Seat Patents (Class 4/531)
  • Patent number: 7784118
    Abstract: A lower body sauna device includes a heat chamber that is adapted to enclose the lower body of a user, and an infrared heater provided inside the heat chamber. The heat chamber includes an elliptically shaped body opening that is adapted to fit the waist of the user, and the size of which is adjustable. The top slab includes a sliding top panel and a fixed top panel. The body opening includes a first elliptical half opening provided on the sliding top panel, and a second elliptical half opening provided on the fixed top panel. The sliding top panel is adapted to slide to an away from the fixed top panel so that the size of the body opening is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Seung Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20090019635
    Abstract: The sauna room assembly contains a bottom frame, left and right front walls, left and right back, columns, left and right walls, a back wall a top frame, a top cover, a floor and a door. A major characteristic of the present invention is that each of the aforementioned members is in turn broken down into at least two pieces, and most members have their pieces in substantially identical dimensions. The sauna room assembly therefore can be disassembled into pieces small and standard enough for high portability. Another major characteristic of the present invention is that most of the pieces are joined together through tabling and only few bolts are required. Therefore, a single novice can put the sauna room assembly together with standard hand tools such as screwdrivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: CHING-SONG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20070277303
    Abstract: A lower body sauna device includes a heat chamber that is adapted to enclose the lower body of a user, and an infrared heater provided inside the heat chamber. The heat chamber includes an elliptically shaped body opening that is adapted to fit the waist of the user, and the size of which is adjustable. The top slab includes a sliding top panel and a fixed top panel. The body opening includes a first elliptical half opening provided on the sliding top panel, and a second elliptical half opening provided on the fixed top panel. The sliding top panel is adapted to slide to an away from the fixed top panel so that the size of the body opening is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Seung Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 6745412
    Abstract: A portable and personal sauna that provides an inexpensive and easy to operate system, which provides steam with low operating costs. The portable sauna has an electric steamer with a timer, a safety thermostat, and a plate for containing herbs. When steam passes through the herb plate, the herbal steam can provide some healthy benefits to users. The preferable and safest place for the steamer is outside of the tub/shower area, where a flexible tube is used to guide the steam inside the tub/shower area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Inventor: Zoltan Egeresi
  • Patent number: 6675403
    Abstract: A sauna apparatus (1) is configurable in an assembled configuration and in a disassembled configuration to allow storage and/or transport. The apparatus is formed from at least a first frame portion (2) and a second frame portion (3) connectable to the first frame portion. Each of the first and second frame portions (2, 3) comprises a respective part (2a, 3a) of a base of the sauna, a respective part of the roof (2c, 3c) of the sauna, and at least one support member (2b, 3b) connecting the respective part of the base of the sauna to the respective part of the roof of the sauna. The support members (2b) are preferably provided with hinges (9, 10; 9′) to allow the frame portions to be folded so reduce the space required for storage. The base of the sauna is preferably provided with a recess 11 for receiving a footspa 12 or other foot relaxation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Aroma Health International Limited
    Inventors: Aijaz Akhtar, Man Kei Chang
  • Patent number: 6510565
    Abstract: A portable and collapsible sauna is provided, including an enclosure adaptable between a collapsed position and an upstanding position and a steam generator. The portable and collapsible sauna is configurable between these two positions by a latch mechanism. In order to achieve the sauna experience, the steam is trapped by the enclosure and the enclosure is adapted to facilitate ingress and egress of a user, while maintaining a seal for the steam. The fully assembled sauna is preferably dimensioned to fit in a standard bathtub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Inventor: Shane Zwezdaryk
  • Patent number: 6157005
    Abstract: A dry-heat sauna machine includes a frame having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion. A cloth cover covers the fame to form a sauna enclosure. An air-circulating device is attached to the horizontal portion of the frame. A programmer is attached to the sidewall of the frame. The air-circulating device includes a compressor attached to the horizontal portion of the frame and a partition covering the compressor to define a control chamber between the seat and the partition. A condenser, a heating element and a fan are all attached to said partition and received in the control chamber. The hot air is blown from the heating element into the sauna enclosure via the duct and through the louvers by the fan. The hot air combines with the sweat and becomes humid, and the water vapor in the hot air is recovered by the condenser. The condenser condenses the vapor in the hot, humid air and makes the air cool and dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Inventor: Shun-Tsung Lu
