Patent Application
20220167729
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The disclosure relates to salon cape devices and more particularly pertains to a new salon cape device for inhibiting bacterial transmission between a barber and a patron.
The prior art relates to salon cape devices including a variety of disposable salon capes that can be discarded after use.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cape that can be worn around a patron in a salon. The cape is comprised of a biodegradable material such that the cape can be discarded and degrade after the cape is worn on the patron. Moreover, the cape has a fluid impermeable coating integrated thereon to inhibit bacterial transmission between a barber and the patron. A first mating member is coupled to the cape and a tab is coupled to and extends away from the cape. A second mating member is coupled to the tab and the second mating member is matable to the first mating member close the neck opening around the patron's neck.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The cape 12 has a first surface 20, a second surface 22 and a perimeter edge 24 extending therebetween, and the perimeter edge 24 has a top side 26, a bottom side 28, a first lateral side 30 and a second lateral side 32. The fluid impermeable coating 16 is positioned on the first surface 20 of the cape 12 such that the fluid impermeable coating 16 is exposed when the cape 12 is worn on the patron 14. Additionally, the fluid impermeable coating 16 completely covers the first surface 20. As is most clearly shown in
The top side 26 has a curved portion 34 extending toward the bottom side 28. Moreover, the curved portion 34 has a continuously arcuate section 36 such that the continuously arcuate section 36 forms a circular neck opening 38. Additionally, the neck opening 38 is centrally positioned between the first lateral side 30 and the second lateral side 32. In this way the neck opening 38 can be positioned around the patron's neck 40 having the cape 12 covering the patron's upper torso 42.
A first mating member 44 is coupled to the cape 12 and the first mating member 44 is positioned on the first surface 20 of the cape 12. The first mating member 44 is aligned with the continuously arcuate section 36 of the curved portion 34 of the top side 26 of the perimeter edge 24. The first mating member 44 is comprised of an adhesive material. Additionally, the first mating member 44 is comprised of a biodegradable material.
A tab 46 is provided and the tab 46 is coupled to and extends away from the cape 12. The tab 46 extends away from the curved portion 34 of the top side 26 of the perimeter edge 24 of the cape 12. The tab 46 is positioned on an opposite side of the neck opening 38 with respect to the first mating member 44. Additionally, the tab 46 has a first surface 48 and a distal end 50 with respect to the continuously arcuate section 36 of the curved portion 34 of the top side 26.
A second mating member 52 is coupled to the tab 46 and the second mating member 52 is matable to the first mating member 44 to close the neck opening 38 around the patron's neck 40. The second mating member 52 is positioned on the first surface 20 of the tab 46. The second mating member 52 is positioned adjacent to the distal end 50 of the tab 46. Additionally, the second mating member 52 is comprised of an adhesive material and the second mating member 52 is comprised of a biodegradable material.
In an alternative embodiment 54 as is most clearly shown in
In use, the cape 12 is worn on the patron 14 when the patron 14 is in the salon to get a haircut or other cosmetic service. The fluid impermeable coating 16 inhibits bacterial transmission between the barber 18 and the patron 14. In this way the cape 12 is appropriate for use during a pandemic or other situation when infectious disease is of great concern. The cape 12 is discarded when the haircut or other cosmetic service is completed. Additionally, the cape 12, the first mating member 44 and the second mating member 52 degrade when the cape 12 is discarded.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
