US 11,986,436 B2
Pedicure chairs and pumps for use with pedicure chairs and related methods
Christopher L. Luong, Westminster, CA (US)
Assigned to CL Capital Investments Group LLC, Westminster, CA (US)
Filed by Lexor Manufacturing, LLC, Westminster, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/066,367.
Application 18/066,367 is a continuation of application No. 17/365,759, filed on Jul. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,679,062.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/046,814, filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0121794 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 33/00 (2006.01); A61H 35/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 33/0087 (2013.01) [A61H 35/006 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0149 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1207 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pump housing for a spa pump, the spa pump being sized and shaped for use with a basin of a pedicure chair, the pump housing comprising:
a pump cavity defined by a cover attached to a base, the base comprising a base wall;
an impeller located within the pump cavity, the impeller comprising a flange body comprising a magnet, a first end, and a second end;
a surface bearing attached to the base at the base wall, the surface bearing having an upper surface exposed at the base wall;
an axial end face at the first end of the impeller in contact with the upper surface of the surface bearing; and
wherein the impeller is rotatable within the pump cavity without any shaft physically constraining the impeller along a rotational axis.