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US 9,516,950 B1Granted
Electrically integrated salon styling chair with ergonomic equipment caddy
OwnerCathryn A. Osweilerinventor
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Abstract
A salon chair with a tool caddy and an integral electrical supply. A salon chair that includes an integrated tool work station with the capacity to hold a hair dryer, curling irons, clippers and the like at the rear of the chair. The chair is powered by an integrated electrical power source inside the chairs' tool compartment and power is supplied through to the base of the chair. The power source may be connected to an outlet under the chair or concealed under a power extension with cord cover (preventing trips and falls), or may be otherwise coupled to utility power.
Claims14
A caddy comprising:
- a flexible member for coupling the caddy to a seat back of a stylist chair;
- a housing coupled to the flexible member wherein the housing includes at least one well for storing an electrically powered styling tool;
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- a power source coupled to the housing, and including at least one receptacle for accepting a plug of the electrically powered styling tool, in which the flexible member includes a plurality of apertures about a perimeter of the flexible member such that the flexible member wraps to a back side of the chair and couples to a back plate of the caddy, in which coupling is provided by string laced through the apertures and through the back plate.
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An electrical retrofit equipment caddy comprising
- a flexible member made from mesh adapted to be fitted over a seat back of a hair stylist's chair, and including a plurality of grommet reinforced apertures along three edge portions for wrapping around the stylist's char back to a backside of the stylist's chair;
- a back plate coupled to the three edge portions by lacing;
- an electrical supply coupled to the back plate;
- a molded housing coupled to the back plate and including a plurality of open bottomed wells disposed in a line parallel to the back plate;
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- whereby the electrical retrofit caddy is adapted to fit over a seatback of a stylists chair so that a plurality of electrical powered styling tools are conveniently available to a stylist.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.