Patent Application
20240350357
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The disclosure relates to sauna devices and more particularly pertains to a new sauna device for facilitating a user to enjoy a sauna while the user is travelling. The device includes a sauna tent and a plurality of heating panels that are integrated into the sauna tent; each of the plurality of heating panels are foldable in half to facilitate the sauna tent and the plurality of heating panels to be folded and subsequently placed in a suitcase for transporting the sauna tent and the plurality of heating panels.
The prior art relates to sauna devices including a variety of portable sauna devices that each at least includes a sauna tent and means of heating an interior of the sauna tent which includes infra-red emitters, steam heaters and electric heaters. In no instance does the prior art disclose a sauna tent that includes a plurality of infra-red heating panels that are integrated into the sauna tent and which are foldable to facilitate the sauna tent and the heating panels to be placed in a suitcase for transporting the sauna tent and the heating panels.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a sauna tent that has an entrance and a neck opening. A plurality of heating panels is integrated into the sauna tent to heat the user when the user is inside of the sauna tent. Additionally, each of the heating panels is foldable when the sauna tent is collapsed. A control unit is in communication with each of the plurality of heating panels for controlling operational parameters of the plurality of heating panels. A remote control is in communication with the control unit such that the remote control can be manipulated by the user for controlling the plurality of heating panels.
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
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The sauna tent 12 has a bottom wall 26 and an outer wall 28 extending upwardly from the bottom wall 26 and the outer wall 28 has a first lateral side 30, a second lateral side 32, a back side 34 and a front side 36. The front side 36 curves rearwardly between the bottom wall 26 and the back side 34 such that the front side 36 intersects the back side 34 at a top edge 38 of the back side 34 thereby facilitating the each of the first lateral side 30 and the second lateral side 32 to approximately define a quadrant of a circle. The neck opening 16 extends through the front side 36 of the outer wall 28 and the neck opening 16 is spaced from the top edge 38 of the back side 34. The front side 36 has a first cut 40 extending between the bottom wall 26 and the neck opening 16 such that first cut 40 defines the entrance 14 and the first cut 40 is centrally located on the front side 36. The sauna tent 12 has a pair of second cuts 42 each extending through the front side 36 and each of the second cuts 42 is positioned between the first cut 40 and a respective one of the first lateral side 30 and the second lateral side 32 of the outer wall 28. In this way each of the pair of second cuts 42 facilitates the user 18 to extend each of their hands 43 outwardly through a respective one of the second cuts 42. Each of the second cuts 42 is positioned closer to the back side 34 than the bottom wall 26. Additionally, the sauna tent 12 may have a height ranging between approximately 88.0 cm and 100.0 cm, a width ranging between approximately 70.0 cm and 80.0 cm and a depth ranging between approximately 75.0 cm and 88.0 cm.
Each of the back side 34 and the first lateral side 30 and the second lateral side 32 has an inner layer 44 and an outer layer 46 to define a storage space 48 between the inner layer 44 and the outer layer 46 corresponding to each of the back side 34 and the first lateral side 30 and the second lateral side 32. A plurality of closures 50 is attached to the sauna tent 12 and each of the plurality of closures 50 extends along a respective one of the first cut 40 and the pair of second cuts 42. Each of the closures 50 is manipulatable between a closed condition or an open condition for closing or opening the respective first cut 40 and the pair of second cuts 42. Additionally, each of the closures 50 may comprise a zipper, a set of hook and loop fasteners or any other type of closure that can be opened and closed on a repeat basis.
A hood 52 is coupled to the sauna tent 12 and the hood 52 is aligned with the neck opening 16 such that the hood 52 can be worn over the user's head 20 when the user's head 20 extends outwardly through the neck opening 16 in the sauna tent 12. The hood 52 has a lower edge 53 which is attached to the top edge 38 of the back side 34 of the outer wall 28. The hood 52 is positionable in a first position has the hood 52 extending over the neck opening 16 thereby closing the neck opening 16 and the hood 52 is positionable in a second position has the hood 52 extending upwardly from the top edge 38 of the back side 34 of the outer wall 28. A collar 54 is attached to the front side 36 of the outer wall 28 of the sauna tent 12 having the collar 54 extending around the neck opening 16. In this way the collar 54 can be worn around the user's neck 56 when the user's head 20 extends through the neck opening 16.
