Orthopedic foot support for salon chair

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-04-12
WALD ALLYSON
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[0007]The present invention is directed to an orthopedic footrest configured to surround the pedestal of a salon chair so that a stylist can rest his/her foot on it so as to reduce the amount of pressure on the back and hip when standing for long periods of time. This therefore reduces strain and many orthopedic medical conditions that may occur.

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However, this footrest is designed for the patron sitting in the chair and not for the stylish.
The legs in this system rest on the floor in front of the base and cause a serious tripping hazard for the hair stylist.
Since the hair stylist moves around the chair in order to cut the client's hair, the legs of the device present a serious tripping hazard that far outweighs and benefit provided by the system.
In addition, Rodas is not adjustable in height and therefore does not accommodate the varying heights of different stylist.
Still further Rodas does not provide a multi-level footrest that accommodates different stances that stylist may take when performing different cosmetic procedures.
Rodas fails to provide such a device.

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[0024]Hair stylists, as well as other professions, stand on their feet hunched over a client sitting in a salon chair on a continuous basis. This position over time often causes back, hip, joint and feet problems. These problems are often caused by the worker's own weight placed on his / her hips / joints as he / she stands to properly perform the services required. The vertical support of the weight is constantly shifting and tends to cause strains particularly in the back muscles and hip joints. One way to alleviate these problems is to reduce the amount of weight placed on the hip and feet of the worker. By the worker placing his / her feet on a footrest located at the base of a salon chair, less weight is being supported on the feet and hip of the leg attached to the foot resting on the foot rest.

[0025]However, the stylist resting his / her foot on the footrest at just any angle or height from the floor is not enough. In fact, resting the foot on the footrest at an incorrect height

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A novel foot rest for a salon chair specifically designed to allow a user to rest one of their feet on the step as they move around a customer sitting in the chair. The orthopedic footrest is attached to the base of the chair positioned far enough out from the base to provide a support for the user to rest his/her feet but not too far so as to impede the stylist movement about the chair. Resting one foot on the elevated step puts relieves stress on the user's feet, hips, back and joints thereby reducing pain and injury to the same.

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Owner WALD ALLYSON
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