  • Patent number: 6055684
    Abstract: A sauna having (i) a sauna chamber of a size to accommodate a person therein, and two side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, and a ceiling, (ii) a ventilation opening in a wall of the sauna chamber, the opening being at a height corresponding to the location of the head of a person within the chamber and having a size sufficient to provide a low temperature sauna due to the communication of air between the interior and the exterior of the sauna chamber, (iii) a lid for selectively opening and closing the ventilation opening, and (iv) a detachable engaging mechanism for maintaining the lid in a preselected position relative to the opening, wherein the ventilation opening is substantially circular and has a diameter and an inner peripheral surface on the wall, and the detachable engaging mechanism has an annular engaging groove formed on the inner peripheral surface, a slider, an engaging claw on the slider, the slider being diametrically movable on the lid, a spring biasing the engaging claw into engagement wi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Azuma
  • Patent number: 5870780
    Abstract: A collapsible steam cabin for personal body care includes a bottom panel, having a front edge, rounded back edge and upstanding side edges, a rear panel which has a rounded lower edge which is slidingly connected to the rounded back edge, the back edge and the lower edge being contiguous, and a top edge the rear panel being rotatable around the back edge from a substantially vertical position to a position wherein the top edge is proximal to the front edge of the bottom panel forming a closed construction, a flexible material connected to the front edge of the bottom panel and the top edge of the back panel, and a connector for attachment to a steam generator. The cabin is in one embodiment provided with a connector having an integrated connector comprising a steam inlet valve and an electrical contact for connection to an external steam generator comprising a complementary connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Inventor: Dietwin Helmut Prommer
  • Patent number: 5416931
    Abstract: A booth, of general circular cross-section, includes a roof part 2, a base part and an intermediate part 6. The base is adapted to stand on the floor. Within the booth is a foldable chair 8. A person may gain access to the booth via a door 10 having a hinged edge 12 and a slide fastener 14. A steam kettle is provided below a false floor of the base part 4. In use, steam and aromatic vapor for essential oils is produced which fills the booth within which a person is seated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Aromatherapy Steam Tube Company Limited
    Inventors: Richard R. Wolfenden, Graham Priestley
  • Patent number: 4862526
    Abstract: A portable vapor bath comprising a contoured superstructure and interior having a top, bottom, front, rear and plurality of sides; having disposed upon its front an opening closed by a closure member; said front and rear having a top and bottom said front and rear extending in planes substantially diverging from one another proximate the top of the vapor bath to a position intermediate the top and bottom of said vapor bath whereat said front and rear extend in planes substantially converging towards one another proximate the bottom of the vapor bath, said front being inclined from said top at an angle to both the normal horizontal and vertical planes away from the rear to a position intermediate its top and bottom and thereafter sloping to its bottom at an angle to both the normal horizontal and vertical planes in the opposite direction towards the rear; the rear sloping from its top at an angle to both the normal horizontal and vertical planes towards a position intermediate its top and bottom away from the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Inventor: Franz R. Berger
  • Patent number: 4277855
    Abstract: A portable sauna is described, being formed in the shape of a sphere. A door leads into a spherical shaped room wherein a bench extends about a central circular floor. Above the bench is a loft lying adjacent a plane that passes through the center point of the spherical shape. The sauna may be selectively heated by any combination of heat lamps, dry heated air blower, and a steam generator, all of which operate on common household current. Water for the steam generator is supplied by a self-contained reservoir. Ventilation can be controlled by the occupant through a skylight ventilator or automatically through a valve mechanism interconnected with the blower. The valve mechanism is operable to recirculate room air or to receive indirect outside air into the room. Selectively controlled lighting and audio systems are also included to allow further control of the enclosed environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1981
    Inventor: Glen Poss