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  Barber/beauty chairUSPTO Application #: 20060042001Title: Barber/beauty chair Abstract: The barber/beauty chair of the present invention aims at achieving the above-described object and there is provided a barber/beauty chair comprising: a chair mounting member mounted on a base through elevation means; a chair mounted on the chair mounting member; and a shampoo bowl mounted on the side of a back rest of the chair on the chair mounting member. (end of abstract) Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP - Washington, DC, US Inventors: Tomoaki Takada, Kouta Yoshikawa, Kazuhiko Kuroda USPTO Applicaton #: 20060042001 - Class: 004515000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Baths, Closets, Sinks, And Spittoons, Hair Washing Machine Or Device Or Accessory The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060042001. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention, relates to a chair for a barber/beauty chair in which a shampoo bowl is attached to a front end of the back rest, this chair enabling customer's hairs to be washed immediately by only ascending or descending the height thereof corresponding to the height of the customer regardless of a difference in the height of the customer. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Conventionally, in case of washing the hairs of a customer who lies on his or her back on a chair of a barber shop or beauty parlor, generally the customer moves from a chair for hairdressing to a chair for hair washing, for example, a chair disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-102001, such that his or her neck rear portion is placed con a neck supporting portion of a shampoo bowl. The invention of this publication comprises a hair washing unit and a chair and the hair washing unit and the chair each contain elevation means for adjusting the height thereof. [0005] With the customer lying on the chair, axe heights of the chair and the hair washing unit are adjusted corresponding to the height of the customer by controlling the height elevation means so as to fit his or her neck rear portion to the neck supporting portion of the shampoo bowl, before washing the hairs is started. [Patent document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-102001 [0006] If the hair washing unit and the chair are separated like in the above-described conventional example, it is necessary to adjust the height of the chair and the height of the hair washing unit synchronously and therefore, there is a problem that this adjustment work is troublesome and further, because the elevation means need to be equipped on both the chair and the hair washing unit, a necessary structure becomes complicated, which is another problem to be solved. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] The present invention has been achieved to solve the above-described problem and an object of the invention is to provide a barber/beauty chair enabling optimum hair washing operation by only adjustment for making it easy for a hairdresser to wash hairs of a customer by ascending or descending a chair without any means for fitting the neck rear portion of the customer to a neck receiving portion of a shampoo bowl, by mounting the shampoo bowl integrally at the front end of a back rest of the chair. [0008] The barber/beauty chair of the present invention aims at achieving the above-described object and according to a first aspect of the invention, there is a barber/beauty chair comprising: a chair mounting member mounted on a base through elevation means: a chair mounted on the chair mounting member and a shampoo bowl mounted on the side of a back rest of the chair on the chair mounting member. [0009] According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the first aspect wherein the chair is formed in the shape of a bed and a concave portion is formed on a side in the longitudinal direction to facilitate riding on/getting out of the chair while a swollen portion is formed on the other side opposing the concave portion. [0010] According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the first aspect wherein the shampoo bowl is mounted movably back and forth with respect to the chair mounting member. [0011] According to a fourth aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the first aspect wherein a supporting member in which a cervix supporting portion for supporting the neck rear portion of a customer and a head supporting portion for supporting the back of the head are formed integrally is mounted on a neck supporting portion in the shampoo bowl rotatably. [0012] According to a fifth aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the first aspect wherein at least a back rest is mounted on the chair mounted on the top face of the chair mounting member such that it is capable of rising or falling. [0013] According to a sixth aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the first aspect wherein a seat portion of the chair is mounted movably in the back and forth direction with respect to the chair mounting member and a back rest is mounted on the seat portion such that it is capable of rising or failing. [0014] According to a seventh aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the fifth or sixth aspect wherein a pillow member is mounted slidably on a front end of the back rest. [0015] According to an eighth aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the sixth or seventh aspect wherein a cervix supporting portion for supporting the neck rear portion of a customer is formed in the pillow member. [0016] According to a ninth aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the sixth or seventh aspect wherein a cervix supporting portion for supporting the neck rear portion of a customer and a head supporting portion for supporting the back of the head of the customer mounted integrally on the cervix supporting portion are formed on the pillow member. [0017] According to a tenth aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the seventh aspect wherein means for detecting the height of a pillow, which is the pulling amount of the pillow member, is mounted on the side of the back rest supporting the pillow member slidably and by adjusting a relative positional relation between the seat portion and the shampoo bowl, proportional to the amount of moving proportional to the height of the pillow detected by the pillow height detecting means, the pillow member is positioned at a predetermined position of the shampoo bowl with control means. [0018] According to an eleventh aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the tenth aspect wherein adjustment of a relative positional relation between the seat portion and the shampoo bowl is carried out by moving the seat portion back and forth. [0019] According to a twelfth aspect of the invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the tenth aspect wherein adjustment of a relative positional relation between the seat portion and the shampoo bowl is carried out by moving the shampoo bowl back and forth. [0020] According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the barber/beauty chair according to the tenth aspect wherein adjustment of a relative positional relation between the seat portion and the shampoo bowl is carried out by executing simultaneously the back and forth moving of the seat portion and the back and forth moving of the shampoo bowl. [0021] Because as described above, the present invention comprises the chair mounting member mounted on the base through the elevation means, the chair mounted on the chair mounting member and the shampoo bowl mounted on the side of the back rest of the chair on the chair mounting member, it is not necessary to match the positions of the back rest and the shampoo bowl unlike conventionally, thereby improving the work efficiency of hair washing. Further, because the elevation height of the chair can be adjusted corresponding to a hairdresser who washes the hairs standing up or sitting down, fatigue applied to the hairdresser is reduced. Continue reading... Full patent description for Barber/beauty chair Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Barber/beauty chair patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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