A plurality of heating panels 58 is included and each of the plurality of heating panels 58 is integrated into the sauna tent 12 such that each of the plurality of heating panels 58 is in thermal communication with the interior of the sauna. Each of the plurality of heating panels 58 generates heat when the plurality of heating panels 58 is turned on. In this way each of the plurality of heating panels 58 can heat the user 18 when the user 18 is inside of the sauna tent 12. Each of the heating panels 58 is foldable when the sauna tent 12 is collapsed. Each of the heating panels 58 includes an upper panel 60, a lower panel 62 and a folding element 64 extending between the upper panel 60 and the lower panel 62 thereby facilitating each of the heating panels 58 to be folded along the folding element 64.
Each of the plurality of heating panels 58 is positioned between the inner layer 44 and the outer layer 46 of the outer wall 28. Furthermore, each of the plurality of heating panels 58 is positioned on a respective one of the first lateral side 30 and the second lateral side 32 and the back side 34 of the outer wall 28. Each of the plurality of heating panels 58 comprises an infra-red heating panel with an output capacity sufficient to heat the interior of the sauna tent 12 to a temperature ranging between approximately 120.0 degrees Fahrenheit and 130.0 degrees Fahrenheit. Furthermore, the folding element 64 associated with each of the plurality of heating panels 58 may comprise a hinge, a membrane extending between the upper panel 60 and the lower panel 62 or any other type of deformable material that is structurally integrated into the plurality of heating panels 58 to facilitate the upper panel 60 to be positioned against the lower panel 62 when the heating panels 58 are folded.
A control unit 66 is attached to the sauna tent 12 and the control unit 66 is in communication with each of the plurality of heating panels 58 for controlling operational parameters of the plurality of heating panels 58. The control unit 66 is mounted to an outer surface 67 of the back side 34 of the outer wall 28 of the sauna tent 12 at a point located closer to the top edge 38 of the back side 34 than the bottom wall 26 of the sauna tent 12. Furthermore, the control unit 66 is positioned closer to the first lateral side 30 of the outer wall 28 than the second lateral side 32 of the outer wall 28. The control unit 66 includes circuitry commonly associated with control systems for infra-red heating devices.
A remote control 68 is in communication with the control unit 66 such that the remote control 68 can be manipulated by the user 18 for controlling the plurality of heating panels 58. The remote control 68 has a plurality of buttons 70 movably disposed on the remote control 68. The plurality of buttons 70 include, but is not limited to, a power button 72, a temperature increase button 74 for adjusting an operational temperature of the plurality of heating panels 58 toward a maximum temperature and a temperature decrease button 76 for adjusting the operational temperature of the plurality of heating panels 58 toward a minimum temperature. A conductor 78 is electrically coupled between the remote control 68 and the control unit 66 thereby placing the remote control 68 in electrical communication with the control unit 66. A power cord 80 is electrically coupled to and extending away from the control unit 66. The power cord 80 has a male plug 82 that is disposed on a distal end 84 of the power cord 80 to facilitate the male plug 82 to be plugged into a power source 86 comprising a female electrical outlet.
In use, the sauna tent 12 is unfolded, each of the heating panels 58 is unfolded, the folding chair 24 is placed within the sauna tent 12 and the user 18 enters the sauna tent 12 through the entrance 14. The user 18 closes the entrance 14, sits on the folding chair 24, extends their head through the neck opening 16 and extends each of their hands 43 outwardly through the respective second cuts 42 in the outer wall 28 of the sauna. In this way the user 18 can apply the hood 52 over their head and manipulate the remote control 68. The buttons 70 on the remote control 68 are manipulated to turn on the plurality of heating panels 58 and to adjust the temperature of the plurality of heating panels 58. In this way the user 18 can enjoy a sauna while the user 18 is staying in a hotel, for example, regardless of whether the hotel has a sauna facility on site. Each of the plurality of heating panels 58 is folded, the sauna tent 12 is folded and the sauna tent 12 and heating panels 58 are placed within the suitcase 22 to facilitate the sauna tent 12 and the plurality of heating panels 58 to be transported.
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.
