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The disclosure relates to chair assembly and more particularly pertains to a new chair assembly for suctioning up hair as it is cut from a client. The present invention discloses a chair assembly having a vacuum module in its base for cleaning hair from a surface proximate to the base and from a seat of the chair assembly.
The prior art relates to chair assemblies having vacuum modules for cleaning up hair. Prior art chair assemblies may comprise vacuum modules positioned in or attachable to bases of the chair assemblies, wherein the vacuum modules clean hair from surfaces proximate to the bases of the chair assemblies. What is lacking in the prior art is a chair assembly having a vacuum module in its base which cleans hair from a surface proximate to the base of the chair assembly and from a seat of the chair assembly.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base, which defines an interior space, and a chair. The base is configured to be positioned on a substantially horizontal surface. The chair is rotatably engaged to an upper end of the base. The chair is selectively extensible from the base. The chair comprises a backrest, which is engaged to and which extends from a rear edge of a seat. The seat and the backrest are configured to seat a client and to support a back of the client, respectively. A tube is engaged to the chair and extends along the rear edge of the seat. A plurality of openings is positioned in the tube.
A vacuum module is engaged to the base and is positioned in the interior space. An intake pipe is engaged to and extends from an inlet of the vacuum module. The intake pipe extends substantially circumferentially around a lower end of the base. A plurality of apertures extends through the base and into the intake pipe. A hose is engaged to and extends between the intake pipe so that the tube is in fluidic communication with the vacuum module. The vacuum module is configured to suction up hair trimmed from the client from the substantially horizontal surface proximate to the base and from the chair.
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
Each of a set of extensions 22 is engaged to and extends from a respective corner 24 of the lower end 18 of the base 12. Each of a set of pads 26 is engaged to a respective extension 22 distal from the base 12. The pads 26 are configured to elevate the lower end 18 of the base 12 from the substantially horizontal surface. As will become apparent, the lower end 18 of the base 12 being elevated from the substantially horizontal surface facilitates suctioning of hair from the substantially horizontal surface proximate to the base 12.
A chair 28 is rotatably engaged to the upper end 16 of the base 12. The chair 28 is selectively extensible from the base 12. The chair 28 comprises a backrest 30, which is engaged to and which extends from a rear edge 32 of a seat 34. The seat 34 and the backrest 30 are configured to seat a client and to support a back of the client, respectively. The backrest 30 may be hingedly engaged to the seat 34. A tube 36 is engaged to the chair 28 and extends along the rear edge 32 of the seat 34. A plurality of openings 38 is positioned in the tube 36.
As shown in
A hydraulic cylinder 46 is positioned in the base 12. The hydraulic cylinder 46 is engaged to the seat 34 and is positioned to selectively elevate the chair 28 from the base 12. An actuating arm 48 is operationally engaged to the hydraulic cylinder 46 and is configured to be pumped to selectively elevate the chair 28. A release arm 50 is operationally engaged to the hydraulic cylinder 46. The release arm 50 is positioned to be rotated to depressurize the hydraulic cylinder 46 to lower the chair 28. The present invention also anticipates the hydraulic cylinder 46 being powered by a motor (not shown).
A vacuum module 52 is engaged to the base 12 and is positioned in the interior space 14. An intake pipe 54 is engaged to and extends from an inlet 56 of the vacuum module 52. The intake pipe 54 extends substantially circumferentially around the lower end 18 of the base 12. A plurality of apertures 58 extends through the base 12 and into the intake pipe 54. Each aperture 58 may comprise a slot 60, which extends along a respective side 20 of the lower end 18 of the base 12.
A hose 62 is engaged to and extends between the intake pipe 54 and the tube 36 so that the tube 36 is in fluidic communication with the vacuum module 52. The vacuum module 52 thus is configured to suction in hair, which is trimmed from the client, from the substantially horizontal surface proximate to the base 12 and from the chair 28.
A power cord 64 is operationally engaged to the vacuum module 52 and extends from the base 12. A plug 66 of the power cord 64 is configured for insertion into an outlet to operationally engage the vacuum module 52 to a source of electrical current. A switch 68 is operationally engaged to the power cord 64 and to the vacuum module 52. The switch 68 is configured to be switched to selectively engage the vacuum module 52 to the source of electrical current. The switch 68 may comprise a depressible button 70, which is positioned in the power cord 64, or other switching means, such as, but not limited to, toggles, slides, and the like. The depressible button 70 is configured to be depressed a first time with a foot of the user to engage the vacuum module 52 to the source of electrical current and to be depressed a second time to disengage the vacuum module 52 from the source of electrical current.
An exhaust pipe 72 extends from the vacuum module 52 so that the interior space 14 is in fluidic communication with the vacuum module 52. The interior space 14 is configured to receive the hair. A void 74 is positioned in the base 12 and opens into the interior space 14. The void 74 is configured to allow access to the interior space 14. A panel 76 is hingedly engaged to the base 12 and is selectively engageable to the base 12 to selectively close the void 74. A bag 78 is selectively insertable into the interior space 14 and is configured to sealably engage the exhaust pipe 72. The bag 78 thus is configured to receive the hair.
A latch 80 is hingedly engaged to the panel 76 so that a tab 82 of the latch 80 is positioned to selective insert into a notch 84 in the base 12 to fixedly engage the panel 76 to the base 12. A spring 86 is engaged to the latch 80 and the panel 76 so that the latch 80 is biased to a configuration wherein the tab 82 is positioned in the notch 84.
In use, the self cleaning chair assembly 10 is utilized to seat a client for hair trimming, cutting, or the like, as may be performed by a barber or hair stylist, as shown in
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.
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