a first separator positioned between the neck lifts to distance the neck lifts from each other to further define, horizontally, the longitudinal indentation or space so as to permit the spinous processes of the neck to be disposed, substantially unsupported, between the neck lifts, while the lifts provide lateral support to the neck;
- a base extension projecting from the base into the basin and resting against the basin;
- a pair of cushioned head lifts fixed to the base extension and projecting in laterally spaced relation upwardly and, substantially, in parallel from the base to a common horizontal plane to cushion and position a head disposed upon the lifts, and to define vertically, a second space between the common horizontal plane of the head lifts, and the base extension, sufficient to receive, without contact, the back of a head;
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- a second separator positioned between the head lifts to distance the head lifts from each other to further define, horizontally, the second space and to permit the back of a head disposed in the basin to be disposed, unsupported between the head lifts, while the lifts provide lateral support to the head.
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A combination of a head and neck support and a basin comprising:
- a basin having a sidewall defining an inside and an outside, the sidewall including a U-shaped notch for receiving the neck of a person situated outside the basin so that the person's head is disposed inside the basin;
- a base situated in the depression, the base including a base portion having a first end outside the sidewall of the basin and a second end inside the sidewall of the basin, the base portion also having a longitudinal axis running from the first end to the second end;
- a pair of cushioned neck lifts fixed to the base and projecting in laterally spaced relation upwardly and, substantially, in parallel from the base to a common horizontal plane, to cushion and position a neck disposed upon the lifts, and to define, vertically, a first space between the common horizontal plane of the neck lifts, and the base, sufficient to receive, without substantial contact, the spinous processes of a neck;
- a first separator positioned between the neck lifts to distance the neck lifts from each other to further define, horizontally, the longitudinal indentation or space so as to permit the spinous processes of the neck to be disposed, substantially unsupported, between the neck lifts, while the lifts provide lateral support to the neck;
- a base extension projecting from the base into the basin and resting against the basin;
- a pair of cushioned head lifts fixed to the base extension and projecting in laterally spaced relation upwardly and, substantially, in parallel from the base to a common horizontal plane to cushion and position a head disposed upon the lifts, and to define vertically, a second space between the common horizontal plane of the head lifts, and the base extension, sufficient to receive, without contact, the back of a head;
- a second separator positioned between the head lifts to distance the head lifts from each other to further define, horizontally, the second space and to permit the back of a head disposed in the basin to be disposed, unsupported between the head lifts, while the lifts provide lateral support to the head;
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- an attachment means for attaching the support to the basin.
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A head supporting device for use with a fixed basin comprising:
- a base portion having a longitudinal axis;
- a pair of cushioned head lifts fixed to the base extension and projecting in laterally spaced relation upwardly and, substantially, in parallel from the base to a common horizontal plane to cushion and position a head disposed upon the lifts, and to define vertically, a second space between the common horizontal plane of the head lifts, and the base extension, sufficient to receive, without contact, the back of a head;
- a second separator positioned between the head lifts to distance the head lifts from each other to further define, horizontally, the second space and to permit the back of a head disposed in the basin to be disposed, unsupported between the head lifts, while the lifts provide lateral support to the head;
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- means for removably attaching the device to a fixed basin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.