Head and neck support for salon shampoo bowl
AssigneeHansford & Brown, Inc.
InventorsJoy Anderson Brown, Paula Thaxton Hansford
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Abstract
A head and neck support for salon shampoo bowls is disclosed. The device is constructed and arranged to support a client's head and neck over a shampoo bowl in order to reduce the likelihood of strains and discomfort to the client and the hair stylist. The head and neck support is constructed to be received within a shampoo bowl and suspended by a strap provided with grasping elements for being passed over the sides of the bowl, and a hook like extended tongue passed through and supported by a neck depression defined within a front wall of the bowl.
Claims25
A head and neck support for being received within a shampoo bowl, the shampoo bowl having a pair of opposed side walls and a front wall with a neck depression defined therein, the head and neck support comprising:
- at least one grasping element adapted to be received on the side walls of the shampoo bowl;
- at least one elongate strap attached to the at least one grasping element;
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- a support piece comprising a head pan, an elongate tongue extended therefrom and adapted to be passed over the neck opening of the shampoo bowl, and at least one slot defined within and extended through the support piece for receiving the at least one strap therein, the at least one slot comprising a pair of first slots, the at least one strap being passed through each first slot, wherein the support piece further comprising a raised boss disposed intermediate the pair of first slots;
- whereby, when the tongue is passed over the neck depression of the shampoo bowl and the at least one grasping element is received on the side walls thereof, the at least one strap and the tongue of the head pan suspend the support piece over and within the shampoo bowl.
A head and neck support in combination with a shampoo bowl, the bowl having a pair of opposed side walls and a front wall with a neck depression defined therein, the head and neck support comprising:
- a pair of grasping elements received on the side walls of the shampoo bowl;
- at least one strap attached to each of the pair of grasping elements;
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- a support piece comprising a head pan, an elongate tongue extended therefrom and passed over the neck opening of the shampoo bowl, and at least one slot defined within and extended through the support piece for receiving the at least one strap therein, the at least one slot comprising a pair of first slots, the at least one strap being passed through each first slot, wherein the support piece further comprising a raised boss disposed intermediate the pair of first slots;
- whereby, when the tongue is passed over the neck depression of the shampoo bowl and the respective grasping elements are received on the side walls thereof, the at least one strap and the tongue of the head pan suspend the support piece over and within the shampoo bowl.
A head support piece for being received within a shampoo bowl, the bowl having a pair of opposed side walls, and a front wall with a neck depression defined therein, the support piece comprising:
- a head pan;
- an elongate tongue extended from a first side of the head pan;
- a pair of-spaced arcuate cutouts defined by and on opposite sides of the tongue;
- a pair of spaced shoulders formed by the respective arcuate cutouts;
- an elongate shelf extended from a second side of the head pan opposite the first side;
- at least one shelf slot defined within and extended through the shelf, the at least one shelf slot comprising a pair of first slots, at least one strap being passed through each first slot, wherein the support piece further comprising a raised boss disposed intermediate the pair of first slots;
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- at least one drain opening defined within and extended through the head pan.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.