Colored light shower head

• US 6,021,960 A
• Filed: 10/14/1997
• Issued: 02/08/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Joel Kehat
• Original Assignee: Joel Kehat
• Inventors: Kehat, Joel
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEAL, DAVID R
• Application Number:
  US08/949,598
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: 239/289, 239/18, 239/19, 239/20, 362/192, 362/96, 362/54
• US Class Current: 239/289
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/10 with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0663 Coloured light
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0668 Apparatus adapted for operation in a moist environment, e.g. bath or shower
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/18 Roses; Shower heads with means for adding soap or the like E03C1/046; jet regulators E03C1/08
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/00 Details of spraying plant or spraying apparatus not otherwise provided for; Accessories
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/00 Lighting devices intended for fixed installation F21S9/00, F21S10/00 take precedence; using a string or strip of light sources F21S4/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 31/00 Gas-tight or water-tight arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/004 Sanitary equipment, e.g. mirrors, showers, toilet seats or paper dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/401 for swimming pools

Abstract

A shower for chrome-hydro-therapy includes a shower head adapted to issue a spray of colored water onto the body of a person. The shower head includes a rear portion provided with a connector to the domestic water supply and an open front portion covered by a screen or perforated member adapted to eject the water in a finely divided spray. The shower head contains a colored light source mounted in concentric alignment with the screen or perforated member, so as to direct colored light rays into the spray. In a first embodiment, the light source is in the form of a lamp comprising a bulb and at least one battery which is enclosed in a waterproof, transparent housing. In another embodiment, the light is emitted from the end of an optical fiber which has its other end optically connected to a colored light source outside the shower. In both embodiments, the light can be switched on or off by the user.

Claims

1. A shower head for chrome-hydro-therapy adapted to issue a spray of colored water on the body of a person, comprising;

a shower head having a rear portion to be connected to a domestic supply of hot and cold water, and a front portion including a perforated member adapted to eject a water stream in the form of finely divided drops, to thereby form a water spray; and

a colored light source supplied with electrical current from at least one battery, said colored light source being mounted in said shower head in waterproof fashion to prevent water from entering into the colored light source, and said colored light source being arranged to direct colored light rays only in a frontal direction into said water spray such that the colored light rays extend in the direction of the water spray to color the water drops in the water spray.

2. The shower head of claim 1, wherein said colored light source comprises a lamp having a waterproof cylindrical housing containing said at least one battery and a light bulb in a front end thereof, said lamp being mounted in said shower head in substantially concentric alignment with said perforated member and substantially perpendicular to said perforated member.

3. The shower head of claim 2, wherein said lamp is secured in a tubular lamp holder which is integral with said rear portion of said shower head, in substantially concentric and perpendicular alignment with said perforated member, said lamp holder having an open rear end for insertion of said lamp.

4. The shower head of claim 3, wherein said lamp is provided with an on/off switch at a rear end portion thereof which protrudes out of the open rear end of said lamp holder.

5. The shower head of claim 3, wherein said tubular lamp holder has a closed front end which is closed by a transparent cover, and wherein said light bulb is colored.

6. The shower head of claim 5, wherein said perforated member is made of a transparent colored material so as to color the water drops in the water spray.

7. The shower head of claim 3, wherein said tubular lamp holder is open at both ends, and wherein said lamp protrudes out of the open front end of said lamp holder and through a central hole in said perforated member.

8. The shower head of claim 7, wherein said light bulb of said lamp is enclosed in a transparent envelope which extends through a substantially central hole in said perforated member.

9. The shower head of claim 8, wherein an exchangeable colored filter is mounted on the front end of said transparent envelope enclosing said lamp.

10. The shower head of claim 1, wherein said light source comprises a light emitting diode supplied with electric current from said battery.

11. The shower head of claim 1, wherein said battery is a primary cell.

12. The shower head of claim 1, wherein said battery is a rechargeable cell.

13. A shower head for chrome-hydro-therapy adapted to issue a spray of colored water on the body of a person, comprising:

a shower head having a rear portion to be connected to a domestic supply of hot and cold water, and a front portion including a perforated member adapted to eject a water stream in the form of finely divided drops, to thereby form a water spray; and

a colored light source positioned remote from said shower head and connected to a first end of a light-conducting optical fiber, said light-conducting optical fiber having a second end mounted in said shower head in substantially concentric alignment with the direction of said water spray issuing from said shower head so as to emit colored light rays which extend in the direction of the water spray to color the water drops in the water spray.