On Tuesday we looked at a somewhat portable barber’s chair and stool, from 1865. But the need for a portable barber chair seems to still be with us, because in 2020 Sandra Riley applied for a patent for her Cut and Go Barber Chair.

She is also helpful enough to give a detailed background for why she came up with the invention:

Various devices are known that can be used to facilitate hair washing or styling. Devices are also known that facilitate the provision of a manicure or pedicure. These known devices are typically located in a hair salon or spa. Generally, a customer travels to his/her desired salon or spa so as to obtain a desired hair treatment, facial, manicure, pedicure or the like. For individuals that are less mobile due to health issue, age and/or injury, the act of getting dressed, into a vehicle and then traveling to a salon or spa is to inconvenient or just not possible or particle. As such, these individuals are unable to have their hair, face, nails, etc. professionally treated.

Reading between the lines; if you can’t go to the barber (hairdresser, stylist, etc), the barber (hairdresser, stylist, etc) will have to come to you. And a normal barber’s chair is… not very portable.

Sandra’s Cut and GO on the other hand, is made to be lightweight, portable, and sturdy.

Admittedly, it don’t look like the most comfortable barber’s chair ever. The seat and back is made from what looks like a metal mesh to provide lightness and airflow. The armrests are narrow. The footrest is quite narrow. I mean, the list of less than perfect details go on and on.

But compared to not being able to go to the the barber (or hairdresser, stylist, etc)? The Cut and Go barber chair is pure luxury. As anyone who haven’t been able to shave for a while (or get a haircut, pedicure, manicure, or whatever) can tell, you don’t feel quite human without.

The Cut and Go is more than just a lightweight, portable barber chair. It is a quality of life item.

You can read the whole patent for the Cut and Go at Google Patents.